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How-do... some of you may remember my continuing saga of suckiness with this particular bullet. Berry's 180 FP, flat base. Can't get an accurate load despite multiple attempts with several powders, charges, FCD, no FCD, adjusting crimp, etc.
Anywho, that's beside the point. These are the flat point, NON-round shouldered version.
http://www.berrysmfg.com/product-i14499-c14-g8-b0-p0-40_Cal_401_180gr_FP_1000ct.aspx
Having a lot of FTFs using these in a Storm Lake G23 barrel. The OEM barrel seems to feed fine. I haven't had any issues with the SL barrel using Berry's 155 FP or 165 HBFP-TP, which would seem to have a similar shoulder profile, or with the MBC 140 or 180 leads, which shoot great.
I'm wondering if it's just something about the angle/shape of the nose of the bullet combined with the tighter chamber or different ramp profile of the SL barrel, and if so, should I try seating deeper or longer to see if it meliorates the problem? I'm loading to 1.125" like I normally do. Should I try some at 1.135"?
Anywho, that's beside the point. These are the flat point, NON-round shouldered version.
http://www.berrysmfg.com/product-i14499-c14-g8-b0-p0-40_Cal_401_180gr_FP_1000ct.aspx
Having a lot of FTFs using these in a Storm Lake G23 barrel. The OEM barrel seems to feed fine. I haven't had any issues with the SL barrel using Berry's 155 FP or 165 HBFP-TP, which would seem to have a similar shoulder profile, or with the MBC 140 or 180 leads, which shoot great.
I'm wondering if it's just something about the angle/shape of the nose of the bullet combined with the tighter chamber or different ramp profile of the SL barrel, and if so, should I try seating deeper or longer to see if it meliorates the problem? I'm loading to 1.125" like I normally do. Should I try some at 1.135"?