Quote from: The_Shadow on September 29 2016 09:53:45 PM MDT
Stock spring is 18 lbs for the G-29.
Check cartridge length as well, 1.245" - 1.242" were were they fed more reliably.
Remember Glock factory barrels are some what loose for reliability, chamber should be 0.434".

This was it! I broke out the calipers last night and my Wilson Case Gage. The 200grain FMJ bullets all slipped in and out of the gage easily and passed the plunk test. They measured between 1.242-1.244".
The 200grain hard cast bullets often needed and gentle, sometimes hard, tap to fit the case gage. Many failed the plunk test. All dropped in pretty well, but some did not spin freely. The OAL on them ranged from 1.246-1.249".
I am giving the folks at DoubleTap a call today. My understanding is that they have excellent customer service.


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So I bought the Wolff 23lb non-captive spring setup and tried it with 200 grain Doubletap FMJ and hard cast. I got hangups with both. The FMJ works fine with my stock spring setup. I am wondering if 23 pounds is too stiff because it seems like the nose of the bullet ends up going nearly straight up in the hood of the barrel chamber.
I am going to polish up the feed ramp with some flitz and a rag, then buff it up with my dremel. I will see if that improves the situation. Sucks to not have a reliable heavy woods load setup.


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Quote from: kilibreaux on October 11 2016 03:33:04 AM MDT

Quote from: Lunker on September 29 2016 10:13:21 AM MDT
I just shot my G29 with stock barrel and had a few failures to feed with DoubleTap 200grain wfn hardcast lead bullets. I could usually clear the problem by tapping the rear of the slide. I thing the wide, flat profile is causing the hangup. No problem with the 200 grain fmj bullets. Anyone else have problems feeding this ammo in their G29 stock barrels? Switch ammo or get a KKM barrel?
Thanks


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Hardcast won't feed as "slick" as do jacketed bullets, and this sucks some of the feeding energy out of the slide and recoil spring.  If you are shooting anything more potent than the mid-range loads in the 550 fpe range, you should switch to a 23-24 pound non-captive recoil spring...available from Lone Wolf Dist.  This not only makes your gun more reliable with the hotter ammo, it also delays slide opening which translates into smaller ES numbers, greater velocity, AND, greater closing force!  This will eliminate the slide being just shy of fully locked up due to the lower weight factory spring combined with the captive guide rod.

The OEM captive guide rod has a very small slide closing force.

Bear in mind that when you're shooting "real" 10mm loads from a G-29 the entire reciprocating system mass is considerably less than that of a stock G-20.  Also, even with the heavier spring install you can still shoot mid-range loads just fine, and even generic 40 S&W loads without swapping out springs.

Thanks very much. I was just on the Wolff website looking at spring setups. You recommend 23lbs over 21lbs? That is a big jump from the factory 18lbs.


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Everything on the gun is stock.
Thanks for all the info. The rounds I fired were from a several year old box of DoubleTap. I have a new box. I will have to break out my reloading micrometer and see the diameter. What is the stock spring weight?


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I just shot my G29 with stock barrel and had a few failures to feed with DoubleTap 200grain wfn hardcast lead bullets. I could usually clear the problem by tapping the rear of the slide. I thing the wide, flat profile is causing the hangup. No problem with the 200 grain fmj bullets. Anyone else have problems feeding this ammo in their G29 stock barrels? Switch ammo or get a KKM barrel?
Thanks


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Quote from: hnusz on March 09 2014 08:26:30 AM MDT
getting into reloading got my press a lee turret got dies for .45 9mm 9x18 38spc got a turret for each die got powder got bullets primers brass got every thing but scale and the dies for .40/10mm should be here by Friday also getting a mold for 9mm going to try to cast my own

Get a Lee Factory Crimp die for any calibers you have match barrels for, like a DW. It makes feeding 1000% better. If you have a Colt or a Springfield with a sloppy chamber, no need.