Brand new gun, pulled it out of the retail box off the shelf... Fed it this Remington UMC, and literally what you see. Those are some god damned dimples, man.
Fixin to take this fun apart clean and lube the frick out of it.
Is Remington UMC trash like the range fuds said?
Yeah
Federal Premium ran slightly better through it, but still had issues...
If they're ALL doing that its a problem with the gun. Contact Smith and tell them about it (and specifically how many rounds its doing it with, and the fact its different types too). They'll probably give you a shipping label and have you send it back to them and they'll fix it for free.
Remington UMC isn't like deluxe or anything, but their centerfire ammo is adequate.
Those are some pretty damn light primer strikes. Definitely something up with the gun, you have to look around for old army surplus stuff to find really hard primers, like old IDF 9mm tracers, or antique M1887 Ball.
Well, if the breech face was to be off on a revolver, the same thing could happen, if that's the problem you're looking at.
Could be that the firing-pin is broken in two (in which case do not shoot it until it's fixed, it might detonate a primer before the gun is in battery, which can send shards of brass all kinds of directions, including your eyes), but it could also be dirt or gunk in the firing-pin channel which slows down the pin and leaves less energy for the primer. Could also be that the tip of the firing-pin is chipped off, or that it was erroneously made too short at the factory.
Hell, if the gun and ammo weren't brand new, something like this could be caused by like accumulated pocket lint from carrying it way long but never maintaining it; cleaning the gun or changing out the ammo. Pocket lint can gather in places, and primers can actually draw in humidity from your sweat if carried for a very long time, carry ammo ought to be replaced once a year.
There's really a lot of different things which can cause something like this, so first thing to do is to unload the gun and then start disassembling it to see if there's anything which looks obviously fricked up.
You're getting light primer strikes. Something's up with the gun.
thank you. i was hoping not, but it seems very likely
those are all light strikes. your gun is fricked up
light primer strikes? hard ass primers? send it back to S&W?
Something is wrong with the gun for sure. Probably gay or a troony.
What's the gun? some turkshit?
What gun
>Remington UMC by itself
Just the ammo
>Another box of a different ammo brand with results only slightly better
Definitely your gun
Could be anything, if it's older and has shot well in the past but it has been a minute since you shot, it is a lubricant issue. If it just happened between boxes, consider your firing pin being jacked up.
If it's brand new then just send it back if lube doesn't fix it
thanks
oh no!
shield plus
did you try turning it off then back on again?
i'll try a roll. that's a neat trick
I had light strikes with a 9mm handgun earlier this year OP. Turned out they'd cut the fricking chamber too deep, straight up manufacturing frickup. Try to find a go/no-go gauge and check that if lube and such doesn't work. They're cheap and a lot of gunsmiths have them, or even LGS. If it chambers a no-go gauge it's fricked and you need to get it back to the manufacturer for repair.
well, that sucks lads...
with my good ole revolver, light primer strikes are a simple matter of tensioning the main spring. there's no way to do that with the striker control group, is there? i need some kind of punch to remove it?
I had the same, it is an easy fix you just have to take out the firing pin and sharpen the point so it protrudes further.
Two different brands and it's not the ammo, it's your pistol. Also, just my personal opinion, but ditch the UMC for green and white.
Winchester ammo is definitely better.
UMC is garbage ammo but it's definitely your gun. UMC had like 4 light primer strikes out for 20rd on my SR. Crazy how they can sell such bad ammo bro. Switched to the good stuff from IWI and haven't had any issues since then man.
In your case I'd ship it back and see what they say. They've got a reputation for being good dudes so it should be gtg fast.
much obliged to you all. i'm very glad to see /k/ talk about guns. i'm gonna go ahead and contact S&W