I am finding there is a whole lot more to auto loaders than revolvers!
My recently bought P10 worked well the first time out to the range, so it was really surprising when it showed feeding problems this weekend. Two 10 round magazines came with the pistol, and I bought two additional Para-Ordnance 13 round magazines with the collars which adapt them to the P10 grip. They came in their original bubble packages, and seemed fine.
Both of them, and one of the 10 round magazines failed to strip rounds properly, the slide stopping when its lower front edge hit the sides of the cartridges. The bullet nose in each case was part way up the ramp, and the slide had ridden over the base of the cartridges. I have seen slides ride over cartridge bases before but not then take it partially to the chamber before binding.
Two times the affected cartridges were the third or fourth in the magazine, one time it was the first cart after inserting the magazine and racking the slide off the slide stop. I have read mentions of similar problems mentioned nearly in passing in several threads and suppose disassembling and cleaning the magazines will resolve the situation. Seems worthwhile to check on other possible causes while there are several days before the next range trip comes up.
Another item, the little locking tabs on the two original magazine base plates are bent back a bit, and don't hold the plates firmly in place. Are replacements from Remington the bestavailable, or does someone else market a better part?
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