Lennyjoe
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I recently decided to move over to a Lee Loadmaster press and have developed a 9mm load using Both 115 gr FMJ and JHP from RMR over Longshot. Have shot over 300 rounds and today I had a complete primer strike with no ignition on 1 FMJ load and a squib load on 1 JHP load. The past 300 rounds fired flawlessly.
In regards to the FMJ load, the powder charge was still present when I pulled the bullet so I’m chalking that up to a bad primer. That primer was part of the 1,000 box I used on the 300 fired, and ~700 remaining rounds in the ammo can.
As for the JHP load, I had 2 groups with different OAL’s since My G19 fails the plunk test at 1.09”. The first string at 1.07” fired good with impressive groups and the 1.08” fired well with the exception of the squib. What’s interesting is the round ignited and cycled the slide to feed a new round but the slide didn’t go to full battery. The bullet from the previous round was stuck in the rifling, barely engaging the rifling. I cleared the gun (Taurus PT111 G2) and headed home. Had to knock out the bullet with a dowel rod. Glad the bullet didn’t go further down and the next round bound up in the feed.
So, my first thought is that perhaps I didn’t return the case mouth to spec with the Lee FCD properly and the longer OAL (1.08”) may have allowed the bullet to move forward and engage the rifling when it fed into the chamber. There was some unburnt powder in the chamber as well.
Never had a squib load in over 18 years of reloading so it was a shock to experience it. Glad I looked at the pistol when the recoil was off and slide was out of battery. I’m guessing the new equipment and process change may have played a part in the experience.
Thoughts?
In regards to the FMJ load, the powder charge was still present when I pulled the bullet so I’m chalking that up to a bad primer. That primer was part of the 1,000 box I used on the 300 fired, and ~700 remaining rounds in the ammo can.
As for the JHP load, I had 2 groups with different OAL’s since My G19 fails the plunk test at 1.09”. The first string at 1.07” fired good with impressive groups and the 1.08” fired well with the exception of the squib. What’s interesting is the round ignited and cycled the slide to feed a new round but the slide didn’t go to full battery. The bullet from the previous round was stuck in the rifling, barely engaging the rifling. I cleared the gun (Taurus PT111 G2) and headed home. Had to knock out the bullet with a dowel rod. Glad the bullet didn’t go further down and the next round bound up in the feed.
So, my first thought is that perhaps I didn’t return the case mouth to spec with the Lee FCD properly and the longer OAL (1.08”) may have allowed the bullet to move forward and engage the rifling when it fed into the chamber. There was some unburnt powder in the chamber as well.
Never had a squib load in over 18 years of reloading so it was a shock to experience it. Glad I looked at the pistol when the recoil was off and slide was out of battery. I’m guessing the new equipment and process change may have played a part in the experience.
Thoughts?