Scott
09-24-2006, 20:49
Yesterday I went up shooting some of the ammo that I loaded. I ran accross a couple of issues with both my 9mm Luger and my .45 ACP.
The 9mm Luger just didn't want to cycle (failure to eject) through my brother's P226. When I shot the WWB, it cycled just fine. The only thing about my load that I'm unsure of is the powder weight. I'm using 115 gr. FMJ (cheap stuff, they're actually lead bullets with a copper "jacket" made by X-treme) but my Lyman book only shows loads for 115 gr. JHP. I used the same load for the FMJ's that I would have for the JHP. I made 2 different loads, 1 load was at 4.3 gr. and the other was at 4.7. both had issues cycling. Does anyone else's book show load numbers for 115 gr. FMJ?
The .45 ACP had issues with loading into the barrel. I had a number of rounds that seemed to large for the barrel. after cycling the slide on my 1911 wouldn't quite close all the way preventing the hammer from going forward. When I tried to pull the slide back to clear the round, the slide didn't move very freely. Infact, there were quite a few that I had to really pull like hell to get the slide to move and clear the round. Unfortunately, I didn't think to measure the rounds before I pulled them apart :roll: I did however, go through and measure some of the rounds that i had left over. Every one that I measured measured correctly. So my question is what would cause this? Could this possibly be the bullet moving further into the casing (I forgot what the term is)? I did push one round into the barrel with my finger and it went in, a little snugly and I could actually feel where the bullet was hanging up and when it went full in. It fired alright (was this safe, or should I slap my self?).
Please help.
The 9mm Luger just didn't want to cycle (failure to eject) through my brother's P226. When I shot the WWB, it cycled just fine. The only thing about my load that I'm unsure of is the powder weight. I'm using 115 gr. FMJ (cheap stuff, they're actually lead bullets with a copper "jacket" made by X-treme) but my Lyman book only shows loads for 115 gr. JHP. I used the same load for the FMJ's that I would have for the JHP. I made 2 different loads, 1 load was at 4.3 gr. and the other was at 4.7. both had issues cycling. Does anyone else's book show load numbers for 115 gr. FMJ?
The .45 ACP had issues with loading into the barrel. I had a number of rounds that seemed to large for the barrel. after cycling the slide on my 1911 wouldn't quite close all the way preventing the hammer from going forward. When I tried to pull the slide back to clear the round, the slide didn't move very freely. Infact, there were quite a few that I had to really pull like hell to get the slide to move and clear the round. Unfortunately, I didn't think to measure the rounds before I pulled them apart :roll: I did however, go through and measure some of the rounds that i had left over. Every one that I measured measured correctly. So my question is what would cause this? Could this possibly be the bullet moving further into the casing (I forgot what the term is)? I did push one round into the barrel with my finger and it went in, a little snugly and I could actually feel where the bullet was hanging up and when it went full in. It fired alright (was this safe, or should I slap my self?).
Please help.