bocash3
Bearcat
Howdy
Recently took out the Ruger 1911 Lightweight Commander in 9mm.
I was running my reloads with 125 gr. cast RN and my favorite load of Titegroup.
For the first time since shooting this piece, I had 3 shells fail to chamber.
My brass is a mix of all brands and none have ever failed to function.............until this outing.
All 3 of the brass that failed to chamber were S&B (Sellier and Bellot or however you spell that).
All brass are always full length sized in the same RCBS dies.
I kept the 3 suspect shells and brought them home to the reloading bench.
Stripping the Ruger, I took the barrel alone and alternated dropping reloaded shells into the chamber.
ALL went home except these three S&B rounds!! They stopped dead about 1/5th inch from being fully chambered.
OK..................so does S&B have thicker bases - - or possibly thicker walls at the case mouth? Why did they not resize like all the other brands?
Any clues here? I will now pick through all my empty and reloaded shells and discard the S&B's.
Anyone else have this problem with S&B?
Recently took out the Ruger 1911 Lightweight Commander in 9mm.
I was running my reloads with 125 gr. cast RN and my favorite load of Titegroup.
For the first time since shooting this piece, I had 3 shells fail to chamber.
My brass is a mix of all brands and none have ever failed to function.............until this outing.
All 3 of the brass that failed to chamber were S&B (Sellier and Bellot or however you spell that).
All brass are always full length sized in the same RCBS dies.
I kept the 3 suspect shells and brought them home to the reloading bench.
Stripping the Ruger, I took the barrel alone and alternated dropping reloaded shells into the chamber.
ALL went home except these three S&B rounds!! They stopped dead about 1/5th inch from being fully chambered.
OK..................so does S&B have thicker bases - - or possibly thicker walls at the case mouth? Why did they not resize like all the other brands?
Any clues here? I will now pick through all my empty and reloaded shells and discard the S&B's.
Anyone else have this problem with S&B?