oncewaslost
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I am just getting around to load some of the .40 fmj 155 grain pulled bullets that I purchased last month. I obsessively check each brass before and after loading using a lyman max cartridge gage (I size and clean before). I am noticing that the burr on the pulled bullets prevent about half of my loaded cartridges from correctly fitting inside the gauge. They are shy of going in by the thickness of the rim. I can force them resulting in the cartridge snapping fully in. I then have to snap them back out. Normally my loaded cartridges fall in and out of the gauge.
I removed the barrel of my SD40 to see how they fit. The very worst of them (only a few) had to be snapped in, again by the thickness of the rim. With the gun back together the cartridges chamber without a problem under the force of the spring. I was worried about the possibility of firing a round out of battery due to the burr..
I have filed a few of the burrs down to verify that it was causing the problem. On one cartridge, even after filing it would not fit the gauge without force. It appeared that the bullet was slightly deformed.
For now I am segregating these loaded cartridges and shooting them, but verifying that the slide fully closed after each one. So far I have had no problems, but will most likely not use any more pulled bullets after these are gone.
I removed the barrel of my SD40 to see how they fit. The very worst of them (only a few) had to be snapped in, again by the thickness of the rim. With the gun back together the cartridges chamber without a problem under the force of the spring. I was worried about the possibility of firing a round out of battery due to the burr..
I have filed a few of the burrs down to verify that it was causing the problem. On one cartridge, even after filing it would not fit the gauge without force. It appeared that the bullet was slightly deformed.
For now I am segregating these loaded cartridges and shooting them, but verifying that the slide fully closed after each one. So far I have had no problems, but will most likely not use any more pulled bullets after these are gone.