A saw a Walther Q5 Match go down during a match recently. The magazine catch broke near the middle of the part. Looking at the part, it appeared to be a MIM part.
The owner was happy with Walther as they quickly took care of him.
Gun: Remington 870 Police (PD trade in via GT Distributors
Setting: Outdoor range
Failure: FTF due to broken / compressed firing pin spring
Fix: replaced FO spring with new Wolff FP spring.
Your gun or someone else’s: mine
Had a weird issue with a new to me PD trade in 870 a few weeks ago.
When attempting to fire from the shoulder the gun would light strike and fail to fire. This occurred both with “push pull” and conventional “pull into the shoulder” methods.
However, the gun fired consistently from CQB short stock and under arm positions. Never encountered an issue like this with an 870 (or any other shotgun).
Determined it was a firing pin spring issue. FP was broken into three pieces and compressed to about half normal length.
Last edited by HCM; 02-20-2023 at 01:21 AM.
Gun:Gen 2 G19
Where: Outdoor range
Malfunction: Broken trigger bar
fix: replace the trigger bar with a smooth face G17 trigger bar and did a complete rebuild on the lower. The gun had 11,000 rds through it not sure how many total as it was purchased years ago used.
Ran an additional 500 rds since the rebuild including 100 rds of carry ammo 124gr gold dot. All is fine.
Gun: SIG P365
Setting: Outdoor range / LE Qualification
Failure: FT fire / dead trigger - appears to be broken trigger bar spring
Fix: replace trigger bar spring (pending)
Your gun or someone else’s: someone else’s. Officer has had the gun approximately 1 year - round count estimated under 1k.
Gun: Glock 21
Setting: IDPA match
How did it fail: Mag base plate gave way, ejecting all rounds out the bottom
What was the remedy: Replace mag
Was it your pistol or someone else's: Someone else
Gun: Pre-B CZ 75
Setting: Range
How did it fail: Broken Slide stop
What was the remedy: Use spare slide stop
Was it your pistol or someone else's: Mine
It is a '91 manufacture pistol with many thousands of rounds and the original slide stop. About 10 years ago I bought a spare and I was amazed that I had not lost it yet..
My most used and abused pistol is my 2012 Colt government .38 super. It functions with both a 9mm barrel and .22 top end, it gets lots of use and no babying. I treat it like a Glock. I maybe jinxing myself but it has been problem free since I got it.
Just remembered, a long time ago. A SU-16 Keltec 223 rifle, stock cracked clean off at pistol grip. In a carbine class at Rehn's. Shooter had to borrow Karl's Marlin Camp Carbine to continue.
Cloud Yeller of the Boomer Age, My continued existence is an exercise in nostalgia.
Gun: Smith and Wesson M&P-15 AXE Rifle (LE-only SKU).
Setting: Initial function fire and armorer's inspection.
How did it fail: Failures to extract and eject. Chamber had visible striations/damage, under inspection.
What was the remedy: Contacted S&W customer service. After quick explanation to rep, a return label was e-mailed. Rifle was shipped back to S&W, returned to us at no cost, two weeks later.
Factory paperwork indicated they reamed the chamber and replaced the bolt.
Rifle now has 100% function and shows acceptable accuracy.
Was it yours or someone else's: Department-owned/ issued.
GPT Trigger below belongs to a shooting acquaintance. Failure occurred after 4k rounds during which the gun was cleaned and lubed regularly.
Gun: Glock 17 Gen 5
Setting: Range
How did it fail: cracked trigger mechanism housing
What was the remedy: re-install original factory trigger group
Was it your pistol or someone else's: someone else’s