What Defensive Ammo For CZ RAMI .40

[CTGunner]

What defensive ammo do you use in your CZ Rami .40 that you believe is 100% reliable?

I have had no issues with FMJ Ball ammo for hundreds of rounds even with the gun dirty. However, I did have 2 failures to feed with Remington Golden Sabers HPJs. The rounds seem to get hung up on the feed ramp. I had to pull the slide back and release to chamber the rounds. This happened twice in a box of 25 this morning. I also noticed that manually removing the HP ammo from the magazine is a little more challenging than it is with my SIGs. Maybe it's the mag/ammo combo? I have not experienced this with any of my other guns..glock,sig, M&P.

Any recommendations or advice would be greatly appreciated. I really want this little CZ to work as my primary carry gun.

 

[mbt2001]

Your feed ramp needs to get polished, you can do it yourself or take it to a gunsmith to have it done. Basically you take some 400+ grit paper (600 is what I would use) and rub it the direction the bullet moves up the feed ramp and test. Redo as required, shouldn't be that difficult.

If you still have a problem, then go see a gun smith. There are a couple of tricks they can do. I would advise being careful. You want to remove the burr, but not change the angle of the ramp. It is easy to overdo if you are not careful.

EDIT:

I did a quick internet scan and think that you might want to locate a quality gun smith and send the piece into him. CZ's make a great gun, my experience with them is that they are very tight and in this case it might be working to limit the reliability. Tight = Accuracy / Loose = reliability.

I am sort of surprised that you are having these problems after "hundreds" of rounds though. Usually problems will work themselves out (even metal burrs) if you give them enough rounds.

 

[CTGunner]

Thanks. Hundreds of rounds of cheap stuff FMJ and zero failures of any kind. About 350 rounds + the gun was used. I don't understand why the JHPs are hanging up and the other stuff isn't.

I bought the gun used and it comes with a 30 day warranty if there are any issues. I'm not sure if I should keep testing or just bring it back and let their smith look at it.

The gun fits my hand perfectly, almost like a small 1911. The size is perfect for carry. Hence why I don't want to give up on it immediately.

 

[CB900F]

CTGunner;

Both Winchester and Hornady have recently released new generation personal defense ammo. I'd wait a bit, see if I couldn't locate some of each, & test both in your RAMI.

900F

 

[Walter]

When I got my Rami it had feeding problems with every type of ammo,
including FMJ. I polished the feed ramp, and that helped some, but
didn't completely solve the problem.
I finally realized that the magazine lips (both mags) had burrs on the
inside edges of the lips. I took the mags apart and cut the burrs
down with fine grit sandpaper, then polished the edges with scotch-
brite. That solved my problem, no more FTFs.
BTW, I carry Hydra-Shoks in mine. They feed fine.

Walter

 

[CTGunner]

Thanks Walter. I inspected the feed ramp more closely tonight and it feels a bit rough to the touch. Thanks for the advice.

 

[bltmonty]

My Rami .40 did not like golden sabres. But I polished the feed ramp, and I squeezed the lips of the magazine inward a mm or two because the cartridges were leaving the magazine a bit early and getting caught facing upward in the barrel. Make sure the cartridge is parallel with the top of the magazine lips. Push carefully a round out of the magazine, and if the round points upward, you might try squeezing the lips of the magazine so that it forces the cartridge down a bit, until it moves in a parallel fashion right before it exits. Then polish the magazine lips. I also installed wolf magazine springs for compact CZs. Now it feeds everything reliably.

 

[benderx4]

Speer Gold Dot LE JHP

 

[Dr_2_B]

I believe I have either CorBons or Gold Dots in mine.

 

[wnycollector]

Check out FIocchi's 165gr JHP's. Loaded hot, accurate, very reliable feeding in my CZ40b and reasonably priced.