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  • lrdudley

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    My wife and I have identical Walther CCPs. The other day at the range, she was having problems with her gun failing to eject. The first thing I did was trade guns and magazines with her. I did not trade ammunition. She was shooting 115gr American Eagle and I was shooting 115gr Bobcat Armament. She continued to have FTE problems with my gun. I had no issues with her gun. Both guns probably had two range sessions before this without being cleaned. Looking back at this, I should have kept the same ammo with the gun to rule out the ammo.
    Both guns have now been thoroughly cleaned and are ready for our next range session.
    What procedures would you use to isolate the problem? I really don't want to blame the shooter if it is something else.
     

    K_W

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    It could be as the recoil springs get worked her wrist strength will be less of an effect on cycling. Help her with using her muscles to tighten her wrists and maybe her grip and keep shooting the gun.

    Anyone who's owned a Kahr can tell you they are super strong out of the box, maybe your Walthers are similar.
     

    ruger1800

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    Get her a gun that will funtction even when limp wristing, most women and a lot of metrosexuals don't have the strength for some types of semi autos, my wife and daughter both carry revolvers.
     

    biggen

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    It's getting late and I didn't get much sleep last night, so just to clarify, you exchanged guns but not ammo? So you shot Bobcat in both and she shot American Eagle in both? If that is the case then YOU need to shoot American Eagle in both and that will help to confirm whether it's ammo or shooter.
     

    russc2542

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    My wife has problems with many semi-autos FTF/FTE. most of them also recoil harder than she'd like (including my CCP). She's about 100lb with low strength. I have no problems but I'm 275 and have spent time as both a rigger and a mechanic.

    No, the CCP does not have stiff springs...pretty much ever. That's the whole point of it: lower power recoil spring with the gas piston to absorb most of the force.

    Like many guns, my CCP performs noticeably better with hotter ammo. I've even tried limp-wristing my hotter loads and it does better than a firm wrist and light loads.
     

    rhino

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    Get her a gun that will funtction even when limp wristing, most women and a lot of metrosexuals don't have the strength for some types of semi autos, my wife and daughter both carry revolvers.

    The Walther CCP is ideal for people without a lot of strength because it's gas operated and felt recoil is reduced. The recoil spring is wimpy (because it can be), so cycling the slide by hand is almost trivially easy compared other similarly sized 9mm pistols.
     

    Klanham5576

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    Having owned a CCP the problem is most likely limp wristing. The CCP is very light and despite the plunger recoil system still has significant recoil in smaller hands.
     
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