OK - I've got a S&W 2214 that I bought new (or nearly so) many years ago, possibly '93 or '94. (on a side note, I'm learning that these aren't too common now. Makes me miss my 2206 all the more)
It sat in my ammo box for a good 10 years or so. The last time I used it before that I had cleaned it and I put at least a little oil on the slide, but not sure if I did anywhere else.
I took it out a couple of months ago and shot it for the first time. Before doing so, I stripped it down and looked things over, but didn't oil it.
So, out of around 50-70 rounds fired that day, at least 5 times the pistol failed to fully cycle and eject the rounds. When it jammed, it was not fully ejecting the spent case. I never had an issue with feeding a new round and as long as the case was ejected, it cycled and fired fine.
There were 3 different brands of ammo that I had and they all did that at least once. The newest ones were some cheap Federals that I picked up at Wally a few weeks before going out. At least a couple of mags were CCI hollow points and I forget what the other ones were.
My question is this: is this most likely just a matter of oiling the heck out of any moving parts in it or is there likely something up with the recoil spring that it's not letting the slide cycle all the way back?
Thanks
It sat in my ammo box for a good 10 years or so. The last time I used it before that I had cleaned it and I put at least a little oil on the slide, but not sure if I did anywhere else.
I took it out a couple of months ago and shot it for the first time. Before doing so, I stripped it down and looked things over, but didn't oil it.
So, out of around 50-70 rounds fired that day, at least 5 times the pistol failed to fully cycle and eject the rounds. When it jammed, it was not fully ejecting the spent case. I never had an issue with feeding a new round and as long as the case was ejected, it cycled and fired fine.
There were 3 different brands of ammo that I had and they all did that at least once. The newest ones were some cheap Federals that I picked up at Wally a few weeks before going out. At least a couple of mags were CCI hollow points and I forget what the other ones were.
My question is this: is this most likely just a matter of oiling the heck out of any moving parts in it or is there likely something up with the recoil spring that it's not letting the slide cycle all the way back?
Thanks
