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FEG P9R and JHP
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I recently bought a P9R and looks like it doesn't want to feed Federal JHP properly. Went to load one in the chamber and the slide locked as if the mag was empty. Pull back on the slide and it will chamber the round but seems like a FTF waiting to happen. Any recommendations on self defense ammo for these pistols? Not a whole lot of info out there about these guns.
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Lots of autoloading pistols have issues with HP's because they act like a flat nose and have a place to snag on the barrel.
A new pistol can have lots of burrs. Take it apart and clean it. Stone the working surfaces lightly. Lube it properly and put it back together. Take the magazine apart, clean, de-burr, lube...
Appears to be a modified HiPower design. The only one I ever considered owning was the slotted and tangent version with a stock.
For personal protection ammo. In hardball specific guns, I've had good luck with Remington Golden Sabre. There is much more of a radius over the hollow point, that helps feeding. In guns made for hardball ammo.
There is a number of other personal protection ammo on the market now. That are made for reliable use in hardball guns. If Federal doesn't work, use something else.
I hate to say it, but I have had t do this to a couple of Glocks Gen 3's recently, because it seems like attention is being more paid to production, rather then reliability. Glocks normally digest ANYTHING, and do not even burp.