I got a storm lake conversion barrel for my glock 22 to convert it to 9mm now I bought it so I can shoot reloaded lead ammo. I have ammo and tried to chamber the round, well the round chamber but the slide jams. the ammo is a 135 gr lead rn. now I tried some store bought ammo and it chambered no problem and the slide opens as normal. that was a 115 gr fmj. I checked the OAL mine vs store bought and the store bought was actually longer by 10 thou (.010) I don't know why they are jamming I use these same rounds out of a Jericho 941 and have never had a problem. your help please, also I am going to reload some 125 gr ammo I have a see how that helps or hurts
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I've had similar issues with my Lone Wolf and Springfield Range Officer 9mm pistols. They have tighter chambers. What I noticed is that ammo fired from loose or unsupported barrels tend to fireform the case from near the base to the length of the case. Sizing dies (my RCBS if that matters) does not size the very lower portion of the case and that tiny bulge prevents the case from seating easily in the tight chambers. There is a sizing ring in the FC die that tends to size lower down on the case than that of the regular sizing die. You end up with more uniform ammo.
Try the plunk test ie, remove your SL barrel, drop one of the reloads into it. Does it drop in and seat properly in the chamber? Flip the barrel over and does the round fall out easily? If not, try several sized empty cases. If they are hanging up, then the above solution might work for you.
Try the plunk test ie, remove your SL barrel, drop one of the reloads into it. Does it drop in and seat properly in the chamber? Flip the barrel over and does the round fall out easily? If not, try several sized empty cases. If they are hanging up, then the above solution might work for you.
Sounds like you have the same issue I had before. My RCBS sizing die on my 9mm kisses the shell plate yet some cases will not drop fit into the tight barrels. If I run them through the FC die, they drop in easily. I had some Lee 9mm dies that I got in an exchange but sold them before I ran into this problem. Let me know how it works out for you with those Lee dies. If the sizing die works for you, then I guess the Lee dies size more lower down on the case than RCBS ones.
Ah ok. You sizing might be fine then. Sounds like you aren't seating the bullet deep enough. I've had to seat some custom 132gr LRNFP bullets to 1.025" for them to chamber in my buddy's Lonewolf barrel. If seating bullets deeper, check your current powder load. If you're near the max, you might want to dial it back if seating the bullet deeper and check for high-pressure signs.
I think I found the solution to my sizing issue... Lee U Carbide Small Base die.
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I think I found the solution to my sizing issue... Lee U Carbide Small Base die.
h ttp://www.midwayusa.com/product/386755/lee-u-carbide-small-base-sizing-die-9mm-luger
My Lee dies won't remove the bulge. The crimp die doesn't seem to help either. I end up turfing the bulged cases (range pickups).
Lee does advertise (or use to) a die specifically made to remove the bulge.
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9mm is not easy to reload for. The two things you need are a taper crimp die and a case gauge - I run every 9mm round through the case gauge, no matter how well the press is set-up or how many rounds I've done.
Take especial care if you mix your brass. Winchester brass gave me the most trouble - it is thicker than other brass, and lasts longer, but because it's thicker it produces a thicker round. All the others - S&B, Geco, Federal, R-P etc - are all about the same thickness.
My recommendation would be to get a .45 - it's a piece o' cake to reload for, compared to 9mm.
Take especial care if you mix your brass. Winchester brass gave me the most trouble - it is thicker than other brass, and lasts longer, but because it's thicker it produces a thicker round. All the others - S&B, Geco, Federal, R-P etc - are all about the same thickness.
My recommendation would be to get a .45 - it's a piece o' cake to reload for, compared to 9mm.
That depends on the gun, not the caliber.
Over 20K rounds and counting, never fully resized my brass and If I had to for a specific gun, it would be on the EE section ASAP.
As a matter of fact, I have not had any of the problems you have described with factory barrels for HK, MP9, GLOCK, and CZ, they all work fine, with bulged (coke bottle effect 9mm) brass.
The coke bottle effect has been beaten to death, just do a quick search on google.
So as has been stated before, that storm lake barrels have tighter tolerances. You will need to adjust COL or try a different bullet brand in the same weight.
Over 20K rounds and counting, never fully resized my brass and If I had to for a specific gun, it would be on the EE section ASAP.
As a matter of fact, I have not had any of the problems you have described with factory barrels for HK, MP9, GLOCK, and CZ, they all work fine, with bulged (coke bottle effect 9mm) brass.
The coke bottle effect has been beaten to death, just do a quick search on google.
So as has been stated before, that storm lake barrels have tighter tolerances. You will need to adjust COL or try a different bullet brand in the same weight.
Yeah, I ran-into a spot o' trouble reloading 9mm; the pistol is a Hi-Power that slugs at 0.357". Trying to load a 0.358" cast lead bullet caused me all the troubles - the first successful reload I had with that pistol, was with a cast bullet that miked at 0.3575". I've since got it shooting reasonably well with a 0.357" bullet, which is a lot easier to load and causes fewer jamming issues.
Now all I've got to do is sort-out the sights...
Now all I've got to do is sort-out the sights...
