Horrible experience Saturday...

[Sanguine Samurai]

A buddy and I went to his inlaw's house Saturday to kill an old crap computer I had and left very disappointed. He brought a shotgun and a couple of revolvers, and I brought my PX4 storms. I brought a 100 round box of winchester white box FMJ's and a small box of JHP's for each of my two pistols. First up was the Subcompact storm 9mm with winchesters. First magazine ran just fine. After that, things went south. I inserted the second mag, racked the slide, took aim at the computer tower, and took the shot. The round fired, the case ejected, then JAM! So I safely cleared the gun. I checked the magazine and it seemed to be fine. I checked the slide action then reinserted the magazine. I loaded another round into the chamber. I shot, it extracted and jammed again while feeding. By then my buddy figured out I was having difficulties and came over to help. He asked if I was limp wristing it. I said no, I definitely wasn't. After clearing the pistol I gave it to him to try. Same thing. We tried a few more times with both mags and had no luck. A couple of times it failed to feed all together!

I don't know what to do or where to start. Do I return it to the store (H&H), or contact Beretta? Both? I was rather upset after that so I took it out on the computer. I grabbed my full size .40 storm and he busted out the shot gun and we blasted the computer back to the silicon valley it came from. The first hollow point through the monitor screen cheered me up a little bit.

 

[AFA1CY]

You just can't trust those Glocks.... Oh, wait, I didn't see anything about a Glock....

 

[Deet]

Depends on the stores return policy. Most will not refund money. Some will send it back to the mfg, or a gunsmith. Some may offer a trade in value for another gun. It sucks but that is how it is with guns, good luck.

 

[excursion12]

Clean the gun and try another brand or box of ammo. Check all the springs parts etc to see if anything is missing or broken.

 

[ChalupaCabras]

You have every right to feel confused and frightened. Your sacred battle implement has failed you; sullied by the torrid and unthinkable artifact of an FTF...

How can you ever trust this gun? It will probably jam when you need it most. The only LOGICAL thing to do is sell it to me; I am prepared to offer you the princly sum of $75 for your otherwise worthless Jam-O-matic.

 

[CSK22]

Sorry to hear about your poor experience, I have a friend with a PX4 storms and his has functioned perfectly.

I'd personally call both, H&H may be able to help you contact Beretta, or be able to help you out before that, but I'd say your best bet is to contact Beretta immediately .

 

[Deadly Z Driver]

Could have saved your self some money and bought a Hi-Point... 150 bucks out the door and have about 300 rounds down it with one feed problem which was a mag issue!

 

[ReadnFool]

It is very disappointing when you get a lemon, but it happens now and then. I don't have any specific experience with the PX4, but in general try the following.

Clean and lube the weapon. Especially if you didn't after purchasing.

Check to see if the problem is with the magazines. See if it only happens on certain mags, or only with full or mostly empty mags. Sounds like you did that.

Try a different brand of ammunition to see if that helps or changes the problem.
Finally contact the manufacturer with the information. Most of the big name guys will make it right for free.

Hopefully it just needs a little tlc and polishing on the feed ramp.

Good luck and let us know how Baretta treats you.

 

[SouthBendIN]

lol theres the Hipoint guy again.

 

[gglass]

lol theres the Hipoint guy again.

It looks like he'll use any occasion to justify his purchase, and feel better about himself.

 

[Deadly Z Driver]

It looks like he'll use any occasion to justify his purchase, and feel better about himself.

Wow really?

 

[EvilleDoug]

You have every right to feel confused and frightened. Your sacred battle implement has failed you; sullied by the torrid and unthinkable artifact of an FTF...

How can you ever trust this gun? It will probably jam when you need it most. The only LOGICAL thing to do is sell it to me; I am prepared to offer you the princly sum of $75 for your otherwise worthless Jam-O-matic.

Wow, I was reading this ^ and was thinking dam*, this person is so sympathetic and then there it was....the kind offer to help him out of his predicament. You are such a good person to offer to buy his 'jam-o-matic". I hope if I'm ever in need of some guidance, you or someone like you will be there to help.

