Hey Everybody,
I was out shooting my 709 this weekend and was super pumped because I finally got my groupings down to a consistent 2" at 7 yds by adjusting my grip. For a gun that I've had for quite a while but never been able to do much better than 4" groups, I was pleased (still shooting about 2" low but that's another topic.) Anywho....I was inserting my last mag for the day (had ran about 70 rounds or so through it at that point) and upon full insertion, the slide released on its own and chambered a round. I've never had this happen before. Just to check, I hand cycled that entire mag until it was empty, and the slide failed to lock back. I hit the slide release and pulled the slide back again - same thing, failed to lock back. I did it again and this time it locked back. I ran three more mags through it with no issues whatsoever, the slide did not release itself upon mag insertion and locked back everytime it was supposed to.
I had given the gun a full in-depth cleaning before shooting, is it possible that I had applied too much lube to the slide rails in that area? Could that cause my issues? I don't think it's a "problem" because I could not get it to repeat itself.
Anybody have any thoughts?
I was out shooting my 709 this weekend and was super pumped because I finally got my groupings down to a consistent 2" at 7 yds by adjusting my grip. For a gun that I've had for quite a while but never been able to do much better than 4" groups, I was pleased (still shooting about 2" low but that's another topic.) Anywho....I was inserting my last mag for the day (had ran about 70 rounds or so through it at that point) and upon full insertion, the slide released on its own and chambered a round. I've never had this happen before. Just to check, I hand cycled that entire mag until it was empty, and the slide failed to lock back. I hit the slide release and pulled the slide back again - same thing, failed to lock back. I did it again and this time it locked back. I ran three more mags through it with no issues whatsoever, the slide did not release itself upon mag insertion and locked back everytime it was supposed to.
I had given the gun a full in-depth cleaning before shooting, is it possible that I had applied too much lube to the slide rails in that area? Could that cause my issues? I don't think it's a "problem" because I could not get it to repeat itself.
Anybody have any thoughts?