Sharpshooters 8/12/2015
Posted: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 08:45:43
Had another productive range trip last night (530-7p) at Sharpshooters. Ended up bringing a buddy of mine along for his first trip there. Seems that we arrived at the right time, just as the lanes were quickly thinning out. As I said, I had a productive trip. My friend, however, was not so lucky.
He wanted to put in some time with a Chiappa .22 1911 clone he recently picked up, which he had not yet fired. I was mainly there to sight in new optics, as well as log some more practice time with my CC.
About 20 minutes into the session, my friend popped over to my lane complaining of a substantial amount of FTE issues with one of his magazines. I walked over and watched him shoot, witnessing the failures myself. He had two magazines, and was only complaining of issues with one. I told him to run the other magazine; this also yielded some FTE problems...he was visibly irritated by this point. He could not get out 3 consecutive rounds without a failure. I asked him to cycle a single round, eject the magazine, and fire. He did this a couple times, and with each instance, the shell casing stuck within the ejector port. With inspection of his ammo (Federal), which seemed to be fine, I estimated that it was an extractor issue.
Unfortunately, he was not getting the desired effect of his new pistol. He had to take off about 45 minutes into the trip (wife was beckoning I suppose), so I told him to contact Chiappa when he got home, so that they could make it right.
I do not have any experience with this brand, although I do see their name floating around the internet every so often. Reputable or not, this firearm did not function as it should have, and that's never a good thing.
He wanted to put in some time with a Chiappa .22 1911 clone he recently picked up, which he had not yet fired. I was mainly there to sight in new optics, as well as log some more practice time with my CC.
About 20 minutes into the session, my friend popped over to my lane complaining of a substantial amount of FTE issues with one of his magazines. I walked over and watched him shoot, witnessing the failures myself. He had two magazines, and was only complaining of issues with one. I told him to run the other magazine; this also yielded some FTE problems...he was visibly irritated by this point. He could not get out 3 consecutive rounds without a failure. I asked him to cycle a single round, eject the magazine, and fire. He did this a couple times, and with each instance, the shell casing stuck within the ejector port. With inspection of his ammo (Federal), which seemed to be fine, I estimated that it was an extractor issue.
Unfortunately, he was not getting the desired effect of his new pistol. He had to take off about 45 minutes into the trip (wife was beckoning I suppose), so I told him to contact Chiappa when he got home, so that they could make it right.
I do not have any experience with this brand, although I do see their name floating around the internet every so often. Reputable or not, this firearm did not function as it should have, and that's never a good thing.