:frown: Well, I sneaked out to the range today to put some rounds thru the Predator I bought last week....boy this was a long week...anxiously awaiting the "weekend" to break-er in. My lead in frown face is because all didn't go as I had hoped. After spending a half hour lookin for a stapler that would work so I could hang my targets up (I use plain ole paper plates from Wally World...red marker to make circle in middle)....finally, got them suckers posted and I'm back at the line....pre-loaded three mags before leaving the house...the two Novaks which came with the Predator, and one Wilson mag I use in my Kimber.
Started with the Novak mags (8 rd mags) since Bumper had indicated a problem using his Wilsons in his NH Enforcer.....well, as usual, my first shot (I'm really steady on the first one)...hit darn close to dead center. The next four rounds were in there close....boy this is cool! I went to pull the trigger on the 6th rd and holy cow, no trigger movement...nada. I ejected the mag, pulled the slide back, which ejected the unspent round, then put the mag back in and released the slide to chamber the 7th rd....fired, 8th round chamberd and fired, and the slide locked open as there were no more rds in the mag.
To make long story short, this was a continuous problem, but only with the Novak mags. I did not experience that problem with the Wilson mag. I then started putting less rds in each of the Novak mags....7 rds only, then 6, then 5, then 4....and each time, the malfunction occured when there were only 3 rds in the mag....(actually 3rd from bottom would chamber, leaving two in the mag).....after fiddling around with this, I discoverd that when that event occured, the trigger did not fully return to the ready (it would stick in a bit of depress)....I would grasp the trigger and pull maybe 1/16 to 1/8 inch to put it back in the ready. At this point the gun would fire, chamber, and continue to function properly.
The other malfunction that would occur, and not consistently, but regardless of whether Novak or Wilson mag....was the slide lock would engage as if there were no more rds in the mag.
Disappointing day at the range, you bet.....however, I'll call Nighthawk and I'm sure they'll fix her up for me. Other than the probs today, that gun does shoot sweet....very accurate, pleasant enough recoil, and frankly....it's just doggone pretty to look at! :wink: