Thanks for all the info! See the story on this pistol is a bit strange. My dad owns a gunshop and someone had owd him money. He took this pistol as payment just so the matter was done with. This was about 5 or more years ago. He have me the pistol as a hand me down (been getting alot of these lately) and although he said it was a pile of junk, a free pistol is a free pistol. After scanning the internet to see if in fact it was junk, I realize they are not. I asked him why he would say such a thing and his response was upon acquiring the pistol, he shot it. Said ever 4th or 5th round would jam up. He said he had a friend who would compete look over the pistol, who told my dad it was just a poor mans race pistol. Even the gunsmith couldn't fix it. This whole repair process happened so long ago dad said he forgot all about the pistol and what the exact problem was so its hard to really tell...
Sooooooooo... I decided to clean and play with the pistol for a few days here at work and I found all the mag springs shot. Every one of them. That is one possible solution. Next after working the slide back and forth, I realized every so often it wouldnt fully close. It seemed to hang up half an inch. This problem seemed hit or miss, but still a problem. So I decided to remove the compensator and get a good look inside with the barrel off. After struggling with the now obviously cemented on comp, I got it off. With the compensator off, the slide moves flawlesslyand properly. I reinstalled the comp (no loctite yet) and screwed it back to where it had been, minus a full twist. Action works great again. Makes me wonder if the comp was installed to tight before? Looking at the barrel, the threads go back into the slide about a full turn. Soooooi guess we will see if I fixed anything here.. I have about 500rounds with this pistol so I plan on shooting it up before I plan on rechambering to the common 9x19..thanks for all the comments and as soon as I shoot it, ill report back
