Range
@Freffster
I carved out time to take the 1951 to the range. Also rented a Springfield 1911 EMP 9mm. I had the Winchester white box ammo and was required to buy their ammo for the rental.
I have never experienced so many problems with pistols in my life. Not one full mag went through unaffected.
First, the shell extractor on the 1951 decided it was not going to do anything. A full empty case was left seated fully in the pipe. At best, maybe a few rounds would run through. Still problems with partial extractions. I put some range ammo through and it seemed to work better.
Now, the 1911. It went bang for a couple rounds. Then when I pulled the trigger, the hammer fell to a “click.” WHAT? Hangfire? Keeping it pointed downrange, I rotated it to see the port and pulled back the slide. A round flung out past the firing line. Chambered a new round and another click. This time, rotated to dump the “problem” into a plastic bin they gave me to carry the rental. A full round came out. Upon inspection, there was a strike ON THE PRIMER. I put this round into the 1951 and BANG!
I put a few rounds of my ammo in the rental (shhh…don’t tell) and it ran a bit better. No light strikes.
When I left, I showed them a round with a strike on the primer. I’m going to attribute all of these woes to “pandemic” quality ammo.
I had considered renting a Glock 19 Gen 5. Maybe next time…
I carved out time to take the 1951 to the range. Also rented a Springfield 1911 EMP 9mm. I had the Winchester white box ammo and was required to buy their ammo for the rental.
I have never experienced so many problems with pistols in my life. Not one full mag went through unaffected.
First, the shell extractor on the 1951 decided it was not going to do anything. A full empty case was left seated fully in the pipe. At best, maybe a few rounds would run through. Still problems with partial extractions. I put some range ammo through and it seemed to work better.
Now, the 1911. It went bang for a couple rounds. Then when I pulled the trigger, the hammer fell to a “click.” WHAT? Hangfire? Keeping it pointed downrange, I rotated it to see the port and pulled back the slide. A round flung out past the firing line. Chambered a new round and another click. This time, rotated to dump the “problem” into a plastic bin they gave me to carry the rental. A full round came out. Upon inspection, there was a strike ON THE PRIMER. I put this round into the 1951 and BANG!
I put a few rounds of my ammo in the rental (shhh…don’t tell) and it ran a bit better. No light strikes.
When I left, I showed them a round with a strike on the primer. I’m going to attribute all of these woes to “pandemic” quality ammo.
I had considered renting a Glock 19 Gen 5. Maybe next time…
