I shot 100 of my first plated "plinking" loads today.
Gun was a GI No Name longslide.
Rounds were 180 grain Xtreme plated flap-point over 8.5 +/- 800x with 1.25 OAL. The +/- on these I believe to be extreme. I'd guess they were between 8.0 and 8.6. I used the rifle insert on my Hornady LnL measure hoping it would meter better than the pistol. I tested ten and got the heaviest as 8.5 and the lowest as 8.2. I eye-balled the rest to make sure they were reasonable. They all shot well and cycled the gun fine. This 800x meters terribly! I'm not gonna waste it though. It'll work fine for plinking while I play with my new gun.
Anyway, back to the point. Three of the 100 failed to feed. At least one of them was in a Wilson Combat magazine. GI says only use Tripp. I'm guessing I should lengthen my OAL a bit as well. What OAL do you use with these heads?
Thanks.
I run the Xtreme 180 hp fp in a stock G20... OAL set for 1.25-1.252 and never fail to feed ... over 3k rounds
If anything, the feed problem may be your mag, gun , but I don't think its the oal. ( tho i have SHORTENED the OAL of some flat heads to make proper feeding, just not these )
Quote from: tommac919 on March 21 2015 04:03:27 PM MDT
I run the Xtreme 180 hp fp in a stock G20... OAL set for 1.25-1.252 and never fail to feed ... over 3k rounds
If anything, the feed problem may be your mag, gun , but I don't think its the oal. ( tho i have SHORTENED the OAL of some flat heads to make proper feeding, just not these )
Thanks! But if your G20 is like most Glocks .. It'll eat anything :)
I'm betting it's the Wilson mag. Next range trip, I'll check.
More details on the malfunction would help. Did the nose of the round make it into the chamber? Wwas the round caught on the top of the barrel? Was the round stuck on feed ramp? Was the round verticle?
Also, did you use the barrel to chamber check the cartridges?