I bought a '74 p-64 a few days ago after finding this site. I thought it was a great little carry piece for when I couldn't carry one of my more substantial sidearms. The price was right at about 220 bucks local, and from what everyone says about them, they are accurate and reliable.
I can confirm the gun I bought is accurate, at least with the hornady 94 grains, I didn't seem to get quite as good of results with the brown bear ammo. But I digress. I had a failure that would deem this pistol unfit for carry(according to my personal standards) on my very first outing to the range. I am not 100% sure to the why of what happend, but I can tell you what happened.
I had an Accidental Discharge whilst at the firing range doing a function test to clear it for my carry rotation. I had already fired a few magazines though it, and was in the midst of reloading the pistol. My procedure was this: insert loaded mag, drop safety (decocking pistol), remove mag, top off mag, re-insert mag, take safety off, pull back hammer, fire as usual.
Apparently the slide had hung up about a quarter of an inch back from battery or less, and as I began pulling back on the hammer, the slide returned to full battery and the hammer came loose from under my thumb and fired off a round, leaving me with a nasty bite. At no point did my finger touch the trigger.
I fired some more afterward (with great hesitation) and sure enough, the slide hung up again, at which point I cleared the gun.
I did not join your forum to bash this little gun, or your preference for it, I just thought that I would be doing an injustice if I didn't let you guys know that this CAN happen under the right circumstances.
Carry on, and be safe.
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