I laughed and slobbered on myself, thanks!

 

[Sanguine Samurai]

I did field strip the gun and inspect it. And I just cleaned it a few days ago. It should have been good to go. I only have two magazines for this pistol because it is still relatively new (and they are expensive). And I know it is still in it's "break in period", but this is a little more than a hiccup. It's a total malfunction. I have put a hundred rounds of the winchester white box through it before and only had one "hiccup" on the second mag I ran through it. That too was a fail to feed but I attributed that to it being a new pistol. Or perhaps I rushed loading the magazine. Or the cheap ammo. Or a combo of the three. It ran the other 99 rounds just fine. I even reloaded the one that jammed and it shot no problem the second time, so I was otherwise pleased.

 

[Archbishop]

A buddy and I went to his inlaw's house Saturday to kill an old crap computer I had and left very disappointed. He brought a shotgun and a couple of revolvers, and I brought my PX4 storms. I brought a 100 round box of winchester white box FMJ's and a small box of JHP's for each of my two pistols. First up was the Subcompact storm 9mm with winchesters. First magazine ran just fine. After that, things went south. I inserted the second mag, racked the slide, took aim at the computer tower, and took the shot. The round fired, the case ejected, then JAM! So I safely cleared the gun. I checked the magazine and it seemed to be fine. I checked the slide action then reinserted the magazine. I loaded another round into the chamber. I shot, it extracted and jammed again while feeding. By then my buddy figured out I was having difficulties and came over to help. He asked if I was limp wristing it. I said no, I definitely wasn't. After clearing the pistol I gave it to him to try. Same thing. We tried a few more times with both mags and had no luck. A couple of times it failed to feed all together!

I don't know what to do or where to start. Do I return it to the store (H&H), or contact Beretta? Both? I was rather upset after that so I took it out on the computer. I grabbed my full size .40 storm and he busted out the shot gun and we blasted the computer back to the silicon valley it came from. The first hollow point through the monitor screen cheered me up a little bit.

Off subject. but I think there's EPA regs against the disposing of your CRT monitor in this fashion. Something about releasing gases into the ozone.

 

[SKSnut]

500 rounds thru mine with no probs....

 

[ArmedProgrammer]

Off subject. but I think there's EPA regs against the disposing of your CRT monitor in this fashion. Something about releasing gases into the ozone.

If releasing gases into the ozone is an issue that the EPA has regs about, then some folks around here are facing life without hope of parole...

<insert pw name here> should be declared a Superfund site, in that case.

Actually - I do think that there are issues with disposing of monitors in this fashion. I think some of the components are fairly toxic to critters, etc... Maybe the gases too. I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to smart off.

 

[Sanguine Samurai]

... That computer was asking for it. So we fed it to the fishes see
Sorry, I didn't know it wasn't computer season. Normally I wouldn't advocate doing anything potentially hazardous.
[disclaimer] Do not try this at home!

 

[LawDog76]

You bought from H&H Firearms in Fort Wayne??? First thing they will say is that they have a strict no return policy. They say they will try to make things right if you bought it used. Other than that, they're probably going to send you off to a gun smith or tell you to send it into the manufacture. Basically what I'm saying is when you go into H&H, don't have your hopes set to high on them being quick to help you. The few times I've gone in there, they were more rude than anything and they act annoyed when they have to help you.

Tomlinson Shooting Supplies in Busco and Ranger Supply in Fort Wayne has always treated me right and that's where I'll continue to do my business until my move to Indy.

 

[Sanguine Samurai]

Are either of those places Beretta certified?

 

[CountryBoy19]

Was the gun new? If so take it back or contact Beretta (good luck with that BTW, I've had terrible CS experience with Beretta).

If it's not new, how many rounds through it? My first thought was a weak recoil spring. I had problems with my Sig due to a weak spring. I tried everything I could imagine and it never occurred to me that the spring needed to be replaced. I bought a $7 spring and it shot excellent again.