RedHawk357Mag
01-28-2021, 09:23 PM
Having a heck of a time figuring out a COAL for this bullet and gun. Mihec 357 125 TC. Have tried 1.150, 1.145, 1.140, 1.130, 1.125, 1.120, 1.115 and 1.110. Belling removed .375 to .378, tried several different crimps in this range. Bullets HiTek sized .357. The mold casts 357 solid flat point around 130 grains. While doing dummies I found that 1.130 chambered without any drama. Length longer than 1.130 would strip from mag, enter the chamber and catch at 12 o'clock of the chamber.
The gun is SA 9mm RO with less than 600 rounds. Magazine is stock Wilson shipped from SA with the gun. Don't think the mag has ever hit the ground that I recall. Ordered two Chip McCormick's just in case that's the drama. Gun is reasonably clean and greased.
The malfunction is pretty much round pretty much strikes feed ramp at shiny spot and stops slide cold. All remedial action required to clear is pulling slide to the rear 3/8ths of on inch and round goes into battery. At most three taps like that chambers the round. Round does not nose dive nor enter chamber in any fashion. Not all rounds do this. Ten round strings can range from two malfunction to five or six. Couple strings have fired as expected. Each round has been individually measured both OAL and belling removal. Variance in length hasn't been more than a thousandth while trying to figure this out. Thank you for some ideas of what to check.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210129/1bcdc4abf69fa0f424232520fc7bf7e2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210129/0a6b53163eb814a5e6947ce79645d5da.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210129/729863691e69a8e2c6c1dd901e67b76b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210129/22d4aef761de0251e4f9b2ec65dae02f.jpg
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The gun is SA 9mm RO with less than 600 rounds. Magazine is stock Wilson shipped from SA with the gun. Don't think the mag has ever hit the ground that I recall. Ordered two Chip McCormick's just in case that's the drama. Gun is reasonably clean and greased.
The malfunction is pretty much round pretty much strikes feed ramp at shiny spot and stops slide cold. All remedial action required to clear is pulling slide to the rear 3/8ths of on inch and round goes into battery. At most three taps like that chambers the round. Round does not nose dive nor enter chamber in any fashion. Not all rounds do this. Ten round strings can range from two malfunction to five or six. Couple strings have fired as expected. Each round has been individually measured both OAL and belling removal. Variance in length hasn't been more than a thousandth while trying to figure this out. Thank you for some ideas of what to check.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210129/1bcdc4abf69fa0f424232520fc7bf7e2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210129/0a6b53163eb814a5e6947ce79645d5da.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210129/729863691e69a8e2c6c1dd901e67b76b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210129/22d4aef761de0251e4f9b2ec65dae02f.jpg
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