D-FIN wrote:If you have s micrometer you should measure overall length of the factory and reloads and compare. The reloads may be a tad long or short and the gun just doesn't tolerate it.
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I picked half of the 40 reloads I had left at random, and measured over all length, diameter, and as close as I could case length. None varied by more than + or - .003. And only two or three were off by that much. Most were within .002 of each other. They were hollow points, and were not perfectly flat all the way around, so there may have been a minor variation in how the bullets were seated in the casing. That's the only thing that I really didn't have an accurate way to measure. I think I might have a v-block, but not an accurately ground one, nor do I have a surface plate. I really do miss the toys in the machine shop. Anyway, I haven't eliminated the possibility of bad ammo, but I don't care to check them 100%. Even if I do, it doesn't tell me anything about the rounds already fired. I do know there was ONE that had something seriously different about it, but since I didn't save it to check, I'd be spitting in the wind if I were to guess. But based on the difficulty extracting it, if I had to guess it would be diameter. Also, I know that the reloads were not all the same, some were labeled as +p so I know they were loaded somewhat hotter. I did feel a difference in the recoil in some of them, so I'm sure they were mixed up in what I had.
None of this is very scientific, I didn't feel like I really learned much if anything. I am getting more interested in reloading my own though. Probably not seriously enough to look at progressive presses, but I may just have to pick up a basic setup and start small. First I have to make a spot for it though, and that's probably not happening this month.
Mel
The last thing I want to do is shoot anyone, but it's on the list...