If anyone in Tulsa is loading .45 acp ammo, I have some ammo that I've loaded I like to have someone look at. Thanks.
I loaded some 185 grain and the slide won't completly close. The overall length is fine. I'd like to have someone look at the ammo I've loaded as well. I could meet up sometime this week and give them to you. Thanks.
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You can QC your loads with a micrometer and the chamber of your disassembled barrel. You can also make up several dummy rounds (no powder or primer) to verify function.
Other than that if you have any questions ask away.
Other than that if you have any questions ask away.
Have you used a case gauge, and did you messure the powder?
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Make up a couple of dummy rounds and try to ID where it is getting hung up.
You can color the bullet with a sharpie to see if it is hitting the rifling and keeping it from going into battery.
Make up a couple of dummy rounds and try to ID where it is getting hung up.
You can color the bullet with a sharpie to see if it is hitting the rifling and keeping it from going into battery.
What brass are you using? Brass that has been fired through a Glock may not chamber in another model firearm.
Is this because the Glock brass has stretched?
In a nutshell, yes ... well, possibly. The case is not fully supported in the chamber of a Glock and is subject to more case expansion ahead of the rim. It is not always an issue, but must always be taken into consideration. There may be a 'bulge' in the brass ahead of the rim.
It is mainly on .40 Glock brass that you get the bulge. Is this round nose bullets or flat nose? If it is flat nose and you loaded it to 1.250 then it may be too long. You have to figure what the round part of the nose would have been and deduct that from the overall length.
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