mljdeckard
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So I am venturing out into reloading, having cranked through a couple of thousand rounds of .45 acp. Normal hiccups and learning curve have worked themselves out, except for one barrel.
I would like to be able to work up one load that runs well in all of my guns and my friends' guns. So far the only one that I just can't please 100% is my Para-Ordnance. (I'm not sure of the exact model, it's a commemorative they refer to as the SF-45A.) It is on a wide-frame, single-action 1911, and it has a ramped barrel. No matter how much I crimp, or how deep I seat, I still get the odd round or to that is just too tight to chamber. I am actually crinkling cases.
Now, obviously, this is a reloading problem, because it always cycles factory loads just fine. And I can't predict which slight waves or imperfections will make it choke, it isn't consistent. I would just hate if I had to relegate it to being; "The gun I shoot all of the factory ammo with to get brass to reload for the others."
I'm beginning to wonder, is it possible to have the chamber reamed or....vigorously polished, to make it more forgiving? Or is this just how it is?
I would like to be able to work up one load that runs well in all of my guns and my friends' guns. So far the only one that I just can't please 100% is my Para-Ordnance. (I'm not sure of the exact model, it's a commemorative they refer to as the SF-45A.) It is on a wide-frame, single-action 1911, and it has a ramped barrel. No matter how much I crimp, or how deep I seat, I still get the odd round or to that is just too tight to chamber. I am actually crinkling cases.
Now, obviously, this is a reloading problem, because it always cycles factory loads just fine. And I can't predict which slight waves or imperfections will make it choke, it isn't consistent. I would just hate if I had to relegate it to being; "The gun I shoot all of the factory ammo with to get brass to reload for the others."
I'm beginning to wonder, is it possible to have the chamber reamed or....vigorously polished, to make it more forgiving? Or is this just how it is?