FTE Hi-power 9mm

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ammo.crafter

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Recently my Hi-Power has failed to extract fired rounds and the hammer is in the half cock position after firing the a round.

Apparently, the slide is not traveling completely rearward as noted by failure of the hammer to be in its proper position subsequent to firing a round.

If anyone out there has any alternate thoughts, let’s hear ‘em.
 
HP

Thanks.

This is a 1980'ish Belgium made/Portuguese built two-tone HP purchased new.

Extraction and feeding work perfectly by hand manipulating the slide.

I have never had the hammer fail to fully cock before.

I’ll be getting a spring kit from Wolff ASAP.
 
Spring failure always involves a spring becoming weaker, not stronger. I don't see how a weak spring would cause an auto pistol slide to not come back all the way. More likely it would cause the slide to not return to battery, but that is apparently not what is happening. I think the OP needs to look elsewhere for the problem.

Jim
 
Take the extractor out and clean it as wells as the extractor channel. On the BHP it has a tendency to get dirty and bind. Also check the face of the extractor.

Most of the time if you have a weak recoil spring the gun does not return to battery and will eject caves further than normal.

Depending on round count of the gun and if it has had any "tweaking" the hammer follow could be the mainspring but I would clean and inspect the extractor first.
 
more HP

Going over my HP issue I recall that all cases did eject and next round from magazine did feed.

But the hammer returned to 1/2 cock when the slide returned to battery.

Tried several magazines and brands and weights of ammo.

Same issue.
 
Do the click test to check your seat to hammer engagement. Has the pistol been modified in anyway? Trigger job? Has anyone lightened the hammer spring?

Something is causing the sear to let go of the hammer.
 
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The slide does not retract fully retract to the rear and apparently this is why the hammer fails to cock fully.

When manually retracting the slide, the slide hold open safety is unable to engage the slide.
 
If you are unable to manually retract the slide fully you have an entirely different situation than originally described. First check the spring guide to see that it is assembled correctly (not up side down) then check the recoil spring for crimps or other reasons to bind the slide. Will the slide move far enough to remove it from the frame?
 
I think mikey is on to something. It is easy to put the guide rod in upside down after reassembling the gun. Simple mistake, simple cure.
 
Ibmikey said:
If you are unable to manually retract the slide fully you have an entirely different situation than originally described. First check the spring guide to see that it is assembled correctly (not up side down) then check the recoil spring for crimps or other reasons to bind the slide. Will the slide move far enough to remove it from the frame?
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If that is what has happened here the OP needs to carefully inspect the guide rod for damage. If it is deformed at all he needs to replace it. No shame here. He would not be the first one to make this mistake.
 
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