Post by "DoubleAction" on Apr 24, 2009 6:01:52 GMT -5
Milwaukee Police Department Has To Replace Guns
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Police Department found that there is a serious problem with its guns.
Officer Vidal Colon was injured over the weekend in a shootout, in which his gun jammed.
The police chief has known about the problem for a year, but he is now taking immediate action following Saturday’s shooting.
The chief sent a memo to the entire police department about the weapon problem.
On Saturday, Colon responded to a report of a man armed with a gun near 36th and Scott streets.
Colon fired his gun 13 times, and the suspect, Louis Domenech, shot back six times, refusing to drop his weapon, said police.
Both men were hit, and police have been investigating the shootout. They learned that one bullet casing had stovepiped, or jammed, in the officer’s weapon.
Police said stovepiping can be caused by technique depending on the position of the gun.
But, the memo to the department revealed that the problem could be with the gun itself.
"We had experienced a number of issues on the range with our issued Glock model 22, .40 caliber duty pistol magazines, which represents 45 percent of our issued weapons," said Flynn in the memo.
The chief became aware of the problem in January 2008. Since then, "Glock has replaced 2,700 pistol magazines at no cost to the Milwaukee Police Department," said Flynn in the memo.
The memo also said that the department addressed the issue with officers during a 2008 in-service firearms training session.
But, according to the memo, 300 weapons have been transitioned while 600 remain.
On Thursday night, training division personnel are exchanging the magazines in the remaining 600 firearms.
The memo went on to say that due to an abudance of caution, the academy will be operating 24 hours a day for the next three days or until the magazines have been replaced.
Flynn also said the protocol in issuing the magazines made the most sense because the only malfunctions reported were taking place at the shooting range.
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Police Department found that there is a serious problem with its guns.
Officer Vidal Colon was injured over the weekend in a shootout, in which his gun jammed.
The police chief has known about the problem for a year, but he is now taking immediate action following Saturday’s shooting.
The chief sent a memo to the entire police department about the weapon problem.
On Saturday, Colon responded to a report of a man armed with a gun near 36th and Scott streets.
Colon fired his gun 13 times, and the suspect, Louis Domenech, shot back six times, refusing to drop his weapon, said police.
Both men were hit, and police have been investigating the shootout. They learned that one bullet casing had stovepiped, or jammed, in the officer’s weapon.
Police said stovepiping can be caused by technique depending on the position of the gun.
But, the memo to the department revealed that the problem could be with the gun itself.
"We had experienced a number of issues on the range with our issued Glock model 22, .40 caliber duty pistol magazines, which represents 45 percent of our issued weapons," said Flynn in the memo.
The chief became aware of the problem in January 2008. Since then, "Glock has replaced 2,700 pistol magazines at no cost to the Milwaukee Police Department," said Flynn in the memo.
The memo also said that the department addressed the issue with officers during a 2008 in-service firearms training session.
But, according to the memo, 300 weapons have been transitioned while 600 remain.
On Thursday night, training division personnel are exchanging the magazines in the remaining 600 firearms.
The memo went on to say that due to an abudance of caution, the academy will be operating 24 hours a day for the next three days or until the magazines have been replaced.
Flynn also said the protocol in issuing the magazines made the most sense because the only malfunctions reported were taking place at the shooting range.
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I don't recall reading anything about ejection issues.
Many several things can cause stove pipe issues, one was already mention about the pistol flexing recoil, limp wristing, and magazines.
Nothing was mentioned about slide cycling of changing recoil springs, or the most obvious, failure to the seat the nose of the bullet into the opening of the chamber. The later is probably is what you should first, but seeing it's not the most obvious answer to problem, we chose the unforeseen.
Tracking the snag of stove piping, with experienced shooters, deserves an answer; I found my answer several years ago with the supported chambers of the Sig Sauers.
The problem was not the magazines, limp wristing, recoil flexing, or recoil springs; it was the opening to the chamber.
More come, I as dealt this cure for this problem. Don't go away
Range Test
Take two experience shooters, with similar pistols, using different ammo, using two different calibers, placing them side by side in the same range, and watching each developed the exact malfunctions for failure to feed mishaps.
But first, a little refresher course which lead up this,
Range Testing
Part II
Enter the Sig Sauer P220 / 38 Super
Part II
Enter the Sig Sauer P220 / 38 Super
Common called my Jam-O-Matic, this was most my problematic pistol I had up on date. The first thing brought in my mind was the recoil spring because seemed to lacking the sufficient power to fully chamber the cartridge. It always an extra nudge to the slide, to fully seat the cartridge in the chamber.
I called up Sig Sauer and they mailed two more recoil springs; they didn't work. So I ordered a calibration pack of recoil springs from Wolff, they didn't work either, so I placed the pistol on the burner for a later time.
Back To Range With Our Two Shooters
As we follow our shooters, as they develop problems, while nudge their slides, and complain back forth, we are often reminded why men do such things. One of the shooters was yours truly, and the other one was my brother. I was kinda used to nudging the slide but my brother expected optimum performance for anything which was designed to propel bullets.
This shooting frenzy ended as quickly as it began, no bulleyes and no joy. While I was picking up my brass, my brother was busy trading his new pistol for one he could shoot bulleyes with.
When I returned home I retired to the back corner of the house, to a place I call my Gun Room. It is there where I will prepare to sort things out and prepare myself for a new beginning.
A New Beginning
A Major Break Through
A Major Break Through
After cleaning my pistol, I proceeded to inspect the chamber. I took my Jeweler's Lupe and carefully trace out the path of the bullet. I took a FMJ bullet slowly inserted it into the chamber, when something happened, it jammed. From the top edge of chamber to bottom edge, where case rides over the ramp; just enough to bind.
Armed with my Dremel, Polishing Paste, and Cotton Buffer, I proceeded to operate. Being careful not to extend beyond my boundaries of skill, I slowly buffed the metal where it resembled that of a mirror, no more. I concentrated
on the ramp going into the chamber.
Range Time
Two Hundred Rounds not a hiccup, nudging of the slide no more, and nothing but flawless function. Now to recollect all those recoil springs.
