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Thank you all for the good advice and tips. I've never been in a hurry while loading anything. The reason I'm not as I am chasing accuracy. Life is also so busy I can never seem to catch up. There just aren't enough hours in a day to work, family time, personal time etc. Sunday morning I...

I have been handloading for about 5 years now. I have my first press a lee single stage I bought in the beginning, a rcbs Jr press that belonged to my dad and a lee 4 hole turret press. I seem to like to hand prime my cases in batches as well be OCD about everything else from weighing my...

Yesterday I got about a 3 hour break in between rain storms. Hitting the out door public range after Bubba gets out of bed in the morning is a little sketchy. I generally get there before sunrise and leave before the really special people show up. Being I only wanted to shoot 20 rounds of...

I will keep my eyes open for some long shot or blue dot. I was looking local for another powder for a while and as soon as I ordered it and paid HAZMAT fees it shows up in two local stores before its even been shipped to me. LOL thats the way it goes. A friend of mine sent me a picture out...

I went shopping at the LGS this morning. I couldn't find anything good. So for the next trip to the range it looks like a power pistol workup will be the only thing on the menu as of now. I might try to hit the in door range if I'm feeling that desperate as it's cold and calling for snow. I'm...

I will be going to appointment this morning next to the store I buy a lot of my local loading supplies from. I guess I will have to stop in and see what's available for powder. I have wanted to try blue dot but or AA9 but always forget about them as its not something i would normally use. If...

Hello all its been a while. I recently bought new glock 20 sf and finally got it where I'm comfortable on factory junk. I ordered new starline cases and some Hornady 180gr XTP projectiles. Also due to local lack of certain powders I am stuck with my not first choice but Alliant power pistol...

They were 180gr Hornady XTPs.

That's actually the first thing I checked.

Like I said the only way I think it could have been fouled was by my starting charges. Most of the cases were black and sooty like they weren't sealing as usual when starting at the bottom of the powder spread. I know this caused things to get dirty faster. Was it enough to cause a problem I...

I didn't change the recoil spring or guide rod. The springs were firing pin/striker, trigger spring, and safety plunger spring and safety plunger. I wouldn't think any of those would change anything with the lock up but I know there are a lot of people smarter than I am. It's just weird to...

I guess even though it shot fine I will return everything to factory parts (even though it was first shot accurately with aftermarket parts). I wouldn't consider my handloads as part of the factor at this point as the problem exists with the same factory ammo that originally shot good. My...

I also have a glock 17 with the same aftermarket parts plus a 3.5 LB connector. It shoots my hand loads very accurately and I almost never clean it. I bought the 10mm to carry in the woods with my handloads which will probably be pretty stout. I only bought factory ammo because my pickup date...

The weird part is that the parts were installed before initially ever firing this pistol. 20 rounds for qualifying were 19/20 and besides the first shot they were all in a approximately 1.5" group. My only thoughts are first 20 rounds of factory ammo were clean unlike my handloads at the lower...

I recently purchased a new Gen 3 Glock 20 SF. I literally picked it up on a Friday night and qualified 19/20 for a ccw renewal Saturday morning. First time out for adding it to my ccw I shot 20 rounds through it and shot pretty good in my opinion. First round went a little wonky. I expected...

Just thought I would include a small update. I pulled the rifle out of its stock and broke the bolt down. I played with the Resizing die adjustment until a case would fit while closing the bolt like it should. My sizing die is now cranked down until it contacts the shell holder to achieve...

Resizing in a full length Resizing die. I keep my dies set up so that I'm not needing to start over every time. I started with my standard setup that works fine for all of my other 223 rems. I have adjusted the die down by about a 1/4 turn until it eventually bottoms out against the shell...

So here is kind of a quick update. I have played with this thing everyday after work since I posted this. I have loaded several dummy rounds and have cycled them though this action as well as live factory rounds(very carefully). It seems to me other than the feeding issue which seems be...

Sounds like I need to contact ruger to setup something up to send it back.

Did this today. Case is a pain to feed bolt feels stiff. Unlock bolt and pull back a little bit like 1/2-3/4" and push forward and lower bolt handle. It doesn't feel good but it seems to work. Set up seating die off of factory round 2.180 OAL (much shorter than anything else I have). Feels ok...