I bought a Glock 42 to be my pocket carry gun. Its small enough to fit unobtrusively in the cargo shorts I wear in the summer yet large enough for me to shoot accurately. I took it to the range for the first time today and shot 100 rounds of FMJ with one failure to fire. The firing pin put a dent in the primer, but the bullet didn't fire. I put the round back in the magazine and it fired the second time around. The other 99 rounds cycled and fired without incident.
Then I tried the 380 version of my 9 mm self-defense round, Sig V-Crown 380 ACP in 90 gr. JHP.
I only shot 40 rounds because they wouldn't feed reliably into the chamber. Each six round magazine had at least one round jam between the ramp and slide. More often than not, it was the first round after loading the magazine into the gun and releasing the slide. The gun also jammed a few of the founds further down in the magazine. Obviously, the large hollow point is getting hung up on the ramp. The slide strips the top round off the mag and jams it hard up against the short ramp on the barrel.
I've been considering Underwood 380 ACP in 90 gr. JHP +P. What are some other defensive loads that might cycle better in the Glock?
Then I tried the 380 version of my 9 mm self-defense round, Sig V-Crown 380 ACP in 90 gr. JHP.
I only shot 40 rounds because they wouldn't feed reliably into the chamber. Each six round magazine had at least one round jam between the ramp and slide. More often than not, it was the first round after loading the magazine into the gun and releasing the slide. The gun also jammed a few of the founds further down in the magazine. Obviously, the large hollow point is getting hung up on the ramp. The slide strips the top round off the mag and jams it hard up against the short ramp on the barrel.
I've been considering Underwood 380 ACP in 90 gr. JHP +P. What are some other defensive loads that might cycle better in the Glock?