Shane Tuttle
Staff
Went to the range today to try out our new XD(m). I brought along our other pistols as well. All was well until I broke out the HK....
Before anyone asks....yes, I did use reloads. Yes, all my guns use reloads. Yes, I did try the exact same batch of 9mm in the XD(m) that I fed in the P30. I've concluded that reloads aren't the issue here.
Upon about the 3rd mag, troubles started. I had a failure to eject. The slide initially allowed me to lock it back to view. The gun fired, but the case remained in the chamber. I thought I'd simply pull out the case after dropping the mag. Wrong. It was stuck in there. Whether this was stupid or not, I brought the slide back down and tried to get the extractor to pull it out like it's intended. No dice. Once I did that, the slide wouldn't rack. This case was really in there. I gently yet firmly tapped the front of the slide on a hard plastic surface and finally got it to release. I inspected the barrel for obstuction and defects. None noted. For giggles, I inserted the other mag and tried again. Same exact malfunction. After getting that stuck case out, inspected, cleaned and reassembled, I tried a different batch of reloads. It happened yet once again. I gave up the ghost and finished out the day with the other guns. For the record, my wife used this gun for a training course and had this same malfunction from time to time. I didn't think much of it since we fired quite a few rounds and it was a fast paced course.
The XD(m) not only fired fine with the same batches, I took the rounds from the P30 mags and loaded them into the M and fired without a hitch, also. When I got home, I reinspected everything. I'm starting to think there might be something wrong with the barrel. I took a fired case from the M and one from the P30. I reinserted the fired case in the M's barrel and it slid in snugly just like it should. I tried the P30 and it wansn't having anything of it. I didn't press any further. Swapped the cases and the original P30 case wouldn't even start in the M. The original M dropped in the P30's barrel. I measured the cases. The P30's was several thousandths larger with a ridge about 1/4 the way down from the mouth. The cases have always formed this way in the P30. I'm beginning to wonder if they machined the chamber incorrectly. It looks as if they started to ream for a larger size and stopped about 3/4 the way down. Is this normal for HKs? Do you think this may be part of the problem.
I'm probably going to call HK next week and see if I can ship it to them. I've had slide stop issues as well since not too long after I bought it. What do you guys/gals think? I'll try to post pics if I can manipulate the camera. I can't promise anything since I'm extremely computer illiterate.
Before anyone asks....yes, I did use reloads. Yes, all my guns use reloads. Yes, I did try the exact same batch of 9mm in the XD(m) that I fed in the P30. I've concluded that reloads aren't the issue here.
Upon about the 3rd mag, troubles started. I had a failure to eject. The slide initially allowed me to lock it back to view. The gun fired, but the case remained in the chamber. I thought I'd simply pull out the case after dropping the mag. Wrong. It was stuck in there. Whether this was stupid or not, I brought the slide back down and tried to get the extractor to pull it out like it's intended. No dice. Once I did that, the slide wouldn't rack. This case was really in there. I gently yet firmly tapped the front of the slide on a hard plastic surface and finally got it to release. I inspected the barrel for obstuction and defects. None noted. For giggles, I inserted the other mag and tried again. Same exact malfunction. After getting that stuck case out, inspected, cleaned and reassembled, I tried a different batch of reloads. It happened yet once again. I gave up the ghost and finished out the day with the other guns. For the record, my wife used this gun for a training course and had this same malfunction from time to time. I didn't think much of it since we fired quite a few rounds and it was a fast paced course.
The XD(m) not only fired fine with the same batches, I took the rounds from the P30 mags and loaded them into the M and fired without a hitch, also. When I got home, I reinspected everything. I'm starting to think there might be something wrong with the barrel. I took a fired case from the M and one from the P30. I reinserted the fired case in the M's barrel and it slid in snugly just like it should. I tried the P30 and it wansn't having anything of it. I didn't press any further. Swapped the cases and the original P30 case wouldn't even start in the M. The original M dropped in the P30's barrel. I measured the cases. The P30's was several thousandths larger with a ridge about 1/4 the way down from the mouth. The cases have always formed this way in the P30. I'm beginning to wonder if they machined the chamber incorrectly. It looks as if they started to ream for a larger size and stopped about 3/4 the way down. Is this normal for HKs? Do you think this may be part of the problem.
I'm probably going to call HK next week and see if I can ship it to them. I've had slide stop issues as well since not too long after I bought it. What do you guys/gals think? I'll try to post pics if I can manipulate the camera. I can't promise anything since I'm extremely computer illiterate.
