Ammo Issues

[m25operator]

I'd do 2 things, 1st ones easy, take 4 or 5 of those rounds and push them against some wood, like a work table, at the bullet nose, push hard but only with hand pressure and see if the bullets move, if they do, bad crimp from the factory. If you only have 50, hell push them all.

2nd, remove the barrel and try the bullet fit in the chamber, should go very easy, sit flush, and come out easy.

Another thing would be to examine those rounds that did push back under a magnifying glass and see if there any obvious impact marks, at the nose, and around the sides at the ogive. If there are even marks around the sides, there may not be any lead cut into the rifling, and the rifling could be catching the bullet and pushing it back. Since this happening on loading, I'm betting you can push the bullets in by hand.

[Galeth005]

ok guys thanks for the advice... end result.... pushed the bullets out of 20 rounds 8 of them were capable of being pushed in by hand i went into the back yard and fired all of them off... thats just unacceptable.  not that federal hydro is a bad company i'm not bad mouthing them and will continue to buy their products.

another happy ending thanks to the guru's at downrange.tv

[TAB]

ok guys thanks for the advice... end result.... pushed the bullets out of 20 rounds 8 of them were capable of being pushed in by hand i went into the back yard and fired all of them off... thats just unacceptable.  not that federal hydro is a bad company i'm not bad mouthing them and will continue to buy their products.

another happy ending thanks to the guru's at downrange.tv

don't do that... the smaller case volume can increase presure, maybe to teh point where its boom, not bang.

[MAUSERMAN]

I too got a box of fed hydo shock in 380 do the same thing. If I remember correctly there may have been a recall on bad batches of ammo about 4 or 5yrs ago. I thought my beretta 85 was the problem but but the guys at ammo bros fixed my problem and found the ammo to be defective. Always check ammo no matter what brand you buy factory ammo isnt perfect.

[m25operator]

You found the problem, and fixed it but I will mimic Tab here, I would not have fired them, pressure does increase to possibly dangerous levels. Done is done, but don't do it any more OK.

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