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looks like my new .40 p99 has a non-functioning chambered round indicator. i'm talking about the lever on the right of the slide, which supposedly moves inward to expose a red marker when a round is chambered. it does nothing. i can move it in with my finger etc so see how i think it should work, but when a round is chambered, it stays right where it is. gun fires and otherwise operates fine. ideas?

 

[M700Police]

And it extracts the spent case fine also? IIRC, (mine isnt in front of me) the indicator is basically....the extractor itself. When it slips over the rim of a cartridge, the opposite end gets recessed and shows a little red painted spot on the slide. Maybe yours is missing the red paint?

Can you take a picture for us?

 

[venom600]

The 'lever' is actually the extractor itself. As M700 stated, you may just be missing the red paint.

My P99 .40 extractor doesn't move a whole heck of a lot when a round is in the chamber, so the red paint doesn't show very well. I wonder if that is what is happening to you also.

--Ben

 

[Bruz]

Hi, my P99 is still at the FFL and since I can't play with it I read the manual...it says that cleanung fluid will not hurt the grip but may clean off the red dot you are rederring to! Just another possibility...Bruz.

 

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Quote[/b] (venom600 @ Dec. 06 2002,5:39)]The 'lever' is actually the extractor itself. As M700 stated, you may just be missing the red paint.

My P99 .40 extractor doesn't move a whole heck of a lot when a round is in the chamber, so the red paint doesn't show very well. I wonder if that is what is happening to you also.

--Ben

sounds about right. after closer inspection, i notice the extractor *does* move in just a little bit with a chambered round, and the red paint is just barely visible. but i'd say that 90% of that paint mark, which i can see if i press in with a finger nail etc, is still hidden. not a very clear indicator, for sure.