Like most “trust issues”, it depends on what sort of relationship we had prior to the malfunctions.
If this was a long-time companion that had served me well without malfunctions in the past, I’d probably consider the ammunition (is it a bad lot? Is this a new type of ammo that may not be compatible?) and also give the gun a careful tear-down and inspection, looking for tired springs, bent or broken extractor, damaged magazine, etc.
If this was a new relationship - or a brief “fling” - then I might do all of the above, but I would also be asking myself if this relationship was going to work out in the long run.
As for frequency of malfunctions… I expect an occasional feed jam or stove-pipe in a semi-auto pistol. When I shoot speed steel, with a minimum of 250 rounds in a day (usually more like 400), I expect one or two failures (usually because my off-side thumb gets lazy and rubs against the slide). More than that and I start to question the ammunition or the pistol.
Once I identify the problem and correct it, I’ll want to run 50 rounds or more through it to make sure the “fix” worked and didn’t make the problem worse. I do the same if I change out a spring or other part, just to make sure everything is functioning properly.
I once had a gunsmith install a new trigger with over-travel screw in my 1911 and it dry-fired perfectly. When I took it to the range, the hammer dropped but the rounds wouldn’t fire because the trigger, with the screw adjusted to take up almost all the over-travel, didn’t move far enough to lift the firing pin block in the Colt 1911 series 80. Lesson learned…
If this was a long-time companion that had served me well without malfunctions in the past, I’d probably consider the ammunition (is it a bad lot? Is this a new type of ammo that may not be compatible?) and also give the gun a careful tear-down and inspection, looking for tired springs, bent or broken extractor, damaged magazine, etc.
If this was a new relationship - or a brief “fling” - then I might do all of the above, but I would also be asking myself if this relationship was going to work out in the long run.
As for frequency of malfunctions… I expect an occasional feed jam or stove-pipe in a semi-auto pistol. When I shoot speed steel, with a minimum of 250 rounds in a day (usually more like 400), I expect one or two failures (usually because my off-side thumb gets lazy and rubs against the slide). More than that and I start to question the ammunition or the pistol.
Once I identify the problem and correct it, I’ll want to run 50 rounds or more through it to make sure the “fix” worked and didn’t make the problem worse. I do the same if I change out a spring or other part, just to make sure everything is functioning properly.
I once had a gunsmith install a new trigger with over-travel screw in my 1911 and it dry-fired perfectly. When I took it to the range, the hammer dropped but the rounds wouldn’t fire because the trigger, with the screw adjusted to take up almost all the over-travel, didn’t move far enough to lift the firing pin block in the Colt 1911 series 80. Lesson learned…
