Reloading for the BD44....

[Sgt Striker]

I guess I will have to give Marstar a call tomorrow. I thought my problem with reloading for the BD44 was that I needed to turn the neck down on some casings to get the ammo to fit, but this is not the case (problem).

I have some WWII surplus ammo in very good condition, and none of it will chamber properly!! Even trying to make it go into battery ever so slightly, gets it stuck to the point that I almost break the cocking handle trying to get it back out again. The cocking handle is a full inch out of battery. The cartridge sticks about a 1/4" out from where it should be, when I drop it in the chamber, and will go no futher...

Anyone else out there had this problem??

 

[Desert_Fox]

Had that problem when I first brought my BD44 home. I was using kurz rounds that I had bought from a Canadian dealer that I will not name, and they were doing the exact same thing you are mentioning happened with yours. ( I had to use an entrenching tool wrapped in a leather carrier to force my bolt open)...

What I did next was to buy a couple hundred pieces of NEW brass from two separate dealers, pull the old bullets I had bought, reloaded them to the correct specs, and *poof* now my BD functions like a dream.

If you are looking for good kurz brass and lead for your BD44, I'd contact mysticplayer, and see if he can get you some.

Cheers!

 

[Claven2]

When you run a piece of your brass through a FL sizer, will it chamber BEFORE being loaded?

If so, your chamber is probably OK.

If it won't chamber after, then something is wrong with the wall thickness at the neck.

If proper and clean wartime ammo won't chamber, first thing I'd check it to make sure the rim is actually under the extractor. Were you feeding by hand or from the mag?

If you're doing it properly and original ammo doesn;t chamber, call Marstar and ask them to either replace or fix your gun as the chamber may be under-reamed.

 

[Sgt Striker]

Made a change to the subject line...

Yea, I just tried a Graf piece of brass, with a Hornaday 8mm 125 gn bullet (no primer) and it worked fine???? I noticed that the SP on the Hornaday bullet deformed a bit, but not sure if that happend when the round chambered, or when I ejected it?

Would it be a big deal to "cut" those soft points off?