Received my CWL but may have damaged my gun.

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Originally Posted by dukalmighty

Next time a shot sounds different or you have a lighter recoil STOP SHOOTING,REMOVE MAGAZINE,EXTRACT ANY CHAMBERED ROUND,LOCK SLIDE OPEN AND EITHER INSERT A ROD DOWN THE BARREL OR LOOK DOWN THE BARREL AND MAKE SURE THERE ISN'T A ROUND STUCK IN THE BARREL.

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Lesson learned, and thankfully my brother's hands and face are still healthy.

To get it out, I disassembled the gun, put the barrel breech-end up on a padded cloth on my garage floor and tapped the dowel with a hammer. The slug remained intact, and luckily so did the dowel.

Update. I took it to the range yesterday and cycled a few rounds through to make sure the action worked okay. Didn't seem to have any problems, so I fired a magazine of JHPs through (since I hadn't yet tested this gun with anything but ball). First round ejected, second round failed to feed. I dropped the mag, reinserted and fired off the remainder. Had a few more failures to feed out of the 50 rounds I put through. No visible damage that I can see, and I haven't had trouble with this gun before. Any ideas?

I used the same technique on one of my barrels. Except it was a metal cleaning rod. Was worried I did damage, but it shot fine afterwards.

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Originally Posted by Moops

I fired a magazine of JHPs through (since I hadn't yet tested this gun with anything but ball). First round ejected, second round failed to feed. I dropped the mag, reinserted and fired off the remainder. Had a few more failures to feed out of the 50 rounds I put through. No visible damage that I can see, and I haven't had trouble with this gun before. Any ideas?

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When I bought my wife an LCP I bought her Corbon JHPs which is what I use in my sd guns. It wouldn't feed well at all. Bought Remington Golden Sabre and it feeds flawlessly. Give it a try.

Some of those JHPs have wide open nosings that can catch when trying to go into the feed ramp, if the bullet looks more like a standard FMJ with a smooth nose end it will feed more smoothly.

to answer the question; the bullet is FORCED into the barrel so the bullet grabs the rifling’s and causes the spin that stabilizes the bullet in flight.

Some barrels are tapered and others use a forcing cone. Black powder guns used a forcing cone on pistols and rifles used a cotton patch it grab the lands in the barrel

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Originally Posted by Extas

When I bought my wife an LCP I bought her Corbon JHPs which is what I use in my sd guns. It wouldn't feed well at all. Bought Remington Golden Sabre and it feeds flawlessly. Give it a try.

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I'll check it out, thanks.

Any updates on the gun? I just saw that you did.

I am glad the gun and you are OK.

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Originally Posted by kmagnuss

That made me LOL. The REAL reason(s) they don't want you to use it is a) it's not brass cased so they have to separate it from the rest of the brass they sweep up to sell or reuse and/or b) you're not buying their ammo which obviously costs them money.

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Correct that they have to separate the steel from brass and that they are not selling you their reloads; incorrect that you are costing them money. They are just not making any extra profit from you.

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Originally Posted by Hoganbeg

Correct that they have to separate the steel from brass and that they are not selling you their reloads; incorrect that you are costing them money. They are just not making any extra profit from you.

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Which is why I bought a membership to the outdoor range across town. Sucks that it takes me 20 minutes to get there, but after 10 visits, the membership will have paid for itself. Plus, I can shoot every gun I own there (and every gun I have yet to buy!).