sig does NOT cycle properly with reloading

Check OAL and crimp which should just eliminate any flaring you applied in the loading cycle. We assume the gun is properly lubricated.

Your load will cycle the gun.

Bob
 
If by "not cycling", you mean that the round chambers and fires, but the slide doesn't move, I would say that your powder charge is too light. As mentioned above, your charge is less than the start load using Hodgdon data.
 
May be a tight chamber if not chambering the round. If reloading using a Dillon note that the Dillon dies do not full length resize the case.
 
tjhaile said:
If by "not cycling", you mean that the round chambers and fires, but the slide doesn't move, I would say that your powder charge is too light. As mentioned above, your charge is less than the start load using Hodgdon data.
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By a tenth of a grain?? Do you really think a tenth of a grain, given the hobby nature of our equipment, is significant? Curious that's all.

Bob
 
Chamber well, shoots well.

Just the slide won't open enough to pull the case out and put back in next round.

Maybe my spring is tight? I will try 5gr of WSF next time.
 
Canuck44 said:
By a tenth of a grain?? Do you really think a tenth of a grain, given the hobby nature of our equipment, is significant? Curious that's all.

Bob
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No, I don't think the tenth grain is significant in the sense that 4.7 grains would run the gun whereas 4.6 would not: 0.1 grain is normal measuring error for a balance beam scale. The powder charge would likely have to be increased more than that to change anything.

My point is that what is what is for all practical purposes a starting load appears to be insufficient in this situation.
 
Canuck44 said:
Check your scales and the powder drops. You didn;t mention the type of equipment you are reloading on.

Bob
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I am using Lock-N-Load® Bench Scale, the big red one.

I use the same for rifle reloading, but the powder charge in rifle is in ~40 gn range. Pistol is in 5gn range, that is the difference.
 
how did you determine the load?

100% is your load being too light just like on another thread with the person running his new M&P CORE ported. the listed load is from 4.7 to 5.3. the best practice for testing new load should be starting with the low end, but not lower than the minimum, with 0.2 increment, up to max, but do NOT exceed the max. then only after everything is fine and you still feel the load has enough power even at the minimum, then you can go down below minimum, but NEVER over max, especially for people new to reload.

If you follow this process, you will not have any issue down the road.


jeanlikethis said:
9mm

124gr bullet
4.6 gr WSF
Sig 226

Every 3 of the 10 won't cycle.

Any idea?
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Happened to me before, I was using my Glock17 9mm load thinking it would be good, well it was not.

It cycled all rounds but slide wouldnt lock back on last round. Loaded it a little bit hotter, problem solved
 
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