So I finally got to get off to the range this morning with my new 40c. I was shooting Winchester White Box 165g FMJ and Federal American Eagle 155g FMJ. I experienced the same very positive impression of this little pistol as most everyone else on this site. Very nice ergonomics, slight perceived recoil, reasonably accurate @15yds, and smooth action. It did seem as though the magazine had a loose fit in the magwell when it was fully loaded. Overall I'm impressed with the weapon.
I did experience one major problem that renders this pistol useless for the purpose I purchased it for, concealed carry. I had one of the Winchester rounds fail to fire. I removed the magazine and attempted to manually clear the defective round. I racked the slide back and the extractor did it's job and brought the round out of the chamber. The problem was that the round wasn't brought far enough to the rear for the bullet tip to clear the front of the ejection port before the butt of the case contacted the ejector. The extractor still had a firm grip on the rim of the case and the round became wedged in the ejection port with recoil spring tension holding it in place. Now the slide couldn't be brought back far enough to clear the round. It was very difficult to clear this round from the gun. I experienced this problem with both brands of ammo.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? I haven't read this one here as of yet. My guess is that the ejector is too long, not by much either cause the nose of the bullet only needs a wee bit more travel to clear the ejection port. My serial # is MPN39xx. I guess I'll be calling Smith for a shipping label next week.
Shabo
I did experience one major problem that renders this pistol useless for the purpose I purchased it for, concealed carry. I had one of the Winchester rounds fail to fire. I removed the magazine and attempted to manually clear the defective round. I racked the slide back and the extractor did it's job and brought the round out of the chamber. The problem was that the round wasn't brought far enough to the rear for the bullet tip to clear the front of the ejection port before the butt of the case contacted the ejector. The extractor still had a firm grip on the rim of the case and the round became wedged in the ejection port with recoil spring tension holding it in place. Now the slide couldn't be brought back far enough to clear the round. It was very difficult to clear this round from the gun. I experienced this problem with both brands of ammo.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? I haven't read this one here as of yet. My guess is that the ejector is too long, not by much either cause the nose of the bullet only needs a wee bit more travel to clear the ejection port. My serial # is MPN39xx. I guess I'll be calling Smith for a shipping label next week.
Shabo
