BLR
06-19-2012, 06:56 AM
Monday PMs are the typical range day for our group of shooters. And last night was the first FTF from my 5" EB Executive Elite. It's digested several thousand rounds, a mix of ball, 200g LSWCs (mostly) and Hornday XTPs w/ out so much as a hiccup. The FTF, which I did not get a picture of (didnt have the presence of mind to interrupt the drill) was with a 230g Missouri Cast round nose. I had 1k of these, and loaded them up to get rid of them, as I prefer Precision Bullets moly coated 200g LSWCs for practice.
Anyway, at round 5 from a 7 round EB mag, the slide locked open at the disassembly notch with a round half chambered. Dropping the mag and racking the slide cured the problem. However, a nice silvery mark was made on the slide stop, indicating the nose of one of the bullets pushed the stop up and into the notch.
Post shooting inspection of the bullet indicates a very squatty profile when compared with ball, giving some credence to the above theory. I ran through the rest of the ammo w/o problems.
Anyway, at round 5 from a 7 round EB mag, the slide locked open at the disassembly notch with a round half chambered. Dropping the mag and racking the slide cured the problem. However, a nice silvery mark was made on the slide stop, indicating the nose of one of the bullets pushed the stop up and into the notch.
Post shooting inspection of the bullet indicates a very squatty profile when compared with ball, giving some credence to the above theory. I ran through the rest of the ammo w/o problems.