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Methinks it has more to do with the steep feed ramp affecting seating.


27 posted on 02/28/2007 12:16:33 PM PST by ctdonath2 (The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
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To: ctdonath2
Methinks it has more to do with the steep feed ramp affecting seating.

Funny, then, that these problems and *phase three failures to feed* have not been as frequently observed in handguns chambered for the .357 SIG, which uses the .40 S&W cartridge case as its parent dimensions, and usually utilizes the same feed ramp and magazine as the .40 guns, with just a change of barrel [and sometimes, recoil spring] to effect the conversion.

36 posted on 02/28/2007 12:29:34 PM PST by archy (Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
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Sounds more like some foreign object it the barrel to me.
44 posted on 02/28/2007 12:42:42 PM PST by ANGGAPO (LayteGulfBeachClub)
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To: ctdonath2
Methinks it has more to do with the steep feed ramp affecting seating.

IMHO, it's exactly that - "setback"

I've run into the same problem chambering the same "carry" .45 ACP JHP cartridge in my 1911 over and over after cleanings, range trips, etc. Eventually, I noticed the round was much shorter than the others and pulled it from service.

Sooner or later, the spring-assisted slamming of the bullet nose into the feed ramp drives the bullet back into the case.

Lesson 1: Rotate your carry ammo in the magazine often

Lesson 2: Inspect and measure your carry ammo occasionally

48 posted on 02/28/2007 12:45:58 PM PST by AngryJawa ({IDPA} GO HUNTER '08)
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