Diagnose A Problem

hdjoe · 12-14-2008, 11:36 PM

Well, I took the P-08 and the P-38 out this weekend and had a lot of fun. I did notice that they caught a lot of attention.

The P-38 after a few rounds shot beautiful and I was able to at least hit the target. Especially after realized that when aiming at the bulls eye it actually was hitting about 8-10 inches below. Once I compensated for that I was actually was able to get a full clip in about a 6 inch group at 15 yards. Hopefully I will improve as I shoot it more.

The P-08 was a different story, It would only work as a single shot as it would not feed properly and I could use some help diagnosing the issues. I only have one clip as the new ones that I ordered have not arrived yet:

1) AT first it would not eject the spent cartridge fully and it would jam up in the action. This happened for the first couple of clips. At time you had to pull the clip so that the new cartridge would fall our and the spent one could then be cleared.

2) After a couple of clips, it would eject the spent cartridge correctly, but would not feed the next cartridge correctly. I would shoot once and then pull the trigger a second time and it would go click on an empty chamber. It would not pick up the next cartridge and chamber it. Please advise on what may be going wrong here. I am just hoping that it just needed a good cleaning and lub.

After we were done, I brought both home and took them apart and cleaned them, I hope they both will work better the next time we go out in two weeks over Christmas.

12-14-2008, 11:36 PM	#1
hdjoe User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Not in Kansas Anymore Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Diagnose A Problem Well, I took the P-08 and the P-38 out this weekend and had a lot of fun. I did notice that they caught a lot of attention. The P-38 after a few rounds shot beautiful and I was able to at least hit the target. Especially after realized that when aiming at the bulls eye it actually was hitting about 8-10 inches below. Once I compensated for that I was actually was able to get a full clip in about a 6 inch group at 15 yards. Hopefully I will improve as I shoot it more. The P-08 was a different story, It would only work as a single shot as it would not feed properly and I could use some help diagnosing the issues. I only have one clip as the new ones that I ordered have not arrived yet: 1) AT first it would not eject the spent cartridge fully and it would jam up in the action. This happened for the first couple of clips. At time you had to pull the clip so that the new cartridge would fall our and the spent one could then be cleared. 2) After a couple of clips, it would eject the spent cartridge correctly, but would not feed the next cartridge correctly. I would shoot once and then pull the trigger a second time and it would go click on an empty chamber. It would not pick up the next cartridge and chamber it. Please advise on what may be going wrong here. I am just hoping that it just needed a good cleaning and lub. After we were done, I brought both home and took them apart and cleaned them, I hope they both will work better the next time we go out in two weeks over Christmas.