MoreIsLess
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I just started loading 9mm 115 gr FMJ after spending most of my previous time loading .45acp. I have been loading to an OAL of 1.155 to 1.159 with 4.3 gr of Win 231 to try and emulate the factory ammo I had been using which was running around 1.162. I guess the ma OAL according to SAAMI is 1.169 for 9mm FMJ. I have noticed that a lot of people here are using an OAL of 1.125 -- 1.135.
Last night I had a bullet get lodged in the barrel of my Sig 226 while testing these. I have several questions:
Last night I had a bullet get lodged in the barrel of my Sig 226 while testing these. I have several questions:
- Could the OAL have been the cause of this or is likely to have been caused by something else. I don't think it was to much flareing because the bullets would barely stay upright in the case when I was seating them.
- What happens when the OAL is too long