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Dickieray · 03-07-2008, 08:12 AM

Hello all,
I am relatively new to reloading and cannot get cast lead 200 grain SWC's to feed in my XD45. I have tried several different seating depths and still am not able to cure the feeding/jamming problems. I read in another forum that there seems to be a "magazine thing" that causes the FTF's/FTE's. You can see where the bullet just fired scrapes across the next bullet in the magazine causing the FTE. Has anyone else had a similar issue with lead SWC's? The reloads (4.0 gr. Bullseye under the 200 gr SWC) shoot/eject great if shot individually. I plan on pollishing the feed ramp a little, but, I don't think it will help. Is there a cure? I have already ordered some JHP's and RN's (all coated) so I can get back to the range. Any ideas?
Thanks!

John4538 · 03-07-2008, 08:28 AM

I am not familiar with shooting swc in the XD45 but am in the XD40. For that gun the general feeling is to use a truncated cone bullet design as the swc don't feed well in the 40. Don't know if the same holds true for the 45. I had to experiment a lot with the TC even at that but finally got it 100% reliable.

In many 1911's the swc doesn't feed well unless you polish the feed ramp.

**agalindo** · 03-07-2008, 11:24 AM

I had the same problem with .40 SWC all I did to fix the problem was to seat the bullet in a bit more and crimp the bullet a bit more.

The Knight Of Light · 03-07-2008, 11:27 AM

Post a picture of some of your ammo that stops in feeding. Sometimes we can come up with a solution based on something else we see.

fredj338 · 03-07-2008, 12:00 PM

I played w/ diff. seating & crimps, nothing makes my 45tac feed the 200grlswc 100%. I can get as high as a 90% rate, but it beats up the back of the mag. Solution, I now feed it 200grTC or 230grRN designs.

Dickieray · 03-07-2008, 12:09 PM

I've never had a problem with anything but SWC. She eats everything else you put down her. So........the TC cast bullets work well for you?

John4538 · 03-07-2008, 02:33 PM

Yes, they work excellent for me. One of the other commentors mentioned the crimp. I forgot that, I was not crimping to the spec on the 40 and that was a large factor also. I was several 1000's too big. I was only crimping to take the bell out like I do on my 45 bullseye gun. I had to crimp further for the tc. Ha, i followed the book, funny how that works.

03-07-2008, 08:12 AM	#1
Dickieray XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 2	feeding problems with cast lead SWC's Hello all, I am relatively new to reloading and cannot get cast lead 200 grain SWC's to feed in my XD45. I have tried several different seating depths and still am not able to cure the feeding/jamming problems. I read in another forum that there seems to be a "magazine thing" that causes the FTF's/FTE's. You can see where the bullet just fired scrapes across the next bullet in the magazine causing the FTE. Has anyone else had a similar issue with lead SWC's? The reloads (4.0 gr. Bullseye under the 200 gr SWC) shoot/eject great if shot individually. I plan on pollishing the feed ramp a little, but, I don't think it will help. Is there a cure? I have already ordered some JHP's and RN's (all coated) so I can get back to the range. Any ideas? Thanks!

03-07-2008, 11:27 AM	#4
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fredj338 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,224	I played w/ diff. seating & crimps, nothing makes my 45tac feed the 200grlswc 100%. I can get as high as a 90% rate, but it beats up the back of the mag. Solution, I now feed it 200grTC or 230grRN designs. __________________ EVERY GOOD SHOOTER SHOULD BE A HANDLOADER!

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Dickieray XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 2	I've never had a problem with anything but SWC. She eats everything else you put down her. So........the TC cast bullets work well for you? Last edited by Dickieray; 03-07-2008 at 12:14 PM.

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03-07-2008, 08:28 AM	#2
John4538 XDTalk Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 69	I am not familiar with shooting swc in the XD45 but am in the XD40. For that gun the general feeling is to use a truncated cone bullet design as the swc don't feed well in the 40. Don't know if the same holds true for the 45. I had to experiment a lot with the TC even at that but finally got it 100% reliable. In many 1911's the swc doesn't feed well unless you polish the feed ramp.

03-07-2008, 02:33 PM	#7
John4538 XDTalk Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 69	Yes, they work excellent for me. One of the other commentors mentioned the crimp. I forgot that, I was not crimping to the spec on the 40 and that was a large factor also. I was several 1000's too big. I was only crimping to take the bell out like I do on my 45 bullseye gun. I had to crimp further for the tc. Ha, i followed the book, funny how that works.