Ok, I'll admit I haven't shot my R9 in quite a while (probably 3 years). I just keep it clean and haven't seen any reason to go fire it. However, I have a new range (outdoor) so I can now start shooting again. Indoor range kills what's left of my hearing. Anyway, I bought some steel to do sort of a steel challenge.
So, motivated by our hero Jack Wilson in the Fort Worth shooting I shot the R9 with no practice before hand. First two shots fired fine and better I hit on the first shot, a miss, then 3 consecutive light strikes, and I think the last two fired fine (I'm pretty sure they were consecutive). When I say light, they were BARELY dimpled. I had to look twice on the first round I picked up. While it was good for the tap-roll-rack drill this incident is very disturbing as I've only had ONE failure since I purchased back in 2008 (pre-owned..previous owner had shot 50 rounds). I've probably done 800-1000, so I was, until now, quite comfortable carrying this.
Now, the R9 now sports VZ grips and they're not loose or anything. I've shot MULTIPLE rounds (well over 150) of the carry ammo: Federal 124g (not +P) HSTs. NEVER had a failure before. In fact, I've only had a light strike with S&B years ago (knowing they may fail to light). The ONLY thing that's changed is that I started using Hornady One Shot.
The only other ammo I had on hand were old S&B's so I figured I'd have light strikes with them, and I did. But the same number, but only out of 6 not 7.
So, what am I up against? Is this solvable by me or does the firing pin need replaced, taken out and cleaned, something else?
Thanks.