Polish your feed ramp. (Put in the lounge on purpose)

[41Dude]

I know this would fit better under the gun maintenance section, but I wanted to try it here thinking the traffic/views would be higher.

I have a much loved Glock 36 in .45 acp. It is my favorite carry choice.
It has never liked Hornady 185gr XTP's. Regular jamming on ramp.
Feed ramp has always looked smooth but after shooting it always had a pretty good smear of copper jacket. I have polished many 1911's but never thought about doing the same to the Glock.
Rainy day, bored, Dremel, Flitz. Now super shiny feed ramp.
It now feeds XTP's 100% No smear of copper jacket. Amazing.
Many vids on YouTube showing how it is done if you have never tried it.
Very small effort for a fantastic improvement :cool:

 

[RoninPA]

Believe it or not, many shooters never even think about the feed ramp in a semi auto when certain rounds just don't like to feed. They quickly assume that it is the recoil spring, the slide, the magazine, and on and on. They don't ever think about or look at the ramp. I've had many people people bring in their semi autos (many different brands) with this complaint. I tell them to come back tomorrow. First thing I look at is the feed ramp. 99 times out of 100 I can see the problem. I polish the ramps, then try several types/shapes of ammo to make sure it is reliable. They come back and I explain and invariably they state that they never even thought of that.