Springfield EMP light primer strikes

[Epaphroditus]

So I find this is a fairly common issue. Several fixes are mentioned online along with "Send it back for rework". Replace the titanium FP with a steel one. Lighter FP spring. Trigger adjustment (I don't see how this significantly does anything).

What I found on my piece is the firing pin tends to bind. So I polished the FP guideway and the FP lugs using a Dremel tool some cleaning patches and lapping compound.

A small pin to wrap a cleaning patch and a gob of polishing compound into the guideway for ~ 2 minutes at 30,000 rpm. This was tricky as there is not a stright shot into the guideway so I used a 3" long stiff wire "pin" (made from spring steel) and angled it a bit. FP mounted into Dremel and hand holding a couple cleaning patches drenched in lapping compound also for ~2 minutes.

Just to get some extra margin I cut 1 1/2 coils of the FP spring as well.

I had a rate of light strikes of ~ 1 out of 50 rounds. After the 'Bubba' I'm 300 rounds in with no issues. I'm calling it good.

I'm not suggesting this is a guaranteed fix for one and all but it seems to have done the trick for me. Just thought I'd share!

[Soginator]

Springfield is well known for their customer service. For warranty issues their turn around times are phenomenal too. I see no reason you couldn't have sent it in for service especially since they cover shipping. I'm glad you sorted it out, but I definitely think sending it back in would have been the better call.

[Old4eyes]

I never had an issue until recently. I use Sellier and Bellot ammo a lot. I had multiple non fires on a box of ammo. I looked and I could see that they appeared to have changed primers, the older stuff has the red seal on them, the newer stuff did not.

I shot several other brands without issue including older Sellier and Bellot. I'd say this is a problem that may be more prevalent with the EMP but I've got full sized 1911 SA in 9mm that also have light hits (but fired) and I believe it's also using a light firing pin setup to avoid using a firing pin block / series 80 setup.

[SonofWWIIDI]

Only problem I had on my EMP was a busted grip screw, and a lost rear sight retaining screw.

SA sent me replacements for both no charge.