I'm having a battle figuring out what my P380 will reliably eat, including handloads. I had trouble with the factory Hornady 90 gr XTP rounds and Magtech 95 gr and a couple others with not feeding from any of 4 magazines. However, after I set the factory Magtech bullets a little deeper in the case, they performed perfectly.
I have since re-loaded another trial batch of Hornadys using their brass(checked for length) and 90 gr XTP(hollow-points) with 2.6 gr of W231, and they don't even fully eject! So do I bump up the powder amount and try again, try different bullet seating depths, or ??? I set the bullets to the OAL shown in the Lyman 49th Edition Manual for the combination.
I'm having the same problem with the same powder charge using the Winchester 95 gr FMJ(flat-nose) not ejecting, but the Remington 95 gr RN work perfectly, everything else the same for those loads which leads me to think that it's something to do with bullet profile, but what?
I polished the barrel ramp and slide guides before putting about 300 rounds thru, and kept the pistol scrupulously clean. I can't help but think that I'm missing something here, but can't for the life of me figure out what?!? Any help out there?
It's not that I'm worried about the dependability of the P380 as all the factory self-defense loads have shown to be totally dependable, but I'd like to do lots more shooting for proficiency using hand-loads.
Thanks!
I have since re-loaded another trial batch of Hornadys using their brass(checked for length) and 90 gr XTP(hollow-points) with 2.6 gr of W231, and they don't even fully eject! So do I bump up the powder amount and try again, try different bullet seating depths, or ??? I set the bullets to the OAL shown in the Lyman 49th Edition Manual for the combination.
I'm having the same problem with the same powder charge using the Winchester 95 gr FMJ(flat-nose) not ejecting, but the Remington 95 gr RN work perfectly, everything else the same for those loads which leads me to think that it's something to do with bullet profile, but what?
I polished the barrel ramp and slide guides before putting about 300 rounds thru, and kept the pistol scrupulously clean. I can't help but think that I'm missing something here, but can't for the life of me figure out what?!? Any help out there?
It's not that I'm worried about the dependability of the P380 as all the factory self-defense loads have shown to be totally dependable, but I'd like to do lots more shooting for proficiency using hand-loads.
Thanks!