I have been having a strange malfunction with my x95 where I chamber a round, pull the trigger and hear a *click*. The next obvious step is tap-rack-bang, but then I look and suddenly I have a double feed somehow. round in the chamber with a second round trying to feed off the magazine into the chamber as well. It has happened a couple of times, and with everyone I have handed the rifle to to try out.
What I think is happening is that if I insert a magazine and rack the charging handle to chamber a round, but I don't slingshot it all the way but short stroke it a bit, what happens is a round feeds into the chamber but the bolt doesn't have the momentum to close fully behind it, thus I pull the trigger and get a *click*. the real problem here is that since the bolt didn't close on the chambered round, the extractor doesn't grab the round and it doesn't eject, thus inducing a double feed when I apply immediate action.
So I am wondering if this is something anyone else has encountered or dealt with? True this is an operator induced malfunction however as I see it, it thus requires a change to the manual of arms to resolve the potential issue. Rather than "tap-rack-bang", I have been doing "remove mag-rack weapon-insert mag" and it fixes the potential problem but it is kind of weird. I really wish the weapon had a forward assist.
Has anyone else encountered this problem? can it be mitigated with lubrication or something? Is there a better manual of arms solution?
Thanks