I fired 2 .45 ACP guns with 2 different loads (bullet shape and primer manufacturer) today and had multiple failures to fire. The ejected bullets had indented primers. I put the ejected rounds (there was a 1 in 5 chance of a failure to fire) back in the mag and all fired.
I then loaded up some factory ammo and all fired fine.
So, it appears something is wrong with my reloads. Since I used 2 different brands of primer, I think I can count out a bad batch.
My main suspicion is that I'm over crimping. Back when I was seating the bullets to long, I was having failures to go to battery, so thinking it might be the crimp, I put a pretty tight crimp on ( using Lee Factory Crimp die).
Does this seem like the problem or is there something else at play?
TIA
I then loaded up some factory ammo and all fired fine.
So, it appears something is wrong with my reloads. Since I used 2 different brands of primer, I think I can count out a bad batch.
My main suspicion is that I'm over crimping. Back when I was seating the bullets to long, I was having failures to go to battery, so thinking it might be the crimp, I put a pretty tight crimp on ( using Lee Factory Crimp die).
Does this seem like the problem or is there something else at play?
TIA