Had a 9mm misfire on Saturday that I am scratching my head about. Shot 13 rounds out of 16 round magazine. On the 14th round, I noticed my XD9 Tactical did not go back fully into battery. I could not get the slide to move backwards more than about 1/8". Notified the RO and he took the XD to the gunsmith room. He was able to remove the stuck brass. He then noticed that the lead bullet was stuck in the barrel. He was able to extract that also. In looking at my XD he said that it needed to be cleaned. I hadn't cleaned it after the last trip of about 50 rounds so I thought all would be fine. When I took the XD down, I noticed unburnt powder all over the inside.
So was the primer a dud but had enough umph to jam the bullet in the barrel but not ignite the powder? Is it possible to ignite just a portion of the powder?
I am using once fired brass, CCI small pistol primers and Hodgdon HP38 powder (4.3gr), 9mm Parabellum
115 Grain 9MM RN from Missouri Bullet Company. No problems so far. I've reloaded and shot over 500 round using this recipe.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Rob
So was the primer a dud but had enough umph to jam the bullet in the barrel but not ignite the powder? Is it possible to ignite just a portion of the powder?
I am using once fired brass, CCI small pistol primers and Hodgdon HP38 powder (4.3gr), 9mm Parabellum
115 Grain 9MM RN from Missouri Bullet Company. No problems so far. I've reloaded and shot over 500 round using this recipe.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Rob