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77346 wrote:I think the issue could be the ammo I was using... I had some Freedom Munition's Blaster, which are factory reloads. I'll stick with Federal white box for now, since it seems to like that, and give it a few hundred rounds before trying FM again...

Overall, looks and feels quite nice... if/when it fires reliably it will become my EDC.

Freedom Blaster is my primary range ammo. I've run it through the 709 and S&W SW9VE with no problems except the 709 before I got it clean. At this point I've run a couple of hundred rounds through the 709. Once I hit 400 (hopefully this weekend) and find a holster I like it will be my EDC loaded with Cor-Bon 115 +P DPX.

I also use the .380 Blaster in my TCP and a Hi Point CF380. I had several FTF with the CF380 but it turned out to be a mag issue.

77346 wrote:
I think the issue may be with the magazine, not feeding the next round smoothly... so looks like it may take a while to break in.

Clean it again, flush around the extractor with an aerosol solvent OR liquid followed by compressed air, and clean the firing pin and channel. The grease they use is hard to get out and it is EVERYWHERE. I had a couple of similar problems that went away after cleaning around the extractor and a second good cleaning. I picked up a 638 for my wife that was even worse on the grease content.

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