9mm reload issue

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Sorry for gravedigging an old thread, but I wanted to add what has worked for me. I set these projectiles aside and have been shooting Bayou 115s for a while, and I just got around to correcting them. As others predicted above, the issue was OAL, not out of spec brass. I had the issue pretty severely with 1.100 OAL, then noticed that MBC recommends 1.08 on their site. I tried that and still had issues. I had to go down to 1.06 before the bullet would no longer stick in the rifling. At 1.055 - 1.060, the rounds pass the plunk test and chamber properly. I was a little concerned about the round being seated so deeply, but they are not loaded hot, so I didn't anticipate any issues. I don't have access to a chrono, but they are feeding and shooting well in my G17 with the Alpha Wolf barrel.

I don't know if anyone else will ever come across this combination, but if so, I hope this helps. As others would say, start low and work your way up. Or better yet, avoid this barrel / projectile combination and go with a different profile LRN that doesn't require such a low seating depth.

The Lee bulge buster ended up being unnecessary, but I'm still using it on all of my brass just for good measure.
 
I recently had an issue with some 9mm loads. I loaded several hundred 115 gr LRN from Missouri Bullet and seated them to 1.100 (from Hodgdon data). The powder is HP38 and I used 4.5 grains. Starting / Max is 4.3-4.8.

At the range a couple of weeks ago, my Glock 17 locked 1/4" out of battery while shooting these rounds through an Alpha Wolf barrel. It was jammed up more severely than an FBI agent trying to prosecute Hillary for her emails.

I could not clear it safely in the range by hand (the slide was completely locked), so I asked the range officer if he'd take it to the gunsmith on site and clear it for me. When they cleared it, he said the round came apart and the projectile stayed in the barrel and had to be knocked out.

I read online about case bulge, so I ordered a Lee bulge buster kit and a Lee Makarov crimp die.

MBC recommends 1.08 COL on their site. I have already run all the rounds through the bulge buster. Should I also seat them deeper? I'm not at max charge, so I think that should be okay, but unsure. After running them through the bulge buster, I think they will feed reliably now, but they are still a little sticky in the barrel. Probably not enough to effect operation, but when I turn the barrel upside down, the rounds don't fall out. They are easily removed by hand, though.

Did you check these with a case guage after you reloaded them? Did they fit?
 
Did you check these with a case guage after you reloaded them? Did they fit?
You will find that most case gauges tend to run on tighter side of SAAMI minimum chamber dimensions and larger .356" sized bullets will have harder time passing the case gauges - Hence why we often suggest reloaders to simply use the tightest barrel chambers as their gauge.
 
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