Should a semi-eat all ammo?
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My Gen4 Glock 21 has functioned well with every type and brand of ammo that I have shot through it, and I have put more aluminum and steel cased ammo through it than brass cased ammo. Most of my 9mm guns will function fine with that Win USAForged steel cased ammo, but there are so few ranges that allow this stuff that I don't even bother with it and it is really dirty stuff. IMHO, Blazer Brass has replaced WWB as "the factory ammo all my guns must cycle well"!
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I've never had a pistol that wouldn't work with ball ammo. I have had a couple that wouldn't shoot JHP's and flat nose ammo. My revolvers shoot anything that'll chamber. Sometimes you can change magazines and it will help. I have a Citadel 9MM 1911 that will shoot SWCs with Metalform mags but not with my Wilson mags. The Citadel won't work with my normal Win. 115 JHPs, gonna try some RMR 124 JHPs in it. It's a range gun anyway so it doesn't matter. My carry guns are 642 S&Ws and a Ruger LC9. The LC9 has worked with everything I've tried as has the 642s.
Most of my current guns will eat anything I've put in them, IF I had to bet on one gun to eat any and all 9mm ammo, it would be my S&W 5906:
One that I wouldn't bet on, but wouldn't be surprised if it ran everything, my
Tanfoglio "Mossad" 9mm Fullsized in satin nickel:
One I know already that won't,
, my NYPD trade in P226, like this one:
just a little picky about HP stuff.
One that I wouldn't bet on, but wouldn't be surprised if it ran everything, my
Tanfoglio "Mossad" 9mm Fullsized in satin nickel:
One I know already that won't,
, my NYPD trade in P226, like this one:
just a little picky about HP stuff.
Onward Allusion
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Can I get an "Amen"?!
Depends on their vintage. My 1967 vintage Browning HP feeds everything properly, my Mauser M1914 and CZ27 have fired W-W Silvertips without missing a beat. There used be something of a trade/practice in modifying feed ramps of M1911 barrels to feed JHPs. Nowadays that is done at the Factory. Of more impoprtance to me is do they shoot lead reloads ? My Browning HP does, my S&Ws are much more fussier. The difference being lands and
grooves and rate of twist.
grooves and rate of twist.
My Glocks eat anything I feed them
I have 3 Glocks, a 19, 20 and 23, all gen 4's and have shot thousands of all different kinds of rounds, manufacturers, weights, new and reman and have only had one FTF and that was on the very first shot I ever took with my G19 and it was from me limp wristing' my fault not the gun's. Other than that I have over 12K rounds without any problems at all. I have used all kinds of good stuff and pure crap and they always have gone bang!
The only gun I have ever had problems with is my 9mm M&P Shield. I have had several FTF's in the first 100 rounds but none in the second 100 rounds. That said I just ordered another Shield, but, this time in .45 ACP I hope to have a little better luck with this Shield because I want to use this as my summer carry and I want to trust it more than the 9mm. I wanted to carry the Shield 9mm but I don't trust it enough. I have no problem trusting my Glocks enough to carry, because they have never failed to go bang yet!
I have 3 Glocks, a 19, 20 and 23, all gen 4's and have shot thousands of all different kinds of rounds, manufacturers, weights, new and reman and have only had one FTF and that was on the very first shot I ever took with my G19 and it was from me limp wristing' my fault not the gun's. Other than that I have over 12K rounds without any problems at all. I have used all kinds of good stuff and pure crap and they always have gone bang!
The only gun I have ever had problems with is my 9mm M&P Shield. I have had several FTF's in the first 100 rounds but none in the second 100 rounds. That said I just ordered another Shield, but, this time in .45 ACP I hope to have a little better luck with this Shield because I want to use this as my summer carry and I want to trust it more than the 9mm. I wanted to carry the Shield 9mm but I don't trust it enough. I have no problem trusting my Glocks enough to carry, because they have never failed to go bang yet!
This question brings up one of my most absolute principles. I will never carry home loads. Occasionally, very rarely, I've had failures related to my own loads. Defensive ammo is going to be made to the absolutely highest standard. I'm not wanting to take the risk of shooting at a charging warthog with a 1-10,000 chance of a dud.
Same goes for the pistol. When that rhino hops the fence and yells "die, you ugly, bald headed, four eyed, nose picking and karaoke singing pinhead!" I want to have a kimber with federal vaporizer rounds, not a used Hugo makarov with cold war surplus ammo made in Pakistan by children.
Same goes for the pistol. When that rhino hops the fence and yells "die, you ugly, bald headed, four eyed, nose picking and karaoke singing pinhead!" I want to have a kimber with federal vaporizer rounds, not a used Hugo makarov with cold war surplus ammo made in Pakistan by children.
Something I didn't mention is that my mp bodyguard fails about 1-10 times with factory ammo from Winchester. Thankfully, after running hundreds of standard, full recoil rounds through it, anything, seriously, anything other than the Winchester reduced recoil works. Other than my handloads with cci primers, that won't fire because the hammer strike is too light.
This is a gun meant for absolutely nothing but personal defense, and it is an absolute failure for that purpose. A lady may buy one, get those low recoil rounds, test fire four magazines, and call it good. Purse gunk builds up, ftf, lady dies with the gun that was supposed to save her in tha hands of a criminal.
In the name of everything holy, a defensive gun had better work right. I don't think that I could sleep nights if I was putting defective guns in the hands of people who will carry then.
This is a gun meant for absolutely nothing but personal defense, and it is an absolute failure for that purpose. A lady may buy one, get those low recoil rounds, test fire four magazines, and call it good. Purse gunk builds up, ftf, lady dies with the gun that was supposed to save her in tha hands of a criminal.
In the name of everything holy, a defensive gun had better work right. I don't think that I could sleep nights if I was putting defective guns in the hands of people who will carry then.
Sister has a Sig Sauer p380 with the .22 barrel. It won't handle anything but CCI Stingers, or well maybe some rounds she hasn't tried yet.
She told me of a conversation with someone, mg or whoever that the barrel/gun was designed around it.
Every once in a while there are posts that some firearm won't handle some rounds.
Use to be,in as far as my limited experience, that any gun in a particular caliber would handle any mfg's rounds.
I don't think I've run into this problem except my Ruger Target model .22 doesn't like the gummy stuff. I have to clean the chamber every little bit, when using some of it. It don't remember what is is right now. It seems to be handling everything good.
This is one reason I have some cartridge gauges, but not for all the rounds I load.
I have had some wankers come out, of the press, such as plated 9mm 115 grain bullets that measured anywhere from .354 to .358. Or the seating stem loosened and rounds seated long.
She told me of a conversation with someone, mg or whoever that the barrel/gun was designed around it.
Every once in a while there are posts that some firearm won't handle some rounds.
Use to be,in as far as my limited experience, that any gun in a particular caliber would handle any mfg's rounds.
I don't think I've run into this problem except my Ruger Target model .22 doesn't like the gummy stuff. I have to clean the chamber every little bit, when using some of it. It don't remember what is is right now. It seems to be handling everything good.
This is one reason I have some cartridge gauges, but not for all the rounds I load.
I have had some wankers come out, of the press, such as plated 9mm 115 grain bullets that measured anywhere from .354 to .358. Or the seating stem loosened and rounds seated long.
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My CZ75B has consumed all the ammo that I have loaded for it from wimpy to full loads but I have not fired any +P ammo through it and the CZs are famous for problems with +P rounds. The fix is a heavier recoil spring. Since I see no need to use the +P ammo I don't want the heavier spring at this time.