Hello all. My name is Jeff and I am new to the forum. I'm relatively new to handguns as well but I have acquired four over the last year and have sent many rounds down range in that time period.
I have a Canik TP9SA that, up until recently, has been very reliable with zero misfires through @ least 1500 rounds. On my last two trips to the range I experienced three "failures to fire." The failure came on the last round of two different magazines. Both times the round fed into the chamber correctly but the trigger wasn't reset and pulling the slide back just far enough to see that the round was in the chamber reset the trigger and the weapon fired fine. I assumed this happened because I had not cleaned the gun after my last outing. I have been accused of over-cleaning in the past so I was trying to let it ride for a bit. So I took the gun home and cleaned/lubed it as thoroughly as I know how. Two weeks later and I went to the range again to test out a different gun but brought the Canik with me with my 2 "reserve" magazines that I have only used once or twice. Out of the 2 magazines, the second one failed in the same fashion as before.
During all these instances I was using Remington UMC 9mm ammunition, which is what I usually use with the gun. 18 rounds loaded in each magazine. When I cleaned the gun after the first issue, it was not noticeably dirty and everything seemed to be in good order and lubricated. I think it had residue from about 100 rounds in it.
I tried to search the forum for this issue relating to a Canik and came up empty. I'm trying to learn what I should be looking for as a source of this problem and also decide if 1500 rounds is an appropriate amount of time to look into spring replacements or any other type of maintenance to the weapon. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
I have a Canik TP9SA that, up until recently, has been very reliable with zero misfires through @ least 1500 rounds. On my last two trips to the range I experienced three "failures to fire." The failure came on the last round of two different magazines. Both times the round fed into the chamber correctly but the trigger wasn't reset and pulling the slide back just far enough to see that the round was in the chamber reset the trigger and the weapon fired fine. I assumed this happened because I had not cleaned the gun after my last outing. I have been accused of over-cleaning in the past so I was trying to let it ride for a bit. So I took the gun home and cleaned/lubed it as thoroughly as I know how. Two weeks later and I went to the range again to test out a different gun but brought the Canik with me with my 2 "reserve" magazines that I have only used once or twice. Out of the 2 magazines, the second one failed in the same fashion as before.
During all these instances I was using Remington UMC 9mm ammunition, which is what I usually use with the gun. 18 rounds loaded in each magazine. When I cleaned the gun after the first issue, it was not noticeably dirty and everything seemed to be in good order and lubricated. I think it had residue from about 100 rounds in it.
I tried to search the forum for this issue relating to a Canik and came up empty. I'm trying to learn what I should be looking for as a source of this problem and also decide if 1500 rounds is an appropriate amount of time to look into spring replacements or any other type of maintenance to the weapon. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!