Ok, test fired yesterday with some logic.
Conclusion:
Everything matters! Ammo, magazine, and how you hold the pistol.
Firing the G date shooter- with the strong mainspring that would not hold open:
1- three magazines used- two worked fine, one did not; this is with each of the ammo types through each mag.
2- Would set the hold open and catch the toggle with:
124 g Nyclad hollow pts
115 g Fiocchi ball
Win-Western silver tip hollow points
124 g nato spec ammo
3- Would not set the hold open/toggle with:
"factory" reloads 115g ball
S & B 115g ball
Federal 115 g ball
Remington round nose hollow points
Remington golden sabre
All above standard 9mm P, None is/was +P
Mag that would not work consistently was a blued new Mec Gar; but oddly enough a
new chrome Mec Gar worked fine, as did an original wood base WWI mag.
Even stranger, the blue Mec Gar worked fine including the hold open on a DWM Commercial .30.
See first statement- Everything matters! Maybe even the barometric pressure.
"Limp wristing" will negate any and all of the above!!
But I am satisfied now, the G date shooter will work properly with the right ammo, magazine, and a good stiff hold!
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