Its locked up good. Only way to move it is with a hammer and alum punch.
    I cant see how it would buldge, the previous bullet definitely exited and the last bullet exited.
    These were 180gr powder coated
401 heads with 5.8gr of No. 2.
   The last fired case looks normal.
    The thing that suks is glocks are illegal to buy in Massachusetts. You have to find a preban.. 1998 i think. Also quite exspensive in ma. A gen 2 G20 in good shape is around $700....

I tried to put up a picture but it was too large

Well further inspection reveals the barrel broke. I still cant get it to move much but lookimg down the barrel i can see that it came apart right in the middle. Seperated completely.
   Very strange see how i was shooting moderate 40cal loads(in 10mm brass) just plinking working on speed.

Yeah it wasn't a quib. I actually hit the plate

I have a G20 with a double diamond barrel and carver comp. have had this set up for over a year with no malfunction.
   Yesterday after firing a rather light load the barrel locked up. I've had this happen before on other guns but pushing the slide against a wood column always cleared it.
   This barrel is stuck. Was able to tap the barrel open enough to get the spent case out. Case looked normal
   Now it's half racked and not budging. I can only think the previous shot left something behind to bind up barrel/slide
   Any tips would be greatly appreciative
   Thanks

I really wish blue dot was a fine powde, meters like hell
 
   

I do have some 2400.. forgot about that powder. And a bunch of Blue Dot..
    I'm not a fan of trail boss, not the cleanest and leaves a odd film on the brass and gun, for me at least.
   I had good luck yesterday with 9gr of true blue and 5gr of Competition was very mild but accurate and pleasant to shoot.
   I gotta load up some hot stuff, I mean it's a 44 magnum. Think I'm going to work up some lil gun
   Thanks for the help guys

 Picked up a 44 magnum super Blackhawk.
  Never loaded for a 44, loaded a lot of 45 LC, I would think it's similiar.
   Look for advice on a clean load using .430 cast/powder coated 240gr swc that is in the
   850-1000 FPS range. On hand I have ramshot competition, true blue, No. 2, Titegroup, 700x, clays, universal, has-6, WSF, unique, herco, Power pistol, be 86, blue dot, Longshot, 4227, and some others.
  Shot some 240gr loaded with 20grs of No.9. Not the most pleasant load for target.
   Any advice would be appreciated.

I bought a Cantik tp9sf about 3 years ago. I have put 10-15k rounds thru it, mostly hot reloads. I can't remember a failure that wasn't ammo related.
   Very accurate gun and made quite well.
    Yes it's an old thread but I just wanted to share my experience

   Forgot to mention it's also very good with with 45acp target loads... not a powder when velocity is a factor.

   I never hear much at all about Ramshot Competition for low pressure target loads... cowboy loads
   It's by far the cleanest powder that is very accurate and meters well. Also it's white so it's much more visible in the case.
   Googled best 38 special powder and seems like bullseye, 231, clays, red dot and universal are the most common. There must have 65 posts and Competition wasn't mentioned once.
   My pet loads
   148gr wadcuttta 15bh, three lube rings......2.8gr.     oal 1.270

    140gr trunicated cone powder coat...... 3.3gr.       oal 1.445.  My perfect load

   158gr SWC powdercoat ..................... 3.4gr.       oal 1.485
   All sized to .358, mixed range brass and WSP
   These work best in my S&W 14-3,14-4 and 15-4
There pretty mild target loads but use caution with the quick burners

What grain bullet are y'all speaking of?

Quote from: Rotten on July 08 2019 05:52:44 AM MDT

Quote from: Brassjunkie on July 08 2019 02:07:35 AM MDT
I shoot around 500-1000 rounds a week normally. I would say 40% of that is 38 spl, 25% 9mm. The remaining 35% is 5 other cartridges. I spend 25-30 hours a week reloading, 53 hour a week working.
    My 38spl loads are always the same, 140gr pctc, 3.3gr competition, same with 9mm- all the same.
   I'm just thinking with a rather small investment, $400 or so I could actually have some free time to relax. My friends all have Dillon 650s with case feeders and all the gadgets. I loaded 500 9mm in 1.5 hrs as he loaded 1000 45acp- he has two 650s and a  Hornady.

Getting set up to reload 2 primary and 5 secondary cartridges is going to run you a bit more than $400. Cutting you reloading time significantly would really require IMHO a dedicated press for each cartridge. And even that will only work best if you have pet loads and don't experiment.

Gotta keep this short now as I have to get to work. Start with the indexing progressive of your choice in 38spl, just drop the coin and get it out of the way. Use it dedicated and then later get everything to do a caliber conversion, then decide if you need/want another dedicated press or if doing a caliber swap on just one press is good enough.

Something else to consider is batch reloading. Instead of loading 7 or even 2 different cartridges every week run batches of significantly larger quantities for one caliber to save swapping out calibers so often. Hope that helps, gotta run.

Well the press is $300 leaving me $100 for some shell plates and turrets. It comes with a good powder measure, if not I have 3 others.
   Yeah I do batches of 250-300 during the winter when I can only shoot once a week. It gets very boring tho single stage

Thanks guys. Appreciate the input.
  I'm am not new to reloading by any means. I have multiple dies for all the cartridges I load and then some. This is just a way to do the loads that don't change quick.
   I have pages and pages of my pet loads.

I shoot around 500-1000 rounds a week normally. I would say 40% of that is 38 spl, 25% 9mm. The remaining 35% is 5 other cartridges. I spend 25-30 hours a week reloading, 53 hour a week working.
    My 38spl loads are always the same, 140gr pctc, 3.3gr competition, same with 9mm- all the same.
   I'm just thinking with a rather small investment, $400 or so I could actually have some free time to relax. My friends all have Dillon 650s with case feeders and all the gadgets. I loaded 500 9mm in 1.5 hrs as he loaded 1000 45acp- he has two 650s and a  Hornady.