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My wife took her new gun to the range for the first time. It is a 3rd generation PT145.
The problems she was having is feeding problems. It was getting very frustrating for her. The bullets were feeding straight into the ramp and jamming. Since the ramp goes basically straight up it really isn't a ramp and the bullets were stopping there.
I checked out her gun and found the problem. Both mags weren't allowing the bullets to go to the top of the mag and tilt up so it would feed straight into the chamber.
At the range I got a silicone cloth and wiped down the mag opening to make it slick so the bullets would slide up to the top.
It appeared that the black paint they use on the mags were making this area rough and stopping the bullets from tilting.
Her gun started working after that but we only had a couple mags of bullets left.
I knew the silicone won't last long anyway and it was just a temperary fix. So when we got home I took the mags apart and I got the dremel out and smoothed the paint at the top of the inside of the mag.
I still had a little problem with the bullets sometimes not always tilting up on the mags. I used a small screwdriver and tweeked the mag opening so the bullets won't bind in a couple spots.
That seemed to fix the mag problems and I cycled bullets in the gun without any FTF.
Hopefully the problem has been permanently fixed and she will enjoy her new gun the next time out.
The problems she was having is feeding problems. It was getting very frustrating for her. The bullets were feeding straight into the ramp and jamming. Since the ramp goes basically straight up it really isn't a ramp and the bullets were stopping there.
I checked out her gun and found the problem. Both mags weren't allowing the bullets to go to the top of the mag and tilt up so it would feed straight into the chamber.
At the range I got a silicone cloth and wiped down the mag opening to make it slick so the bullets would slide up to the top.
It appeared that the black paint they use on the mags were making this area rough and stopping the bullets from tilting.
Her gun started working after that but we only had a couple mags of bullets left.
I knew the silicone won't last long anyway and it was just a temperary fix. So when we got home I took the mags apart and I got the dremel out and smoothed the paint at the top of the inside of the mag.
I still had a little problem with the bullets sometimes not always tilting up on the mags. I used a small screwdriver and tweeked the mag opening so the bullets won't bind in a couple spots.
That seemed to fix the mag problems and I cycled bullets in the gun without any FTF.
Hopefully the problem has been permanently fixed and she will enjoy her new gun the next time out.