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·Another P-3AT going back to KT.
Bought it new today to use as a BUG. Cold and windy, but went to range anyway and put 12 rounds through it to be sure it was in working order. It seemed to be okay, no jams, recoil a little crisp, but manageable. Nothing really unexpected. Wind was bad so no real check on accuracy, but things looked good for the little bit of time that I put up with the cold wind.
At home I field stripped and swabbed the barrel. Rem. UMC .380s had left some black.
I used a swab with cleaner only on the barrel, then brushed the ramp and wiped the factory grease off everything I could. Replaced with a little TW25B Mil lube on slide rails and other obvious metal to metal points.
In reassembly things got interesting. The gun needed babying to get the slide down to where the lock pin can be put in. The guide rod / springs were very difficult to get placed where they would stay aligned so the slide would come down the track without a stop to the point where the assembly pin will go in. Finally I got the slide in proper position and the pin went in as described in the manual.
Now the real problem. When the slide is pulled, the barrel is not dropping properly to go to reload position. Seems like some machine work is needed.
Having never fired a P-3AT before, and with little gun maintenance experience beyond field strip and cleaning, I’m gonna box it up and send it back to the Florida address to let them figure it out. :-/
Bought it new today to use as a BUG. Cold and windy, but went to range anyway and put 12 rounds through it to be sure it was in working order. It seemed to be okay, no jams, recoil a little crisp, but manageable. Nothing really unexpected. Wind was bad so no real check on accuracy, but things looked good for the little bit of time that I put up with the cold wind.
At home I field stripped and swabbed the barrel. Rem. UMC .380s had left some black.
I used a swab with cleaner only on the barrel, then brushed the ramp and wiped the factory grease off everything I could. Replaced with a little TW25B Mil lube on slide rails and other obvious metal to metal points.
In reassembly things got interesting. The gun needed babying to get the slide down to where the lock pin can be put in. The guide rod / springs were very difficult to get placed where they would stay aligned so the slide would come down the track without a stop to the point where the assembly pin will go in. Finally I got the slide in proper position and the pin went in as described in the manual.
Now the real problem. When the slide is pulled, the barrel is not dropping properly to go to reload position. Seems like some machine work is needed.
Having never fired a P-3AT before, and with little gun maintenance experience beyond field strip and cleaning, I’m gonna box it up and send it back to the Florida address to let them figure it out. :-/