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My P64 consistently fails to feed the last round in my one and only magazine.

it only fails to feed during the cycle of fire and not manual chambering the last round in the magazine, so I have been unable to reproduce the problem without firing it.

I don’t see anything wrong with the magazine, the spring does not seem too weak, but it's hard to say with no other magazines to compare. (yes I am going to order a few spare mags)

I checked out the boards and didn’t see any posts specific to magazine issues so I thought it was a question worth posting.

It's just a little metal box and spring, but I think its ruining my fun. any similar experiences out there?

The magazine is obviously contributing to this problem.

Are you aware there are 2 kinds of magazines? The feed lips are longer on the newer magazines, but they don't work reliably on the older guns with the round hammer. Comparing your magazines may show a difference in the length of the feed lips.

What kind of ammo? What kind of jam is it? Nose dive into front mag lip? Nose high on top edge of chamber? Rim getting caught on the extractor?

Disassemble your mags. Clean them. Make sure everything fits and moves easily. Compare spring length, firmness, shape. Buff any sharp edges or burrs.

If you can't find anything wrong with the bad mag, try swapping some of the parts with another mag. It just might be a combination of several parts being on the edge of spec that only cause a problem when combined.

Didnt know there were two types of mags. I have an older model from the mid 60's (round hammer) but I have no idea if the mag it came with is of the same time frame. The mag is very clean and lightly oiled. Can you explain how I would recognize if my mag is an older or newer model?

BTW the jam is always "nose high"

I had a similar problem last year that didnt seem tied to the mag but it seem to go away with use...

csp wrote:Didnt know there were two types of mags. I have an older model from the mid 60's (round hammer) but I have no idea if the mag it came with is of the same time frame. The mag is very clean and lightly oiled. Can you explain how I would recognize if my mag is an older or newer model?

See if this thread helps (pictures #7 & #8): viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3139&p=32850&hilit= ... ics#p32850

Ross