Let me preface this by saying that this may not be a reloading problem and may be a topic for the gunsmithing section. I have been reloading for about a year and a half and so far have only loaded .45 acp on my Dillon 550. Using the speer reloading manual, I am loading 230 grain FMJs with an overall length of 1.26. This load had worked great in a variety of 1911s.
Today at the range, my Dan Wesson Commander bobtail would not chamber any of my reloads. This is the first time have attempted to fire my reloads through it. The round would only make it about halfway in before it hung up and became hard to extract. I just set my press back up in my garage about a month ago after getting back from Alaska, so I figured that I had done something wrong. When I got home, I was able to successfully chamber the same rounds in my Colt 1991 (new production).
So now I can't figure if it is a reloading problem or a pistol problem. I know the Dan Wesson's are supposed to have tight tolerances, but I haven't had any problems with it feeding factory ammo, and it did fine with Speer Gold Dots today. I also tried shortening the overall length and seeing how it chamber in the DW. It helped a bit, but it still hangs up, whereas those same loads drop in and out easily from the Colt. Any ideas?
Today at the range, my Dan Wesson Commander bobtail would not chamber any of my reloads. This is the first time have attempted to fire my reloads through it. The round would only make it about halfway in before it hung up and became hard to extract. I just set my press back up in my garage about a month ago after getting back from Alaska, so I figured that I had done something wrong. When I got home, I was able to successfully chamber the same rounds in my Colt 1991 (new production).
So now I can't figure if it is a reloading problem or a pistol problem. I know the Dan Wesson's are supposed to have tight tolerances, but I haven't had any problems with it feeding factory ammo, and it did fine with Speer Gold Dots today. I also tried shortening the overall length and seeing how it chamber in the DW. It helped a bit, but it still hangs up, whereas those same loads drop in and out easily from the Colt. Any ideas?
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