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Offline Incursion

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Re: A couple of questions concerning failures
« Reply #15 on: August 23, 2004, 05:28:36 PM »
I think all 3 were failures to eject, but one could have been a failure to extract as well.  It was hard to tell from the orientation of the casing.

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Re: A couple of questions concerning failures
« Reply #16 on: August 23, 2004, 05:43:50 PM »
That helps thx but - can you also specify the ammo in use at the time.  This is also more than useful to know.

I shall be including Blazers in my next test run and would not be surprised to suffer the odd FTE.
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Re: A couple of questions concerning failures
« Reply #17 on: August 23, 2004, 06:26:19 PM »
It was in my previous post.  Blazer 115 gr. FMJ and Winchester Ranger 147 gr. RA9T.

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Re: A couple of questions concerning failures
« Reply #18 on: August 23, 2004, 07:06:40 PM »
I did read that yeah .. but missed any ref' to which was being shot when a failure occurred!!!  That was what I was trying to find out. :)
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Re: A couple of questions concerning failures
« Reply #19 on: September 04, 2004, 12:45:16 AM »
I shot another 100 rounds today and had a bunch of malfunctions.  I had multiple people shoot it as well.  Just how grip sensitive is this gun?  I think I'm going to send it back.  Something seems slightly off.

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fRe: A couple of questions concerning failures
« Reply #20 on: September 04, 2004, 11:44:09 AM »
Boy, that sure is not consistent with my experience.  I have 200 rounds through mine with not a single hitch.  I have let 5 other people shoot it--including a complete newbie--and have intentionally held it as weakly as possible in an attempt to induce a limp-wrist malfunction -- no dice.

I would give the factory a call -- but be armed with all the pertinent info -- ammo types, types of failures, etc.

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Re: A couple of questions concerning failures
« Reply #21 on: September 08, 2004, 08:46:05 PM »
I shipped it out today.  I wish they would pick up shipping.  It came out to be $45.  Damn UPS!

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Re: A couple of questions concerning failures
« Reply #22 on: September 09, 2004, 12:19:25 AM »
Incursion:

I shot the gun for the first time last week.  My first mag full was gold dot 115s without a hitch.  Then I switched to Walmart Winchester white box ammo.  The first two mags went through with no problem. After that I had failures to eject on nearly every other round of the 60 rounds of WWB I used.
I talked to Eric about this and he said others have had problems with WWB ammo. He said brass cased Blazer is also bad.  He recommended I try the aluminum cased Blazer 115.  

I know the consensus on defensive ammo is gold dot 115 or 124.  What is everyone's experience with target ammunition? In doing a search on this forum for "winchester white box" it appears most people have not had problems with it.  I'll give the aluminum cased blazer a try but I'm no very optimistic.  UPS might be getting more business.
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Re: A couple of questions concerning failures
« Reply #23 on: September 09, 2004, 01:34:32 PM »
I was using aluminum Blazer.

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Re: A couple of questions concerning failures
« Reply #24 on: September 09, 2004, 02:48:57 PM »
Interesting...Kel-Tec told me to NOT use alum Blazer w/ my P3AT
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Re: A couple of questions concerning failures
« Reply #25 on: September 09, 2004, 04:27:05 PM »
While I bemoan the fact that I have several more months to wait for my R9S to come in, I am glad that there is more time for some of these issues to be worked out before mine is built.
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Re: A couple of questions concerning failures
« Reply #26 on: September 09, 2004, 05:10:00 PM »
I went to the range today and struggled through 50 rounds of aluminum cased Blazer 115. It behaved in the exact same way that the Winchester white box had with constant failures to eject and occasional failures to feed. The gun will be making a visit to Farmindale, NY.
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Re: A couple of questions concerning failures
« Reply #27 on: September 09, 2004, 05:52:21 PM »
Just a simple question.   If it is proven that the  gun doesn't like Blazers,  and Rohrbaugh says don't use them,  why try?
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Re: A couple of questions concerning failures
« Reply #28 on: September 09, 2004, 06:02:11 PM »
Eric specifically recommended aluminum cased Blazer 115s.
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Re: A couple of questions concerning failures
« Reply #29 on: September 09, 2004, 07:10:26 PM »
Sorry ,I missed that.
 Are Blazers the round you intend to carry with?  Or is this a practice round?
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