Hi...first post at the forum...long time lurker, though.
I've been interested in the M&P since I rented one at my local range a couple of weeks ago (a 9mm). I was back at the range today and rented the .40 and attempted to shoot some Sellier & Bellot 180gr ammunition through it. Well, on the first magazine, 12 of the 15 rounds failed to fire. I rechambered several of the rounds, most of them two or three times, and attempted to fire them again to no avail. I took the gun and ammo to the RO and he told me that there was an issue with S&B .40 ammo and the M&P. He said only the .40 ammo caused a problem, and I can vouch for that because I used about 200 rounds of S&B 9mm in the M&P9 with 0 problems. He said they had much harder than usual primers. I used the same ammo in a Sig and had no problems, though. He exchanged the ammo for 100 rounds of Fiocchi and I had no further problems. Not sure if this is just a specific lot problem or if it has always been like this.
Has anybody else had a similar problem? Thought it would be worth posting...
Oh, and the RO told me that S&B was now owned by Winchester? But it's still being manufactured in CZ...
I've been interested in the M&P since I rented one at my local range a couple of weeks ago (a 9mm). I was back at the range today and rented the .40 and attempted to shoot some Sellier & Bellot 180gr ammunition through it. Well, on the first magazine, 12 of the 15 rounds failed to fire. I rechambered several of the rounds, most of them two or three times, and attempted to fire them again to no avail. I took the gun and ammo to the RO and he told me that there was an issue with S&B .40 ammo and the M&P. He said only the .40 ammo caused a problem, and I can vouch for that because I used about 200 rounds of S&B 9mm in the M&P9 with 0 problems. He said they had much harder than usual primers. I used the same ammo in a Sig and had no problems, though. He exchanged the ammo for 100 rounds of Fiocchi and I had no further problems. Not sure if this is just a specific lot problem or if it has always been like this.
Has anybody else had a similar problem? Thought it would be worth posting...
Oh, and the RO told me that S&B was now owned by Winchester? But it's still being manufactured in CZ...