Jennings Nine Auto Pistol

Question
I have a "Jennings Nine" auto pistol, I assume it's the same as a JA-9, 9MM. A piece broke off the left part of the slide track, thus making the pistol unsafe to fire, and causing it to not "feed" the next round into the chamber. Having read the history on Jennings Arms and Jimenez Arms Co.'s, where can I get this pistol repaired, or can I even get parts for it?

Answer
Darrell,

Well, if anyone has parts for your Jennings, it would be the aptly-named Gun Parts Corporation (www.gunpartscorp.com).

As far as I know the Jennings 9mm is about the same as the Jimenez 9mm, and not terribly good. A talented gunsmith might be able to get it back into working order, but aside from that I'm not completely sure. Those guns just weren't designed to weather repeated firings. You may end up having to invest in a new pistol.

I feel your pain, I was sold a Jennings J-22 several years ago and the thing promptly shot itself apart, and that was just a .22 LR! It's in pieces in my gunsafe waiting for the next $50-a-pop gun buy-back sponsored by the Detroit Police Department.

Wish I could be more helpful, if you've any other questions please feel free to ask.

Kyle