I Has a Sad (PSA Dagger)

[tmd16556]

I think Harbor Freight might need to hire some better marketing folks to name their products, though that does sound pretty descriptive

Got crap? Wish it was powder coated? Use Harbor Freight Crap Powder Coat. You’ll only regret it sometimes.
(Couldn’t resist)

On a topic more related to the OP’s problem. I wonder if that one case had some neck tension issues? Maybe the bullet came out under recoil in the magazine? I’d expect one that long to stand out in the box.

 

[JShirley]

Got crap? Wish it was powder coated? Use Harbor Freight Crap Powder Coat. You’ll only regret it sometimes.
(Couldn’t resist)

On a topic more related to the OP’s problem. I wonder if that one case had some neck tension issues? Maybe the bullet came out under recoil in the magazine? I’d expect one that long to stand out in the box.

I can see if I have any more left to compare. I have another 500 rounds, but I'd prefer not to open that case yet.

 

[herrwalther]

I have never used the Syntec stuff. But my Dagger has worked flawlessly with Blazer and WWB FMJ rounds in 115, 124, and 147. Golden Saber hollow points in 124+p, HST 147s etc. Mainstream common rounds.In fact, I have tried on purpose to get mine to have a hiccup. Limp wristing, loading rounds a little too short or long but nothing has worked yet. But with fairly common rounds, no problems.

 

[SwampWolf]

They get you on Price point alone.

Which, depending on the intended nature and degree of use, can be cause enough to buy.

 

[luzyfuerza]

OP, I'm glad that you got your gun cleared. Now, the question is what to do going forward? Is it the gun? Or the ammo? Or something else?

You posted this in the autoloader forum. If you had posted your situation in the handloader forum (I know you're using factory ammo, but out-of-spec ammo is out-of-spec ammo regardless of the source), folks there would have helped you diagnose your situation more quickly and led you to a solution.

Handloaders use a wide variety of components and sometimes make out-of-spec rounds, so we get lots of experience troubleshooting guns that "don't like" certain ammo.

My suggestion: first check compatability of YOUR batch of factory ammo with YOUR dagger's chamber using the "plunk test." See

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...rel-find-a-max-o-a-l-with-your-bullet.506678/

If a representative sample of your remaining factory ammo passes the plunk test, then you know for certain that your batch of ammo will work once it gets into your chamber.

If you continue to have problems, then you can be pretty sure that either magazines, the feed ramp/bullet nose profile, or bullet weight/muzzle velocity is the cause. Each of these problems is easy to troubleshoot and resolve. Swap mags and ammo until you identify the bad actor.

If you can't identify the problem this way, then send the gun and mags back to PSA with a description of what you tested and they'll likely resolve things.

But my guess is that you'll be able to figure things out on your own.