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    Fairly new to reloading - help with jamming please

    Good news all... went out to the range tonight and was 100% successful, no jams. The trick was to resize, shrinking the length slightly, then run it through the factory die to get the neck and collar diameters right. All measurements within tolerances = great success! Thanks again to everyone...
  2. K

    Fairly new to reloading - help with jamming please

    Haha, yes, my mistake, like it says on the screen shot LRN. I was looking at FMJ while typing this and it must have just come out. You know how that happens sometimes.
  3. K

    Fairly new to reloading - help with jamming please

    New updates. Part 1: - With the crimping die set to no crimp just to shorten the round slightly and the factory die to fix the bulging, I believe I have achieved the factory dimensions. I still need to get to a range to properly test 50-100 of them. The clearing chamber has been a big help...
  4. K

    Fairly new to reloading - help with jamming please

    Thanks, Yoder, Yes, I watched a few videos on the factory resizing die. "They shouldn't be bulged that bad after resizing." The images show before and after, before resizing it bulged but after it fits like a charm, and no more bulging. Measurements are close to factory rounds too. "When I...
  5. K

    Fairly new to reloading - help with jamming please

    Some new updates: 1. I got the Cartridge Guage and tested it - see the image below. You can see the bottom is bulged out too far which is most likely the main problem. 2. I got the Factory resizing die and ran a dozen through it - see the image below 3. I got the Range Systems Guardian...
  6. K

    Fairly new to reloading - help with jamming please

    Ok, I got the LEE PRECISION 90860, Carbide Factory Crimp Die, 9mm Luger as well, should be here in a few days. I think I'll have a pretty good setup once this is all done and working, or I'll throw it out the window and run it over a few times with my car ;)
  7. K

    Fairly new to reloading - help with jamming please

    Thanks again for the assistance, greyling: - Are you sure you set your sizing die right? Sooo, yes and no, that's kind of what I was eluding to above. I set the die, test fired 50 without issue. Then I continued to make a few hundred more. About halfway through I got a bullet feeder to help...
  8. K

    Fairly new to reloading - help with jamming please

    One more thing to mention, I'm using the .40 die for powder which dispenses a 5.3 charge in grains
  9. K

    Fairly new to reloading - help with jamming please

    Hello, hope you all had a great Thanksgiving... Wayno945 - I just bought a case gauge and will do a bunch of plunk testing - Bullet type: Hornady Full Metal Jacket Round Nose 115 Grain https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1165309390?pid=461313 - Casings are just random - Primer is CGI 500 small...
  10. K

    Fairly new to reloading - help with jamming please

    Thank you, really appreciate the help. I will measure this all up tonight and see what we get.
  11. K

    Fairly new to reloading - help with jamming please

    I'm using the Lee Precision 1000 3 stage. I am looking at the crimp right now compared to a factory, What are you thinking with the taper crimp? Not crimped enough or too much, or maybe the bullet isn't deep enough or too deep?
  12. K

    Fairly new to reloading - help with jamming please

    Hello, I have a Springfield XDM9 9MM in which I am reloading the 9MM rounds. When I first started, I test-fired 50 reloads and they all worked without a jam. I continued to make about 1000 total. Went to the range today and every other round jammed. Fire the first round - all good, the...

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