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marklutes · October 31, 2000, 12:59 AM

I just bought a new Taurus PT-140 Millennium a few days ago and took it to my range to fire it today. It seems to be having trouble feeding properly. About 5 or so out of every ten rounds will get "stuck" at the base of the ramp, obviously leaving the slide open. I can generally pull back on the slide and the round will feed correctly, but sometimes it takes some fiddling around with it to get it to feed.

I tried several different varieties of ammunition, all with nearly identical results (except I had one magazine of factory reloads that misfed 9 out of the 10).

Is this something simple? Or should I go ahead and ship it back to Taurus to let them have a look at it?

Thanks...

Mark

October 31, 2000, 12:59 AM	#1
marklutes Junior Member Join Date: October 31, 2000 Posts: 6	I just bought a new Taurus PT-140 Millennium a few days ago and took it to my range to fire it today. It seems to be having trouble feeding properly. About 5 or so out of every ten rounds will get "stuck" at the base of the ramp, obviously leaving the slide open. I can generally pull back on the slide and the round will feed correctly, but sometimes it takes some fiddling around with it to get it to feed. I tried several different varieties of ammunition, all with nearly identical results (except I had one magazine of factory reloads that misfed 9 out of the 10). Is this something simple? Or should I go ahead and ship it back to Taurus to let them have a look at it? Thanks... Mark