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For those who are having this issue, humor me and run a little experiment.
1. Take a loaded magazine, insert. Release the slide, but don't drop the hammer with the decocker. In fact, don't drop the hammer.
2. Drop the magazine.
3. Pull back the slide and eject the loaded round.
Examine the case.
Now do it again, but with a small change.
1. Take a loaded magazine, insert. Release the slide, but don't drop the hammer with the decocker. In fact, don't drop the hammer.
2. Don't drop the magazine.
3. Pull back the slide and eject the loaded round, while locking the slide back. Now drop the magazine.
Examine the ejected round.
If yours is like mine, you will find it's not the firing pin, it's the ejector, and only when you rack the slide when the magazine isn't inserted. For some reason, the loaded magazine puts pressure on the chambered round when it's extracted, and keeps the ejector from hitting the primer. But drop the magazine, and the primer hits the ejector when it's extracted.
1. Take a loaded magazine, insert. Release the slide, but don't drop the hammer with the decocker. In fact, don't drop the hammer.
2. Drop the magazine.
3. Pull back the slide and eject the loaded round.
Examine the case.
Now do it again, but with a small change.
1. Take a loaded magazine, insert. Release the slide, but don't drop the hammer with the decocker. In fact, don't drop the hammer.
2. Don't drop the magazine.
3. Pull back the slide and eject the loaded round, while locking the slide back. Now drop the magazine.
Examine the ejected round.
If yours is like mine, you will find it's not the firing pin, it's the ejector, and only when you rack the slide when the magazine isn't inserted. For some reason, the loaded magazine puts pressure on the chambered round when it's extracted, and keeps the ejector from hitting the primer. But drop the magazine, and the primer hits the ejector when it's extracted.