Okay. Went back and looked over my posts on P series mag releases and realized I was completely unclear and incomplete. I'll make a better effort this time, and to preview in the future. Can anyone shed some light on the following quibbles?
1)P-90 mag. release: mine sticks half the time with mag full or empty. The button also rocks a little from side to side (just doesn't feel solid). I've picked up a couple others in gun shops and some had the same feel ... some not. Will it become smoother and more consistent over time and with use or do I need to do something to make that happen? End of item one.
2) I've started looking for a 9mm, so figured I'd try the P series for that too, as I've been happy with the P-345 (with cleaned sights) and the P-90 (except for sticking and uneven feel issues above). Tried several used P-89s at three seperate shops. The owner of the first shop said "yeah, I don't much care for the release on those either". In the second shop, the owner lady had four of them used for sale (maybe should have gotten a clue from that, but what the heck). All of these examples ran from couldn't get the mag out at all, to "excuse me sir, if you'll just give me a few moments I'll be able to switch mags and we can continue this exchange of fire; your patience is appreciated".[xx(]
Yesterday morning I went to my regular local gun shop. They had a new P-89 and a new P95. The P-89 would not let go of the mag, period. The owner's wife had the same reaction I had; what the hey? how's that supposed to work. Told her I'd stop back and see if the old man could shed some light on the problem. The P-95 (with the same "push forward" release set-up felt less springy than what I'm used to on mag releases, but it spit out the mag every time (good sign!)
Do the above mag release issues always exist on the above guns? The P-95 on one examination, and the P-90 seem like the best of the bunch. Do these guys become smoother and consistent over time? Are the P-89s just flawed from the get go, or is there a known fix for the problem I experienced ... besides operator error[
]?
Any info would be useful. thanks -- bowhair
1)P-90 mag. release: mine sticks half the time with mag full or empty. The button also rocks a little from side to side (just doesn't feel solid). I've picked up a couple others in gun shops and some had the same feel ... some not. Will it become smoother and more consistent over time and with use or do I need to do something to make that happen? End of item one.
2) I've started looking for a 9mm, so figured I'd try the P series for that too, as I've been happy with the P-345 (with cleaned sights) and the P-90 (except for sticking and uneven feel issues above). Tried several used P-89s at three seperate shops. The owner of the first shop said "yeah, I don't much care for the release on those either". In the second shop, the owner lady had four of them used for sale (maybe should have gotten a clue from that, but what the heck). All of these examples ran from couldn't get the mag out at all, to "excuse me sir, if you'll just give me a few moments I'll be able to switch mags and we can continue this exchange of fire; your patience is appreciated".[xx(]
Yesterday morning I went to my regular local gun shop. They had a new P-89 and a new P95. The P-89 would not let go of the mag, period. The owner's wife had the same reaction I had; what the hey? how's that supposed to work. Told her I'd stop back and see if the old man could shed some light on the problem. The P-95 (with the same "push forward" release set-up felt less springy than what I'm used to on mag releases, but it spit out the mag every time (good sign!)
Do the above mag release issues always exist on the above guns? The P-95 on one examination, and the P-90 seem like the best of the bunch. Do these guys become smoother and consistent over time? Are the P-89s just flawed from the get go, or is there a known fix for the problem I experienced ... besides operator error[
]?Any info would be useful. thanks -- bowhair
