First, hello all.
Second, About 3 weeks ago I went out and purchased a Walther P99 in .40 (my first handgun, or rifle for that matter) and went out to the range with it. I put 150 rounds through it and had about 10-12 mis-fires during that time. These happened anywhere from the 2nd to 8th rounds in a magazine (was only firing 5 round mags. for most of the time at the range), with both magazines that came with the gun.
The first time this happened I ejected the round and examined it. There was nothing wrong with it at all. It looked like it was fresh out of the box. So I set it aside and 3 shots later the same thing happened. Again, I ejected the round and examined it and again, there was nothing wrong. So I put the second mis-fire back in the magazine and it fired fine the second time. So then I put the first mis-fire back in and it fired fine.
Every once in awhile for the rest of the day I would get a mis-fire, and then just go on with a double-action trigger pull and the bullet would shoot fine. The only thing was that we went from SA to DA. Not really a big deal, but slightly annoying.
My question is really three-fold. First, is this anyone has seen or heard before? Second, is this a big deal? After all, everything is great with the second trigger pull. And third, I'm a little hesitant to send this to S&W to have them look at it. Am I being silly, or should I find someone else to take a look at it if necessary?
What seems to be happening is that the striker isn't hitting the fireing pin, or if it is, the firing pin isn't moving due to the safeties. But I don't have enough experience to really know.
Finally, some of you are probably worried that I was shooting rounds that mis-fired. AS I said above, the firing pin never hit them. The primers were 'pristine'...hjusty as they were when they came out of the box.
Oh, I was using cheap PMC ammo, but again, I don't think it was a problem with the ammunition.
What do you think?
Mike
Second, About 3 weeks ago I went out and purchased a Walther P99 in .40 (my first handgun, or rifle for that matter) and went out to the range with it. I put 150 rounds through it and had about 10-12 mis-fires during that time. These happened anywhere from the 2nd to 8th rounds in a magazine (was only firing 5 round mags. for most of the time at the range), with both magazines that came with the gun.
The first time this happened I ejected the round and examined it. There was nothing wrong with it at all. It looked like it was fresh out of the box. So I set it aside and 3 shots later the same thing happened. Again, I ejected the round and examined it and again, there was nothing wrong. So I put the second mis-fire back in the magazine and it fired fine the second time. So then I put the first mis-fire back in and it fired fine.
Every once in awhile for the rest of the day I would get a mis-fire, and then just go on with a double-action trigger pull and the bullet would shoot fine. The only thing was that we went from SA to DA. Not really a big deal, but slightly annoying.
My question is really three-fold. First, is this anyone has seen or heard before? Second, is this a big deal? After all, everything is great with the second trigger pull. And third, I'm a little hesitant to send this to S&W to have them look at it. Am I being silly, or should I find someone else to take a look at it if necessary?
What seems to be happening is that the striker isn't hitting the fireing pin, or if it is, the firing pin isn't moving due to the safeties. But I don't have enough experience to really know.
Finally, some of you are probably worried that I was shooting rounds that mis-fired. AS I said above, the firing pin never hit them. The primers were 'pristine'...hjusty as they were when they came out of the box.
Oh, I was using cheap PMC ammo, but again, I don't think it was a problem with the ammunition.
What do you think?
Mike