by MSGAmling » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:26 pm
Is anyone reloading for this in .40 S&W? I have a 96D and it handles just about all factory ammo well (with some hiccups with Remington UMC 180 gr. FMJ), but I had some problems today with some ammo I put together, and had a failure to feed on just about every third round. I replaced the 18 lb. main spring with the much weaker OEM spring and that seemed to cure the problem, for the most part. After another hundred rounds, there was only one failure to feed, but the slide's operation felt a little odd. It didn't feel as if it were cycling fully with every round.
I don't know if there are any reloaders on this forum, but what I loaded was Rainier 180 gr. JFP in Federal brass, CCI primers and 5.3 gr. of Bullseye powder. The brass is at proper length for headspace, and the overall length is good. The loading manuals say that the max load for the bullet used is 5.6 gr. of Bullseye. I am going to throw together another couple of hundred rounds at the max load and see if that helps. Any other ideas?