Well, got a chance to launch 214 rounds down the lane. Had 3 failure to fires, about 6ish failure to feeds. Before you read any further, I must admit I intentionally used some of the dirtiest rounds Ive come across to break in the pistol. I used the same rounds I used to break in my LCP just to see if If the rounds were the issue or the LCP was the issue. I glad to report it was the rounds. Here are the breakdown of rounds used:
150 Magtech 95gr lead round nose
These bullets left the barrel and slide very fouled after the first few magazines out the first box. When breaking in the LCP, I had several failure to fires using this ammo, and after shooting just a few there were numerous lead shavings in both the LCP and p380. This ammo totally coated the p380 with residue on the feed ramp after the first 2 mags. I didnt experience any failures until about the 4th magazine in. As far as failure to feeds go, it seems as if the slide only needed to travel 1-2 mm more back to cycle the next round, as when i finished the slide motion backward manually it fed the next round easily, which makes me think the fouling and lead residue was the cause. As far as failures to fire, I did notice a large different in primer strikes of the ones that fired compared to those that did not. Is it possible that some seated farther into the barrel? The ones that did not fire in the LCP also had light strikes. In all cases the bullets fire on a second strike.
50 American Eagle FMJ
1-2 feeding issues, no failure to fire.
At this point the gun was filthy, so no surprise.
14 remington golden sabres 102gr
No failure to fire, but one did jam with the nose of the bullet stopping on the feedramp, which again was filthy. At this point I stopped, and will continue the next range visit with golden sabres in a clean gun, which Im sure will give me no problems.
Now that the gun is broken in, I will use only FMJs the next time I go to the range, and am sure there will be wont be issues since i wont be using any lead nosed bullets. Will post more results later this week.
Btw no smilies, but with lead nosed bullets, there is a small spot on the underside of the bullet smoothed out from contact with the feedramp I think.
Oh yeah, firing the gun is pure joy! easy to shoot, accurate and fun!
I edited the sentence above, I meant to say "wont be"
150 Magtech 95gr lead round nose
These bullets left the barrel and slide very fouled after the first few magazines out the first box. When breaking in the LCP, I had several failure to fires using this ammo, and after shooting just a few there were numerous lead shavings in both the LCP and p380. This ammo totally coated the p380 with residue on the feed ramp after the first 2 mags. I didnt experience any failures until about the 4th magazine in. As far as failure to feeds go, it seems as if the slide only needed to travel 1-2 mm more back to cycle the next round, as when i finished the slide motion backward manually it fed the next round easily, which makes me think the fouling and lead residue was the cause. As far as failures to fire, I did notice a large different in primer strikes of the ones that fired compared to those that did not. Is it possible that some seated farther into the barrel? The ones that did not fire in the LCP also had light strikes. In all cases the bullets fire on a second strike.
50 American Eagle FMJ
1-2 feeding issues, no failure to fire.
At this point the gun was filthy, so no surprise.
14 remington golden sabres 102gr
No failure to fire, but one did jam with the nose of the bullet stopping on the feedramp, which again was filthy. At this point I stopped, and will continue the next range visit with golden sabres in a clean gun, which Im sure will give me no problems.
Now that the gun is broken in, I will use only FMJs the next time I go to the range, and am sure there will be wont be issues since i wont be using any lead nosed bullets. Will post more results later this week.
Btw no smilies, but with lead nosed bullets, there is a small spot on the underside of the bullet smoothed out from contact with the feedramp I think.
Oh yeah, firing the gun is pure joy! easy to shoot, accurate and fun!
I edited the sentence above, I meant to say "wont be"