I told him my problem, that the gun would not shoot my reloads.
I told him I think the feed ramp needs polishing, but I could not do it
because I could not get the barrel out. He said he had the equipment to
do it without removing the barrel. I have him several rounds of my reloads
for testing.
I got the gun back on Tuesday. He didn't polish anything! He made a new
recoil spring of quite reduced power. I was skeptical. The slide is noticeably
easier to pull back. I can use the old "sling-shot" grip now, which I could not
do with either the factory spring and especially not with the higher powered
spring I got from Wolfe Springs.
I took the gun to the range yesterday, and it worked! In 80 rounds of reloads,
I had "only" one FTF. I think it was possibly caused by a relaxed grip, which
means more testing is in order. If it will now fire my reloads reliably, I will be
one happy camper!
Using a reduced power recoil spring is not something I would have thought
to do. I know there are a few others out there having problems with their
PPK/S-1 like I was. I thought you might like to hear of one possible solution
to the problem.
I'll make a few more reloads and go back to the range ASAP. I'll let y'all know
how it goes.
L8'er, TP
I told him I think the feed ramp needs polishing, but I could not do it
because I could not get the barrel out. He said he had the equipment to
do it without removing the barrel. I have him several rounds of my reloads
for testing.
I got the gun back on Tuesday. He didn't polish anything! He made a new
recoil spring of quite reduced power. I was skeptical. The slide is noticeably
easier to pull back. I can use the old "sling-shot" grip now, which I could not
do with either the factory spring and especially not with the higher powered
spring I got from Wolfe Springs.
I took the gun to the range yesterday, and it worked! In 80 rounds of reloads,
I had "only" one FTF. I think it was possibly caused by a relaxed grip, which
means more testing is in order. If it will now fire my reloads reliably, I will be
one happy camper!
Using a reduced power recoil spring is not something I would have thought
to do. I know there are a few others out there having problems with their
PPK/S-1 like I was. I thought you might like to hear of one possible solution
to the problem.
I'll make a few more reloads and go back to the range ASAP. I'll let y'all know
how it goes.
L8'er, TP