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MasterGunner · 05-20-2006, 04:01 PM

I have only been reloading about a month and I reloaded some 230gr. RNFP from precision bullets this morning. I loaded to a 1.270" OAL with
3.5gr. of Bullseye. I wanted to try a lighter charge but everytime I shot, the slide would not go into battery (firing position) without tapping on the back of the slide.
Would the lighter charge cause the slide to not function?

I guess I should have figured this out myself

but the OAL worked on the Laser cast I shot last week.

**jalley** · 05-20-2006, 05:17 PM

I don't understand what you are saying....what do you mean "without tapping on the back of it." If the load is too light, then the slide won't cycle, creating a jam. By the way, 3.5gr of BE at that aol probably wont cycle the slide even if you put a lighter spring in.

one-eyed-fatman · 05-20-2006, 07:23 PM

Bullseye with a 230 grain RN bullet should be loaded 5.2 to 5.7 of powder in my reload book.

MTEagle1 · 05-21-2006, 09:14 AM

With that OAL you are probably driving the bullet into the rifling but the load is so light that the pressure it creates is what is causing it to activate the slide. Reduce OAL to 1.240 as 1.250 is the accepted OAL for a full profile 230gr RN.

mullanman · 05-22-2006, 03:04 PM

Check your crimp.

05-20-2006, 04:01 PM	#1
MasterGunner XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 15	XD45 slide action on reloaded rounds I have only been reloading about a month and I reloaded some 230gr. RNFP from precision bullets this morning. I loaded to a 1.270" OAL with 3.5gr. of Bullseye. I wanted to try a lighter charge but everytime I shot, the slide would not go into battery (firing position) without tapping on the back of the slide. Would the lighter charge cause the slide to not function? I guess I should have figured this out myself but the OAL worked on the Laser cast I shot last week. __________________ December 9, 2005 (CNN) A U.S. Special Forces soldier was asked by a Reuters News agent \"What he felt when sniping Al Quaeda in Afganistan?\" The soldier replied, \"RECOIL.\" XD-40 SC XD-45 Service Ruger P9DC Rossi 38sp

05-20-2006, 05:17 PM	#2
jalley XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: WV Posts: 1,409	I don't understand what you are saying....what do you mean "without tapping on the back of it." If the load is too light, then the slide won't cycle, creating a jam. By the way, 3.5gr of BE at that aol probably wont cycle the slide even if you put a lighter spring in. __________________ HS2000 Gen 1, HS2000 Gen 2 sc xd 9mm service xd 45ACP, service xd 9mm tactical xd 45ACP

05-20-2006, 07:23 PM	#3
one-eyed-fatman XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 10,196	Bullseye with a 230 grain RN bullet should be loaded 5.2 to 5.7 of powder in my reload book. __________________ corporate America's logo: If at first you don't succeed lower your standards and beg the government for bailout money. Our governments bought and sold by corporate America like pigs going to market. I'm waking up at the start of the end of the world. http://home.houston.rr.com/gunpics/images/one%20eye.wav

05-21-2006, 09:14 AM	#4
MTEagle1 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Great Falls, MT Posts: 226	With that OAL you are probably driving the bullet into the rifling but the load is so light that the pressure it creates is what is causing it to activate the slide. Reduce OAL to 1.240 as 1.250 is the accepted OAL for a full profile 230gr RN. __________________ LeRoy Patterson Eagle Firearms Instruction NRA Instructor 101st Airborne FIA C-12411

05-22-2006, 03:04 PM	#5
mullanman XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Mexico Posts: 1,909	Check your crimp. __________________ USPSA L2683

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