Wife bought a Defender three weeks ago. She decided it was not what she wanted so she turned it over to me.
She bought it new and it came with rosewood grips, no emblem. The gun is extremely similar to my Colt Wiley Clapp CCO. I thought that if it was reliable and accurate it would make a better carry gun than the CCO. I proved reliable right off the bat. After a couple of hundred rounds it is accurate.
The problem is it is spitting brass in my face. From one seven round mag today I had three bloody wounds to the head. These were all WWB 230 round nose.
I will be trying some lighter weight bullets to see if that changes things. The little tit on the top of the ejector port is very shiny, I suspect this might be causing the cases to eject back, rather than out. The problem seems to be worse when I relax my grip a little while trying to be accurate. When I have a firmer grip for fast follow up shots it doesn't seem to be a problem. I just can't shoot tight groups with a real firm grip, that's with all guns.
I wonder if the lighter bullets don't do the trick if a heavier recoil spring might help. I picked up a couple of pieces of brass on the left side of where I was shooting from.
My wife never complained of brass hitting her in the face. I know her firmest grip is lighter than my light grip. The gun has about 400 rounds through it, so I doubt the recoil spring is shot, but I don't rule it out. I have seen springs wear out prematurely.
Any suggestions.
She bought it new and it came with rosewood grips, no emblem. The gun is extremely similar to my Colt Wiley Clapp CCO. I thought that if it was reliable and accurate it would make a better carry gun than the CCO. I proved reliable right off the bat. After a couple of hundred rounds it is accurate.
The problem is it is spitting brass in my face. From one seven round mag today I had three bloody wounds to the head. These were all WWB 230 round nose.
I will be trying some lighter weight bullets to see if that changes things. The little tit on the top of the ejector port is very shiny, I suspect this might be causing the cases to eject back, rather than out. The problem seems to be worse when I relax my grip a little while trying to be accurate. When I have a firmer grip for fast follow up shots it doesn't seem to be a problem. I just can't shoot tight groups with a real firm grip, that's with all guns.
I wonder if the lighter bullets don't do the trick if a heavier recoil spring might help. I picked up a couple of pieces of brass on the left side of where I was shooting from.
My wife never complained of brass hitting her in the face. I know her firmest grip is lighter than my light grip. The gun has about 400 rounds through it, so I doubt the recoil spring is shot, but I don't rule it out. I have seen springs wear out prematurely.
Any suggestions.