BrotherInArms
Bearcat
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- Jan 16, 2011
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Finally got my Lipsey's SS Blackhawk Flattop .45 Colt/ACP to the range today. Ran eight rounds of Buffalo Bore (standard pressure) through it, no problem. Loaded-up six rounds of Freedom Munitions 250 Gr. XTP. Went fine. Went to load another six... won't load. Cylinder won't rotate.
Luckily: Convertible. Put the .45 ACP cylinder in and kept shooting.
Got back home. Before cleaning: Checked again. Whereas at the range none of the FM rounds I tested worked in in any chamber, now a few will--in some chambers. (Temperature, I'm guessing.) "Dirt, the cylinder, or the rounds?" I wondered. Step One: Light initial cleaning. Then tried the Freedom stuff again. Now more goes, ±50% still doesn't.
Rounds picked at random from other ammo on-hand: Remington Target: No problem. Fiocchi: About the same as the FM. Hornady FTX (bought that for the lever-action): No problem. Remaining BB: Fine. Starline brass: Works.
Mind you: Some of them that "work" I can feel one-or-more rounds snagging the loading gate as the cylinder is turned. (E.g.: The Starline brass.)
Any suggestions as to what I'm dealing with, here?
Thanks in advance!
Luckily: Convertible. Put the .45 ACP cylinder in and kept shooting.
Got back home. Before cleaning: Checked again. Whereas at the range none of the FM rounds I tested worked in in any chamber, now a few will--in some chambers. (Temperature, I'm guessing.) "Dirt, the cylinder, or the rounds?" I wondered. Step One: Light initial cleaning. Then tried the Freedom stuff again. Now more goes, ±50% still doesn't.
Rounds picked at random from other ammo on-hand: Remington Target: No problem. Fiocchi: About the same as the FM. Hornady FTX (bought that for the lever-action): No problem. Remaining BB: Fine. Starline brass: Works.
Mind you: Some of them that "work" I can feel one-or-more rounds snagging the loading gate as the cylinder is turned. (E.g.: The Starline brass.)
Any suggestions as to what I'm dealing with, here?
Thanks in advance!