ballman6711
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All the rounds fired fine, all the rounds had the accuracy that I expected from this load, but they didn't have enough "umphh" to cycle the slide enough to eject the spent round, just enough to catch the case as the slide was returning to battery. They all cocked the hammer on my 1911.
A quick update on the Fiocchi spp with my load (in the original post). I went to the range yesterday and fired 21 of these rounds. Once again all the rounds chambered fine, all went bang, and accuracy was as expected. The slide cycled enough to cock the hammer on every round fired, but about 1/3 didn't eject the brass. Temperature was about 50* F, overcast and misty, although I wouldn't call it rain but the targets were either wet or damp.
I am beginning to think it's a combination of a dirty gun (although I've run a 600 round torture test on this gun with no cleaning and no malfunctions) and a primer that just doesn't have enough brisance to light this load with authority. The fact that some of them function (2/3 yesterday) tells me that this load is right on the minimum with this primer.
I have formulated a primer test, and am in the process of getting everything ready. Then it'll be time to go to the range. I'll start a new thread with my test and results, hopefully in the next couple of weeks.
chris