Decided to go an try out some of my fancy new carry ammo today to make sure it works in my Springfield Range Officer, so that I would feel comfortable enough with it to make the switch over from ball to something a bit more effective.
At the range today I started out with some of my practice, 50 rounds WWB. No issues whatsoever. Then, before I got it any dirtier, I decided to go ahead and do my first test run for carry ammo, 50 rounds of Winchester Ranger-T. That's where things started to get interesting. I had 3 FTEs, each in a different magazine, and each was the last round in that magazine. One in particular gave me pause, because it really wedged itself in there trying to stovepipe, rendering the weapon completely inoperable! I had to run the slide about 20 times before I managed to force it back down into the chamber, where I could eject it (it simply wasn't coming out any other way).
Normally, I'd just chalk that up to WWB being really dirty, but I then ran another 78 rounds of WWB with 0 issues whatsoever. Granted, the gun was filthy by the time I was done. (The stainless barrel bushing was the same color as the parkerized slide!)
So, does anyone else have a Range Officer that's not partial to hollowpoints, or is this more likely to be an issue somewhere else? (e.g. magazines, grip, specific ammo, etc.)
At the range today I started out with some of my practice, 50 rounds WWB. No issues whatsoever. Then, before I got it any dirtier, I decided to go ahead and do my first test run for carry ammo, 50 rounds of Winchester Ranger-T. That's where things started to get interesting. I had 3 FTEs, each in a different magazine, and each was the last round in that magazine. One in particular gave me pause, because it really wedged itself in there trying to stovepipe, rendering the weapon completely inoperable! I had to run the slide about 20 times before I managed to force it back down into the chamber, where I could eject it (it simply wasn't coming out any other way).
Normally, I'd just chalk that up to WWB being really dirty, but I then ran another 78 rounds of WWB with 0 issues whatsoever. Granted, the gun was filthy by the time I was done. (The stainless barrel bushing was the same color as the parkerized slide!)
So, does anyone else have a Range Officer that's not partial to hollowpoints, or is this more likely to be an issue somewhere else? (e.g. magazines, grip, specific ammo, etc.)