Need help with 738

[maroonandwhite]

I had a thread earlier about my Taurus 738 but I figured one in the gunsmithing section may get more response and I have an exact question now. We put about 50 rounds of practice ammo through it tonight with no problems. The problem I am having is with ejecting an unfired round from the chamber. I am using Hornady critical defense rounds when it does this. I can load up an entire magazine with practice FMJ ammo and manually eject each one with no problems. When I attempt this with the Hornady the cartridge will not clear the barrel or slide as far as I can tell and will jam. This doesn't occur when shooting but is a pain if I want to load other ammo in the gun. The Hornady ammo is a hair longer than the FMJ's so I am sure that is the major cause. Also I am forcefully trying to eject the round by pulling the slide all the way back as hard as possible. Any suggestions to remedy this? I just don't see how firing more rounds to break it in will fix this certain problem.

[dralarms]

It's a length problem on the ammo, my S&W body guard choked on it as well.

[maroonandwhite]

I was afraid of that. What's weird is that I see alot of people online using it with their 738. I guess it will eject when firing but not when manually racking the slide. Also I will add it is not every time but about 40% of the time. Any recommendations on shorter ammo?

[maroonandwhite]

Just spoke with Taurus customer service and they said they had not heard of this problem before but I didn't really expect them to say otherwise. Could it be something I am doing wrong? I appreciate dralarm's advice but I am still puzzled that through all my internet searching no one else with this gun is having this problem. Thanks

[maroonandwhite]

Nobody?

[maroonandwhite]

Just an update. went to the range last night and it cycled every ammo I put in it when fired. Everything works flawlessly but it is still jamming that ammo when I try to eject an unfired round. I know everyone suggest finding the ammo that will cycle reliably but in your opinion is this something that could be fixed by a smith? I am the type of person that like to fix "broke" things. I know this isn't really broke but I just want it to be fixed.

[dralarms]

If it shoots it then there is nothing wrong with the gun.

[maroonandwhite]

If it shoots it then there is nothing wrong with the gun.

Not entirely true. If I get a FTF and I have to manually eject the round then I will have a problem.

[peejman]

I doubt there's much that could be done. You can't really move the ejector back and don't want to remove metal from the rear of the barrel. If it works fine with other ammo, I'd use it move on.

[dralarms]

Not entirely true. If I get a FTF and I have to manually eject the round then I will have a problem.

Understood. But some of the ammo I have seen seems to be longer than others. And the Critical Defense ammo in 380 has a little rubber tit on the end of the bullet. All I was saying is if the ammo feeds properly when shooting then shoot it. It might be a close tolerance on the gun that will get better with some more rounds.

I had an XD40Sc that would hang on every FMJ round I hand ejected but shot them fine. after about 400 rounds it stopped doing that. The only problem I had after that was someone let me feel the grip on a M&P. Little XD had to go. lol.

[LazyAce]

Go over to Taurusarmed.net and see what they have to say about this. Good Luck

[Grunt67]

LOL, you beat me to it. The Taurus form has a wealth of info on there. Check it out.

FWIW, some on there say Taurus cust. serv. is good, some say it stinks. Like most, it

may depend on the individual you talk to.