Magtech Brass Ejection Difficult...

[KMO]

I took my new (used) Ruger Alaskan out for the first time this morning. I fired Magtech 260 grain .454 for the first 12 shots. I'll say this for the Alaskan...If one isn't wide awake and well positioned for these .454 rounds, it only takes one shot to do the trick. Boomers, to say the least! At the risk of sounding sexist, this ain't no woman's revolver. Anyway, the gun performed very well, and is surprisingly accurate for a 2 1/2" barrel. When I went to eject the empty .454 casings, however, they were somewhat stuck. I had to tap the ejection rod with a small rubber mallet to get them out. I'm wondering if this is simply a Magtech issue? After these first 12, I switched to .45 Long Colts for the next 32 shots. These were nothing like the .454's...a guy could fire them all day long and the recoil was really no big deal at all. The .45 casings all ejected normally. Any similar experiences with Magtech rounds?

 

[Walkalong]

At the risk of sounding sexist, this ain't no woman's revolver.

No risk. It was sexist.

How about, ain't no sissie's revolver. Nope, can't say that either.

Lets see, ain't no "recoil conscious" persons revolver.

I have not shot any Mag-Tech ammo, but have reloaded their brass with no problems.

Ammo loaded hot? Rough chambers? Dirty chambers? Fired a lot of .45 Colt before firing the longer cased .454's? Hard to say.

 

[BCCL]

I shoot a LOT of MagTech in several calibers and have never had a problem.

 

[mjyeagle]

i have had this problem reloading magtec they have thinner walls than horniday or starline i think magtec cases are sub standard

 

[KMO]

I have had this problem reloading Magtec. They have thinner walls than Horniday or Starline. I think Magtec cases are substandard.

This was my suspiscion, but I was waiting to see if a reloader has come to this conclusion. The .454 rounds I fired were pretty robust. The empty casings were so swolen that they won't even slide into the cylinder now.

 

[unspellable]

Excessive pressure is always the first guess, simply because it's a safety issue.

However. I have a batch of PMC brass and another batch of Winchester brass that give very difficult extraction with mild loads. I think the manufacturers occasionally crank out a batch of bad brass.

 

[Mr.Revolverguy]

I have fired a lot of magtech ammo in 454 (Ruger alaskan like yours ) in 44 mag and 38 special and all seem hot to me including the 38 special. Having said this has any of it demonstrated any signs of excessive pressure? Absolutely not. The magtech stuff is safe but all of it seemed to be max loads. I would make sure your cylinder chambers are smooth.

 

[unspellable]

I had occasion to run a lot of Magtech 44 Mags over the chrono and found the velocity to be rather ho hum, not really up to what it should be. This was with a six inch barrel on a Dan Wesson set to various cylinder gaps. 240 grain jacketed bullets never made 1200 fps, ran in the 1100s.

 

[velocette]

Before I go blaming the brass, I'd do a really thorough cleaning of the chambers in the cylinder. If the PO had shot a bunch of .45 Colt in the revolver, there could / would be build up in the cylinder that is difficult to see and also difficult to remove.
While you're there, a little polishing of the cylinders with 1000a paper followed by some high quality metal polish could help too.

Roger

 

[mjyeagle]

i had mixed headstamps magtec starline and horniday the only ones that stuck were the magtec this is where i am coming from