Idaho 45 Vaquero
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Hi all
Feeling a little frustrated
I am having some issues with my 1990's 9mm Browning BPM-D semi-auto pistol. The Browning BPM-D is a scarce model that is similar to the Browning BDM (Browning double mode) and is interchangeable with most of its parts. The BPM-D is basically a BDM without the change mode feature, and is basically just a double/single action automatic with a de-cocker.
I have had this pistol for almost 5 years and bought it in new condition in box. It worked well right after I bought it, and is a very very accurate pistol. I kept it as a home defense pistol and kept the hi-cap magazines loaded for 3 years and did not fire it much. This year I have been trying shoot it. It would not feed any new rounds from the magazine but would eject the spent cases fine. It would also not hold the slide open when empty; so I assumed magazine springs had gone weak. I replaced the springs in my old magazines with increased power Wollf springs and bought some new magazines from Triple K.
But, even now it doesn't cycle reliably much of the time. The most common feeding problem is that ejects the old case fine and then closes on an empty chamber without feeding new round. The second most common problem is that it will jam with the front half of the bullet pointed into the chamber and the back of the case under the slide (bolt face); this problem doesn't happen near as often as the slide closing on an empty chamber.
The pistol seems to be different on different days, there have been a few times it has cycled for 40 or so rounds completely reliably. Other days, I have to manually rack the slide for about 60% of the shots for it to feed. It seems to cycle some better with +P loads and my hotter hand-loads but still doesn't cycle completely reliably.
I am wondering what should I do next, I just competed in a slow fire college pistol competition with it and won 2nd place, even though I pretty much had to load it by hand 60% of the time. It is an extremely accurate and comfortable gun and I really don't want to get rid of it. I think that the slide is not coming back far enough, especially with non-hot loads to feed in a new round. I am thinking about putting a slightly lighter recoil spring in it.
ANY SUGGESTIONS or INFO?
Feeling a little frustrated
I am having some issues with my 1990's 9mm Browning BPM-D semi-auto pistol. The Browning BPM-D is a scarce model that is similar to the Browning BDM (Browning double mode) and is interchangeable with most of its parts. The BPM-D is basically a BDM without the change mode feature, and is basically just a double/single action automatic with a de-cocker.
I have had this pistol for almost 5 years and bought it in new condition in box. It worked well right after I bought it, and is a very very accurate pistol. I kept it as a home defense pistol and kept the hi-cap magazines loaded for 3 years and did not fire it much. This year I have been trying shoot it. It would not feed any new rounds from the magazine but would eject the spent cases fine. It would also not hold the slide open when empty; so I assumed magazine springs had gone weak. I replaced the springs in my old magazines with increased power Wollf springs and bought some new magazines from Triple K.
But, even now it doesn't cycle reliably much of the time. The most common feeding problem is that ejects the old case fine and then closes on an empty chamber without feeding new round. The second most common problem is that it will jam with the front half of the bullet pointed into the chamber and the back of the case under the slide (bolt face); this problem doesn't happen near as often as the slide closing on an empty chamber.
The pistol seems to be different on different days, there have been a few times it has cycled for 40 or so rounds completely reliably. Other days, I have to manually rack the slide for about 60% of the shots for it to feed. It seems to cycle some better with +P loads and my hotter hand-loads but still doesn't cycle completely reliably.
I am wondering what should I do next, I just competed in a slow fire college pistol competition with it and won 2nd place, even though I pretty much had to load it by hand 60% of the time. It is an extremely accurate and comfortable gun and I really don't want to get rid of it. I think that the slide is not coming back far enough, especially with non-hot loads to feed in a new round. I am thinking about putting a slightly lighter recoil spring in it.
ANY SUGGESTIONS or INFO?