Hit the range today with Allen to try out the CW9
Started out with Federal 9mm and didn't have any problems, it shot well, the recoil was mild and the gun was FUN TO SHOOT! I was hitting a bit to the right often, still not sure if it was me or the gun. Shot some of allens hotter hand loads, at bit snappier recoil but still fun and easy to shoot, did quite a bit of one handed shooting and it wasn't difficult.
On the 4th mag of reloads (flat nosed 9mm) on the 3rd or 4rd round the magazine catch caught the slide an i had to release it, it continued fine for a while after that. Went through the rest of the Federal and then started with Winchester White Box. Ran 6 mags through it without any problems, despite the ammo looking like crap. Went back to the reloads and on the 2nd mag the slide locked back again like before, all i had to do was release it (i noted i was shooting one-handed this time).
On the 4th mag it happened again on the 3rd/4th round, the slide stop locked the slide back. Finished off that ammo with a final mag and it malfunctioned a 4th time on the 2nd shot. Fired off 4 more rounds and thought the gun was empty but the 5th malfunction was the slide failed to go fully into battery, it took a light push, so that might have been due to the reload.
I finished off using his hotter loads which were hollow-points, they were rounded like FMJ's and we were hoping they wouldnt catch the slide stop like the flat-points might have been doing. Fired 3 mags without a problem, however on the 4th mag, on the 3rd round the slide stop locked back again. I made note that 4 out of 5 of these occurred on mag #2. Fired off the last 3rds we had left just fine.
So overall I put about 230 rounds through it. 100 factory, 130 reloads. Had 5 stoppages due to slide-stop, 1 was failure to go into battery. I had to make sure to sling-shot the slide upon loading to avoid the slide getting stuck with the bullet against the feed ramp. There are some videos on youtube discussing the Slide-Stop issue so hopefully i can resolve it because i really like this gun.
As for accuracy, i got some groups as small as maybe 2 inches, but on average i was more in the 4-5 inch range, this is only my second time out shooting in about 10 months
The trigger on it was great, not too long, once i got used to about where it broke at i really enjoyed it, getting back on target quickly was a breeze. I could have just kept on shooting this gun, it was really great.
Now for pics
PF9 given one last chance, fired 3 shots and each time the mag popped out the bottom (im left-handed) then on the 4th round it failed to extract. It's time this pistol goes...
First Target 10 yards, pulled to the bottom right in the chest area at first, had flyers all around though.
2nd and 3rd target was placed over it, 10 yards
4th target, 10 yards (their was a horizontal string across the neck from Allen and his .357 sig 1911) I was pulling to the right on all three heads, we decided to kill the hostage but it wasn't difficult hitting the heads at that range. The group on the hostage's head bottom center was done at a faster pace, so not bad.
5 target, 25 yards. Was all over the place but at least i was hitting the paper.
And Allen on his .357 sig (which was a tack-drive ;D)
Started out with Federal 9mm and didn't have any problems, it shot well, the recoil was mild and the gun was FUN TO SHOOT! I was hitting a bit to the right often, still not sure if it was me or the gun. Shot some of allens hotter hand loads, at bit snappier recoil but still fun and easy to shoot, did quite a bit of one handed shooting and it wasn't difficult.
On the 4th mag of reloads (flat nosed 9mm) on the 3rd or 4rd round the magazine catch caught the slide an i had to release it, it continued fine for a while after that. Went through the rest of the Federal and then started with Winchester White Box. Ran 6 mags through it without any problems, despite the ammo looking like crap. Went back to the reloads and on the 2nd mag the slide locked back again like before, all i had to do was release it (i noted i was shooting one-handed this time).
On the 4th mag it happened again on the 3rd/4th round, the slide stop locked the slide back. Finished off that ammo with a final mag and it malfunctioned a 4th time on the 2nd shot. Fired off 4 more rounds and thought the gun was empty but the 5th malfunction was the slide failed to go fully into battery, it took a light push, so that might have been due to the reload.
I finished off using his hotter loads which were hollow-points, they were rounded like FMJ's and we were hoping they wouldnt catch the slide stop like the flat-points might have been doing. Fired 3 mags without a problem, however on the 4th mag, on the 3rd round the slide stop locked back again. I made note that 4 out of 5 of these occurred on mag #2. Fired off the last 3rds we had left just fine.
So overall I put about 230 rounds through it. 100 factory, 130 reloads. Had 5 stoppages due to slide-stop, 1 was failure to go into battery. I had to make sure to sling-shot the slide upon loading to avoid the slide getting stuck with the bullet against the feed ramp. There are some videos on youtube discussing the Slide-Stop issue so hopefully i can resolve it because i really like this gun.
As for accuracy, i got some groups as small as maybe 2 inches, but on average i was more in the 4-5 inch range, this is only my second time out shooting in about 10 months
The trigger on it was great, not too long, once i got used to about where it broke at i really enjoyed it, getting back on target quickly was a breeze. I could have just kept on shooting this gun, it was really great. Now for pics
PF9 given one last chance, fired 3 shots and each time the mag popped out the bottom (im left-handed) then on the 4th round it failed to extract. It's time this pistol goes...
First Target 10 yards, pulled to the bottom right in the chest area at first, had flyers all around though.
2nd and 3rd target was placed over it, 10 yards
4th target, 10 yards (their was a horizontal string across the neck from Allen and his .357 sig 1911) I was pulling to the right on all three heads, we decided to kill the hostage but it wasn't difficult hitting the heads at that range. The group on the hostage's head bottom center was done at a faster pace, so not bad.
5 target, 25 yards. Was all over the place but at least i was hitting the paper.
And Allen on his .357 sig (which was a tack-drive ;D)
