Light/no primer strikes with sig p226

[Guest c.mcbee]

Earlier this week i purchased a two tone p226 that had only had one mag put threw it.It was bought new in late 1997,fired one mag and then put away. I got it out wed. to try it out and the first two mags went great. Then on the third mag i started gettin 2 to 3 either light primer strike or the firin pin would not hit the primer at all out of every mag. I thought it might be the ammo but it did the same thing with 3 different types. Anybody know what is causin this?

[Guest mikedwood]

Has it been cleaned and oiled recently?

[Guest c.mcbee]

I field stripped it and cleaned,oiled it when i got home. It was very clean when i bought it.On a side note, the slide seems way harder to pull off of the frame than it should be. Could this have anything to do with the problem? thanks

[JeffsSig]

Do you have guide rod spring on the correct way?

The Tight end goes on the guide rod first.

Also re clean it. Sounds like something maybe in there.

[molonlabetn]

Sounds like either the firing pin is gunked up, bent, or the hammer block plunger is stuck.

Give it a good cleaning (including the firing pin channel), and make sure all the springs are in good shape (and installed correctly)

[Guest c.mcbee]

It would appear the he had put the spring on the guide rod backwards as the opposite end gave more resistance when i put the guide rod in. I hope this fixes the problem. Thank yall very much for the advice. I will let yall know how it runs tomorrow.