Originally Posted by
BD
A round nosed flat point design should be loaded shorter than factory ball. OAL should be about the same as a factory HP. A good exercise for understanding how a 1911 feeds is to load up 8 dummy rounds, (no primer or powder), take the recoil spring out of the pistol and slowly cycle the cartridges through one at a time. You will be able to easily feel where the drag, or hiccup, is in the sequence so you can address it. Also you'll discover that how the first round feeds is significantly different than how the last one feeds. While you have the barrel out try the "plunk" test as well. Many cast boolit designs have a step where the front drive band ends and the ogive begins. This can hang up on the start of the lands if the barrel hasn't been throated, which may require you seat them shorter until you get it throated.