Scary .40S&W round

[Irving]

I did this after reading stories of that happening, though I only saw it change by about 1-2 thousandths every cycle of the slide (no mag, slide back, drop in chamber and release slide). So the Remington Gold Sabers must have less of a crimp than the Gold Dots. I should do this experiment again when I get home from my work shift, would be interesting to see how the Gold Dots compare to say, Federal .40S&W bulk FMJs.

I am under the impression that the bullet gets set back from the bullet ramming into the feed ramp, so if you are just dropping the bullet directly into the chamber, then you might not be getting accurate results.
I could be wrong about the feed ramp though. Worth an experiment I think.

[brutal]

Slamming a slide home on a chambered round is hard on the extractor, or so I've been told.

I thought only .357Sig had those horrific setback problems!

[Hummer]

Pull the bullet, size the case with no decapping pin, add powder and re-seat the bullet. If you can't reuse the case, at least you have a bullet out of it, so it's not a total loss.

^^^ Either this, or just shoot it. No reason to have a tizzie fit over it. It's no big deal. Any pressure increase in the case will be negligible.

[BuffCyclist]

^^^ Either this, or just shoot it. No reason to have a tizzie fit over it. It's no big deal. Any pressure increase in the case will be negligible.

You forgot the sarcasm sign...

[CroiDhubh]

I think what caused it is he's seen me load my guns with the mag and the slide closes. I jokingly call it "God Loves You Mode", but he appearantly has been practicing getting it right

I've been doing it for years and can get most guns to do it everytime, but I should have told him not to practice repeatedly with the same round... He also was under the impression you had to polish the guide rails...

[BuffCyclist]

So you insert the mag so hard that the slide overcomes the slide release?

Or you insert the mag and while still inserting it, release the slide release?

[brutal]

I think what caused it is he's seen me load my guns with the mag and the slide closes. I jokingly call it "God Loves You Mode", but he appearantly has been practicing getting it right

I've been doing it for years and can get most guns to do it everytime, but I should have told him not to practice repeatedly with the same round... He also was under the impression you had to polish the guide rails...

You sell snap caps at that store?

[DingleBerns]

Exact reason why I throw away 2 rounds from my carry gun once a month or so... its always the rounds that goes into a chamber every morning before I holster it...

Save them and give them to me.

[rpm]

Food for thought:
https://plus.google.com/+luckygunner/posts/CiVxdHvWjYS

[CroiDhubh]

So you insert the mag so hard that the slide overcomes the slide release?

Or you insert the mag and while still inserting it, release the slide release?

Uh...it's not a hard insert, it's a finesse insert which disengages the slide lock. Hard to explain and I don't know the physics behind it. If you insert it hard, you knock the rounds out of alignment in the magazine and even cause the round to feed incorrectly. I've seen people trying to do it and they ram it hard, only to screw up the rounds and/or have FTF's.

You don't need to slam it in. You kind of roll the magazine into the well while keeping a lot of palm contact with the base of the magazine. The rear of your palm will gently "bump" the magazine as it seats and the slide will come forward. Now, not every gun will do it, so don't force it. If after two or three tries, then stop trying, as you're either doing it completely wrong or your gun won't do it without a lot of force.

You sell snap caps at that store?

I know, right!? I told him to do it with those at home and to practice with them