The.Other.Jared
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I like trying new guns. Brand names don't mean much to me. I own a $50 hipoint (another story) as well as more expensive pistols. I tend to have great luck with every gun I buy.
When I saw a SCCY CPX2 at a gunshow last month for 189 out the door, I jumped on it. I figured even if it sucks I can still get most of my money back.
So the next day, I clean the pistol and I go out to my shooting spot with 200 rounds of Remington FMJ. I insert a full magazine and rack the slide....FTF. The nose of the bullet hangs halfway up the feed ramp. I think, "ok...maybe it needs a few rounds through it for a good break-in." First mag has 5 more FTFs. They need a little bump on the back of the slide to help the gun go into battery. Second mag gets through all 10 with only 3 FTFs. 3rd mag has 2 in a row. On the 3rd round I'm able to pull the trigger all the way back without the hammer being released. I let off the trigger a millimeter and BANG! The gun goes off. For the remainder of that magazine I'm able to reproduce this problem by slowly pulling the trigger. I pack up and go home.
I get home and take the gun apart. The recoil spring had failed and started to balloon out. The "ballooned" spring started rubbing against the aluminum "chassis" of the pistol. In the pictures you can see the plastic retainer has also cracked. The feed ramp is possibly the worst I've ever seen. There's a visible hump halfway up it and the entire ramp has a rough texture to it. Not impressed.
I call SCCY and CS sends me a shipping label. They pay all the shipping and I have the gun back exactly a week later. I'm impressed.
I open the fedex package and find a new recoil spring, new magazines, and trigger assembly has been installed. The feed ramp has a slightly better texture to it, though I can still see the hump in it. The gun is also packed with grease.
I try part 2 with the remainder of the 200 rounds. They all fire without a single malfunction.
Now I take it a step further and grab a box of Federal HST and a box of Sig V-Crown. After all, a defensive pistol should reliably feed hollowpoints, right? Insert mag. Rack slide. FTF. Every round fails to go into battery without a little "help." Gotta be the hump in the feed ramp. I pack up and go home again. This time with a plan to fix this gun before I get rid of it.
I get home and get out the dreaded Dremel. I carefully remove that pesky hump in the feed ramp and polish it perfectly smooth and mirrorlike.
Now I go out for part 3 with 50 FMJ and 90 hollowpoints (sig and federal again). Insert mag. Rack slide....gun is ready. I proceed to fire every round without a problem. I pack up and go home. I clean and inspect the pistol and everything is great.
2 days later I trade it in for a Springfield XDs 9mm. My LGS gave me $150 for the SCCY. I may have fixed it but it will forever have that "junk gun" stigma for me. Good riddance.
When I saw a SCCY CPX2 at a gunshow last month for 189 out the door, I jumped on it. I figured even if it sucks I can still get most of my money back.
So the next day, I clean the pistol and I go out to my shooting spot with 200 rounds of Remington FMJ. I insert a full magazine and rack the slide....FTF. The nose of the bullet hangs halfway up the feed ramp. I think, "ok...maybe it needs a few rounds through it for a good break-in." First mag has 5 more FTFs. They need a little bump on the back of the slide to help the gun go into battery. Second mag gets through all 10 with only 3 FTFs. 3rd mag has 2 in a row. On the 3rd round I'm able to pull the trigger all the way back without the hammer being released. I let off the trigger a millimeter and BANG! The gun goes off. For the remainder of that magazine I'm able to reproduce this problem by slowly pulling the trigger. I pack up and go home.
I get home and take the gun apart. The recoil spring had failed and started to balloon out. The "ballooned" spring started rubbing against the aluminum "chassis" of the pistol. In the pictures you can see the plastic retainer has also cracked. The feed ramp is possibly the worst I've ever seen. There's a visible hump halfway up it and the entire ramp has a rough texture to it. Not impressed.
I call SCCY and CS sends me a shipping label. They pay all the shipping and I have the gun back exactly a week later. I'm impressed.
I open the fedex package and find a new recoil spring, new magazines, and trigger assembly has been installed. The feed ramp has a slightly better texture to it, though I can still see the hump in it. The gun is also packed with grease.
I try part 2 with the remainder of the 200 rounds. They all fire without a single malfunction.
Now I take it a step further and grab a box of Federal HST and a box of Sig V-Crown. After all, a defensive pistol should reliably feed hollowpoints, right? Insert mag. Rack slide. FTF. Every round fails to go into battery without a little "help." Gotta be the hump in the feed ramp. I pack up and go home again. This time with a plan to fix this gun before I get rid of it.
I get home and get out the dreaded Dremel. I carefully remove that pesky hump in the feed ramp and polish it perfectly smooth and mirrorlike.
Now I go out for part 3 with 50 FMJ and 90 hollowpoints (sig and federal again). Insert mag. Rack slide....gun is ready. I proceed to fire every round without a problem. I pack up and go home. I clean and inspect the pistol and everything is great.
2 days later I trade it in for a Springfield XDs 9mm. My LGS gave me $150 for the SCCY. I may have fixed it but it will forever have that "junk gun" stigma for me. Good riddance.
