CoyoteHunter_
Bearcat
http://www.xdtalk.com/threads/failure-to-feed-hornady-critical-duty.229391/
This is exactly what I found happening in my Ruger LC9S Pro semi auto pistol. The rubber coated tips in these bullets nose dives in the magazine and the nose of the bullet hit the bottom of the feed ramp and jams up there. This happens when I release the slide with the slide release and not just when I hold onto the slide to release it and not let it slam home. It will jam when I do that too. But I should be able to have the magazine loaded fully and the gun chamber empty, put the magazine in the gun and hit the slide release to make the slide go forward picking up the top round and putting it up the feed ramp into the chamber. But this does not always happen properly with this Hornady Critical Duty ammo. I suspect that the Hornady Critical Defense ammo will do the same thing. Which is why I removed this ammo from my Ruger and started to use it in my Walther's PPQ M2 4" semi auto pistol instead. It seems to feed ok in the Walthers pistol as the feed ramp in the Walters is not as steep and it's much smoother and longer.
I blame the design of the nose of the Hornady Critical Duty and Critical Defense for this problem not the gun. As the Blazer Brass FMJ 115 gr ammo feeds perfectly in my Ruger and Walthers Guns.
This is exactly what I found happening in my Ruger LC9S Pro semi auto pistol. The rubber coated tips in these bullets nose dives in the magazine and the nose of the bullet hit the bottom of the feed ramp and jams up there. This happens when I release the slide with the slide release and not just when I hold onto the slide to release it and not let it slam home. It will jam when I do that too. But I should be able to have the magazine loaded fully and the gun chamber empty, put the magazine in the gun and hit the slide release to make the slide go forward picking up the top round and putting it up the feed ramp into the chamber. But this does not always happen properly with this Hornady Critical Duty ammo. I suspect that the Hornady Critical Defense ammo will do the same thing. Which is why I removed this ammo from my Ruger and started to use it in my Walther's PPQ M2 4" semi auto pistol instead. It seems to feed ok in the Walthers pistol as the feed ramp in the Walters is not as steep and it's much smoother and longer.
I blame the design of the nose of the Hornady Critical Duty and Critical Defense for this problem not the gun. As the Blazer Brass FMJ 115 gr ammo feeds perfectly in my Ruger and Walthers Guns.