Report
OK, back from the range
Loaded up all 8 magazines with 12 rounds each
Fired all 8 magazines with no issues at all.
Re loaded all 12 magazines and continued my testing
Magazines 1-6, no issues. On magazine #7 I had an FTE on round #10. Cleared the malfunction and fired magazine #8 without issue.
At this point I'm thinking it's a magazine issue.
I had 19 rounds left so I loaded magazine number 1 with 12 rounds and magazine number 2 with the remaining 7 rounds
Fired all 12 rounds from magazine #1 without issue and loaded mag #2. I had another malfunction at round #5. The round had a failure to eject fully. The round got caught between the breech face and the barrel hood similar to a stovepipe but fully horizontal.
I called Steyr this afternoon and spoke with Jack and Allen. Allen suggested I use and oversized brush mounted on a drill to clean the barrel chamber . Allen stated that it is possible carbon fowling and powder can become "stuck" to the metal
After doing my usual cleaning regimen I grabbed a nylon brush and a bronze brush for a 45 caliber handgun and some JB bore paste. I ran the brush into the chamber and cranked the drill. After "scrubbing the chamber, I re used Hoppes to clean the barrel and was a bit surprised at the amount of crud on the patches . I repeated the procedure twice more until I could not get any more fowling out of the barrel or chamber.
next trip will determine if the cleaning worked or not, if not the gun will go back to Steyr for diagnosis with a very detailed letter concerning the failures.
OK, back from the range
Loaded up all 8 magazines with 12 rounds each
Fired all 8 magazines with no issues at all.
Re loaded all 12 magazines and continued my testing
Magazines 1-6, no issues. On magazine #7 I had an FTE on round #10. Cleared the malfunction and fired magazine #8 without issue.
At this point I'm thinking it's a magazine issue.
I had 19 rounds left so I loaded magazine number 1 with 12 rounds and magazine number 2 with the remaining 7 rounds
Fired all 12 rounds from magazine #1 without issue and loaded mag #2. I had another malfunction at round #5. The round had a failure to eject fully. The round got caught between the breech face and the barrel hood similar to a stovepipe but fully horizontal.
I called Steyr this afternoon and spoke with Jack and Allen. Allen suggested I use and oversized brush mounted on a drill to clean the barrel chamber . Allen stated that it is possible carbon fowling and powder can become "stuck" to the metal
After doing my usual cleaning regimen I grabbed a nylon brush and a bronze brush for a 45 caliber handgun and some JB bore paste. I ran the brush into the chamber and cranked the drill. After "scrubbing the chamber, I re used Hoppes to clean the barrel and was a bit surprised at the amount of crud on the patches . I repeated the procedure twice more until I could not get any more fowling out of the barrel or chamber.
next trip will determine if the cleaning worked or not, if not the gun will go back to Steyr for diagnosis with a very detailed letter concerning the failures.
