Mags said:The funny thing is if it was oil I thought the primer would have been the first to dud.
That sounds like a good plan to me...I don't know the circumstances surrounding Mags' polluted ammunition, but my advice is to never spray anything on a firearm with rounds in it.
http://www.ramshot.com/powders/silhouette.php Seems Silhouette is a newer powder, not fully tested maybe? Change powder brand to Alliants Bullseye or Unique to use with there data with the 9mm GDHP. Accurate Powder- Any company that changes product & calls the powders by the same name/number, would not be my powder supplyer. This may not be your problem. But your loading practices might be? Double check everything when loading.Silhouette-Our ballistics department is in the process of proofing the data to be posted on the Ramshot website.Silhouette is a double based, modified (flattened) spherical powder
http://forums.1911forum.com/showpost.php?p=2424348&postcount=6 With "new and improved coatings" making it not the same. Seems Ramshot was in the process of proofing the data at the time they posted there copyright.WAP and Silhouette are the same powder, cept Silhouette has some new and improved coatings.
New WAP -- Winchester Action Pistol introduced in 1994- if this is correct, why does Ramshot have to proof, load data, in 2004? Just want to learn, not argue.Ramshot is an exclusive brand of Western Powders Inc.
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I don't lube pistol cases.I vote for too much case lube
Since powder companies retest powders frequently, and make changes in their newest manuals/online data, I would think this is normal.why does Ramshot have to proof
Agreed. I picked up 150 rounds of WWB at walmart. The bag ripped and all 3 boxes fell into the pothole by my truck. It was raining and all 3 boxes were submerged. I box proceeded to tear apart so I had to fish for all 50 rounds.A 50mph rainstorm shouldn't wet the powder.
Answers the question about too much lube when reloading.I don't lube pistol cases.
That would have been my reaction, too!I wonder because I don't want to need to use my CCW piece and have a click instead of a bang! I loaded that pistol up with Winchester bonded PDX +p.
I am thinking oil leaked in from somwhere but I only lubed the slide rails on that gun.
If you did not oil the powder during reloading, and did not oil the ammunition when in the gun, then there is only one answer: GREMLINS!
Good info on powder > http://firearmsid.com/Feature%20Articles/McCord_gunpowder/index.htmThe manufacture of double-base powders requires the addition of nitroglycerine to the nitrocellulose. Two methods can be used. One method uses organic solvents, the other uses water. The organic solvent method mixes nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine with solvents and any desired additives to form a doughy mixture (Meyer 1987; National Research Council 1998; Radford Army Ammunition Plant 1987). The mixture is then pressed into blocks that can be fed into the extrusion press and cutting machine. The resulting granules are screened prior to solvent removal and the application of various coatings. The powder is dried, screened again, then blended to achieve homogeneity. The water method adds the nitroglycerine to a nitrocellulose water suspension to form a paste (Meyer 1987; Radford Army Ammunition Plant 1987). The water is removed by evaporation on hot rollers, then the dried powder is shaped by extrusion and cutting.