Wife has a new SA 9mm 1911 for home defense (plus two for competition). The gun has seen a few hundred rounds and she wanted to send some rounds down range today before a practice session. We shoot my reloads, but I thought they might be a bit soft for a stock sprung gun. Brought two boxes of FM 9mm XTP. Picture, below shows the struck primers - some barely dented, some seem burned through:
My first reaction was we'll send the gun back to SA tomorrow, but we ran a bunch of my reloads through the gun and the CCI primers look just fine (and the gun cycled fine with the softer reloads):
Obviously, I'll send this info to Freedom Munitions. I suspect I don't have much of the XTP stuff and we don't shoot factory ammo any more, but does anyone have an idea as to the cause of this. Can't be good. Could these loads have the wrong powder/quantity and be really hot?
UPDATE:
I found this article which confirms issues FM had with their 124gr 9mm XTP:http://handgunplanet.com/review/product-issue-freedom-munitions-124-grain-9mm-fmj/
I do recoil my wife mentioning the much heavier recoil before we found the issue with the cases. I'll definitely inspect the gun for damage. Fortunately, we didn't fire many rounds. I want to further add that most FM ammo boxes have a lot number. The XTP (which I accidently ordered a few years ago) had no identification other than 9mm 124gr XTP New. Very strange.
My first reaction was we'll send the gun back to SA tomorrow, but we ran a bunch of my reloads through the gun and the CCI primers look just fine (and the gun cycled fine with the softer reloads):
Obviously, I'll send this info to Freedom Munitions. I suspect I don't have much of the XTP stuff and we don't shoot factory ammo any more, but does anyone have an idea as to the cause of this. Can't be good. Could these loads have the wrong powder/quantity and be really hot?
UPDATE:
I found this article which confirms issues FM had with their 124gr 9mm XTP:http://handgunplanet.com/review/product-issue-freedom-munitions-124-grain-9mm-fmj/
I do recoil my wife mentioning the much heavier recoil before we found the issue with the cases. I'll definitely inspect the gun for damage. Fortunately, we didn't fire many rounds. I want to further add that most FM ammo boxes have a lot number. The XTP (which I accidently ordered a few years ago) had no identification other than 9mm 124gr XTP New. Very strange.
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