I thought this would be easier than making 3 separate posts about the same outing.
Question #1 - Magazine cleaning
I just noticed that after feeding close to 900 rounds through my 4" barrel 1911 style pistol now, my four .45 acp magazines (one kimber and three Chip McCormick which are built differently) are getting pretty sooty inside, at least towards the top, something I have neglected to notice before. If this is something that might hinder performance such as proper feeding, is there a way to disassemble them to clean the insides or might a dunk in an ultrasonic cleaner with some Hornady "One Shot" sonic clean solution be appropriate? This stuff does wonders for my brass so perhaps a stainless steel magazine?
Question #2 - Failure to feed
Well, after approximately 700 - 800 rounds (ALL factory Winchester 230g round nose and my loaded X-treme 230g RN-FP bullets) fired through my new pistol without one single failure to feed a round, it finally happened today, THREE times! Today I was testing mostly Hornady 185, 200, 230g XTP bullets as well as some more 230g RN-FP bullets from Ranier and X-treme. I was firing sets of five rounds loaded with four different powders and twenty one different powder loads. I was loading five rounds in the magazines and the three failures occurred in the second, third and last rounds loaded so I don't think position in the magazine was instrumental. Tow failures were with the 200g Hornady XTP and one was with an X-treme RN-FP. THe COL of both the 200g and 230 grain were both 1.210.
It would have been nice if all three failures were with the 200g XTP's so I could just say my pistol doesn't like them but one of the 230g bullets (after700-800 rounds also jammed).
To add, by the time the jamming occurred, the gun was pretty dirty with the inside ramp being solid black rather than shiny. Could this be the culprit in itself?
Question #3 - Case ejections.
Is there a direct correlation between the type of powder (burn rate?) or the amount of powder charge used and the distance the ejected case is thrown? I was sitting at a bench so the origin was always the same and I noticed that with some loads, all the brass would land within a few feet of each other while some loads tossed the brass five to seven feet farther away and some barely missed me as it spat the rounds out just a foot or so from me.
And the charges that ejected the brass the farthest, wouldn't they also be the ones to best cycle the pistol and perhaps have an affect on lessening failures to feed?
That's it, I have my learning cap on so would appreciate any and all advice!
Question #1 - Magazine cleaning
I just noticed that after feeding close to 900 rounds through my 4" barrel 1911 style pistol now, my four .45 acp magazines (one kimber and three Chip McCormick which are built differently) are getting pretty sooty inside, at least towards the top, something I have neglected to notice before. If this is something that might hinder performance such as proper feeding, is there a way to disassemble them to clean the insides or might a dunk in an ultrasonic cleaner with some Hornady "One Shot" sonic clean solution be appropriate? This stuff does wonders for my brass so perhaps a stainless steel magazine?
Question #2 - Failure to feed
Well, after approximately 700 - 800 rounds (ALL factory Winchester 230g round nose and my loaded X-treme 230g RN-FP bullets) fired through my new pistol without one single failure to feed a round, it finally happened today, THREE times! Today I was testing mostly Hornady 185, 200, 230g XTP bullets as well as some more 230g RN-FP bullets from Ranier and X-treme. I was firing sets of five rounds loaded with four different powders and twenty one different powder loads. I was loading five rounds in the magazines and the three failures occurred in the second, third and last rounds loaded so I don't think position in the magazine was instrumental. Tow failures were with the 200g Hornady XTP and one was with an X-treme RN-FP. THe COL of both the 200g and 230 grain were both 1.210.
It would have been nice if all three failures were with the 200g XTP's so I could just say my pistol doesn't like them but one of the 230g bullets (after700-800 rounds also jammed).
To add, by the time the jamming occurred, the gun was pretty dirty with the inside ramp being solid black rather than shiny. Could this be the culprit in itself?
Question #3 - Case ejections.
Is there a direct correlation between the type of powder (burn rate?) or the amount of powder charge used and the distance the ejected case is thrown? I was sitting at a bench so the origin was always the same and I noticed that with some loads, all the brass would land within a few feet of each other while some loads tossed the brass five to seven feet farther away and some barely missed me as it spat the rounds out just a foot or so from me.
And the charges that ejected the brass the farthest, wouldn't they also be the ones to best cycle the pistol and perhaps have an affect on lessening failures to feed?
That's it, I have my learning cap on so would appreciate any and all advice!