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I just got back from my 2nd trip to the range with my P-3AT (sn H0Exx).
I now have a total of 275 rounds thru it, and I am beginning to worry a bit about the peening and wear I see on the aluminum frame components, particularly the rails. The front of the slide appears to be striking the front of the rails whenever the slide is in full recoil, causing some rather severe (in my estimation) peening of the rails. They are, in fact, beginning to "mushroom" a bit at the front. (See photo below).
Today I had 5 failures to go into battery out of 25 rounds of Golden Saber... and I am beginning to suspect that the mushrooming of the slide rails may be causing enough drag on the slide to cause this.
Can anyone tell me if they have seen this type of damage to the rails on their .380?
=jeff
I am also seeing this level of degradation on the rear surface of the slot where the ejector sits, and there is a flake of material gone directly behind the hole in which the takedown pin is inserted.

I now have a total of 275 rounds thru it, and I am beginning to worry a bit about the peening and wear I see on the aluminum frame components, particularly the rails. The front of the slide appears to be striking the front of the rails whenever the slide is in full recoil, causing some rather severe (in my estimation) peening of the rails. They are, in fact, beginning to "mushroom" a bit at the front. (See photo below).
Today I had 5 failures to go into battery out of 25 rounds of Golden Saber... and I am beginning to suspect that the mushrooming of the slide rails may be causing enough drag on the slide to cause this.
Can anyone tell me if they have seen this type of damage to the rails on their .380?
=jeff

I am also seeing this level of degradation on the rear surface of the slot where the ejector sits, and there is a flake of material gone directly behind the hole in which the takedown pin is inserted.