Browning 1911-380 feeding issue

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CherokeeT

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I have over 800 rounds thru my 1911-380, most my cast bullet reloads. Accuracy is fine with cast and factory jacketed ammo. Jacketed ammo has been 100% but with cast bullets I get about 4% vertical smokestack jams feeding the 7th round in either of the 3 mags I have. Actually, the nose of the bullet is jammed against the lower edge of the barrel hood. I have two cast loads with different nose shapes, both do this. I have tried OAL's from .930 to .960 and tried higher and lower powder charges. Can someone help in identifying what is causing the problem and offer a solution ? BTW, really like the gun or it would have been gone by now.
 
I don't thinks its a throating problem, and the bullets are not soft (3/3/94 alloy). The bullet nose is caught on the middle to lower end of the nose, not the upper end. Also, the barrel has been throated. Its as though the nose is just being caught on the rounds way to being completely vertical.
 
Try this

I wonder if your magazines are gummy or sticky from your cast loads.
I know my 45 loads get a magazine gunked up pretty fast.
 
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