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Wreck-n-Crew · March 15, 2013, 08:33 AM

While we are on this subject i had an issue last night with my Bersa Thunder .380 .
I had a partial box and purchased a new box of ammo. The partial was CCI and the other was a German brand.
So i start off with the German brand and jam city. 2 or three rounds a clip and more. I was like crap there's something wrong with my gun.
After four clips i changed to the CCI and no jamb! Are you kidding me? So i go back to the German brand for one clip and jamb city.
Turns out the ridge on the ammo was rounded and the ejector wasn't grabbing the ammo enough to extract the empty shell.

March 15, 2013, 08:33 AM	#23
Wreck-n-Crew Senior Member Join Date: March 8, 2013 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,820	While we are on this subject i had an issue last night with my Bersa Thunder .380 . I had a partial box and purchased a new box of ammo. The partial was CCI and the other was a German brand. So i start off with the German brand and jam city. 2 or three rounds a clip and more. I was like crap there's something wrong with my gun. After four clips i changed to the CCI and no jamb! Are you kidding me? So i go back to the German brand for one clip and jamb city. Turns out the ridge on the ammo was rounded and the ejector wasn't grabbing the ammo enough to extract the empty shell.