Yup,.. I did lube the gun according to the manual first.
Went to a second range after writting this and I purchased some different ammo. Federal 147 gr HST. I finished firing both the Gold dot ammo (30 rounds) from the 13 round
mags. without any problems.
Next I loaded them with the federals and I wound up experiencing even MORE misfeeds than the first time. I even started getting a few mis fires! Primer was struck but round didn't fire. (...misfire mostly occurred with the fmj reloads. But once with the federal 9mm also).
I noticed the slide is not cycling and seating fully forward. It's shy about 1mm and this isn't resetting the trigger. When I release the "
MAGAZINE"
the slide moves forward the rest of the way with the misfed round in the chamber. This happened several times with all types of ammo.
I didn't have any trouble with misfeeds or misfires with the range's rental Hellcat. Pretty sure the weapon is defective. But im going to disassemble, clean, lube and reassemble it and see if it works any better.
Btw,.. I reloaded one of the misfires. It had a firing pin strike mark on it but it did fire the second time.