I was at the Shongum USPSA match today and have never seen so many malfunctions - failures to feed, failures to eject, etc...  In my squad I think more than half the people had them today, could not believe the number.  I was lucky and had none, but I have never seen so many.

I was at the Shongum USPSA match today and have never seen so many malfunctions - failures to feed, failures to eject, etc... In my squad I think more than half the people had them today, could not believe the number. I was lucky and had none, but I have never seen so many.

Ya'all shopping at the same K-Mart or summat?

 

 

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I have noticed the same thing. I chalked it up to low QC/QA ammo, WECSOG armorers trying to wring the most out of their peice with the low quality parts that were all that was available, and low quality firearms in general.

 

All three reasons relating directly to the price increase in firearms related pursuits of late and shooters trying to save a buck. As well as the fact that for a while, you couldn't be too picky about what you bought as options for guns ammo parts and components were extremely limited.

 

Sometimes you bought crap because crap was all there was. And now we are stuck shooting the ammo we loaded with sub-standard components or the low quality manufactured stuff we were able to buy out of the lower quality firearms we bought and tried to make "just as good as" with the slim pickings of parts available.

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I have noticed the same thing. I chalked it up to low QC/QA ammo, WECSOG armorers trying to wring the most out of their peice with the low quality parts that were all that was available, and low quality firearms in general.

 

All three reasons relating directly to the price increase in firearms related pursuits of late and shooters trying to save a buck. As well as the fact that for a while, you couldn't be too picky about what you bought as options for guns ammo parts and components were extremely limited.

 

Sometimes you bought crap because crap was all there was.

Or because it was crap masquerading as good parts.  The last six months have been a nightmare as far as QC/QA is concerned with new outfits springing up to satisfy demand as well as old standbys having to source crap material to work with because there isn't enough good stuff to go around.

Ammo has been an issue for a while. Not a huge issue but putting out tens of millions of rounds some are gonna have issues.

Yea I guess.  Not that I am an expert nor have I been to all that many matches, but I have never seen failures to the magnitude that I saw today at any other matches.  It was just very strange.

Yeah, for some reason I could only get my gun to shoot six rounds before I needed to reload. Oh, wait a minute.......nevermind.

Yeah, for some reason I could only get my gun to shoot six rounds before I needed to reload. Oh, wait a minute.......nevermind.

If I recall even you had one little ooops moment today.

If I recall even you had one little ooops moment today.

 

Don't confuse Brain Farts with weapon malfunctions. My only problem today was of my own making by short-stroking the trigger - which meant I had to pull the trigger 5 more times before the live round came under the hammer again. Of course there was that wall trying to fall on me, but that was a prop malfunction beyond my control.

Don't confuse Brain Farts with weapon malfunctions. My only problem today was of my own making by short-stroking the trigger - which meant I had to pull the trigger 5 more times before the live round came under the hammer again. Of course there was that wall trying to fall on me, but that was a prop malfunction beyond my control.

 

 

Excuse # 7 eh bobby? LoL

 

How'd you shoot otherwise? 

Excuse # 7 eh bobby? LoL

 

How'd you shoot otherwise?

 

Good...for me. How were the sectionals?