The magazines for my XD (original) that I use for USPSA are steel. I have six and randomly rotate thru them.
They get a bit of abuse as we eject and let them fall to the floor (cement at indoor matches), and one of them had a feed failure, just one time. I dropped it and loaded a new one, kept on with the match. They are (or were) not numbered and in the rush to prepare for the next stage, I lost track of which one it was.
I've put hundreds, if not over 1000, of rounds thru them since with no issue. I've carefully measured (I have precision tools for machining) and compared each one to see if I could find an issue. My guess was the one that had the issue had the "lips" (?) bent in some way but I can't find it, even using magnification I can't see any marks on any of them.
So I'm looking for opinions. As it's not happened since, do you think it could just have been a weak load in the previous round that simply did not cycle the action? The ammo we use for matches is not "store brand" but that doesn't mean every round will be perfect.
Just looking for ideas.
They get a bit of abuse as we eject and let them fall to the floor (cement at indoor matches), and one of them had a feed failure, just one time. I dropped it and loaded a new one, kept on with the match. They are (or were) not numbered and in the rush to prepare for the next stage, I lost track of which one it was.
I've put hundreds, if not over 1000, of rounds thru them since with no issue. I've carefully measured (I have precision tools for machining) and compared each one to see if I could find an issue. My guess was the one that had the issue had the "lips" (?) bent in some way but I can't find it, even using magnification I can't see any marks on any of them.
So I'm looking for opinions. As it's not happened since, do you think it could just have been a weak load in the previous round that simply did not cycle the action? The ammo we use for matches is not "store brand" but that doesn't mean every round will be perfect.
Just looking for ideas.