thanks for the input guys, but i still dont know what to do.
let me try to dfine the problem a little more.
when i load the magazine and chamber a round, no problems. i pull the trigger and the bullet fires, but it is noticably light and will not throw the slide back far enough to even kick out the spent shell, much less strip a new one off the mag, which is why i described it as a cycling problem.
the stock spring on a glock is 17lbs. even replacing it with a 13lb spring did not fix the problem. i put the bullets on the scale and they are exactly 115gr. so that is not the problem. according to the lee load data (going from memory here) the 115gr copper jacket and accurate #7 minimal load is about 5.5 grains or so. i dont have the book in front of me (but i do when im loading). that will not cycle the glock or the sigma. the never exceed load is 7.5 grains, which i have calculated to be about .48cc on the disk measure. i have not used that load yet, but i have made and intermediate load of a little over 6 grains. these also will not properly function in a glock or sigma. I will try the max load, 7.5 grains this weekend,
but like i said before, i should not have to use the max load to make the gun work. i want to know what i am doing wrong. there is not a bullet crimp stage on this press. i like the 115gr for plinking and target shooting. i am willing to change powders, but would hate to waste the 3/4 lb of #7 i have left.
let me try to dfine the problem a little more.
when i load the magazine and chamber a round, no problems. i pull the trigger and the bullet fires, but it is noticably light and will not throw the slide back far enough to even kick out the spent shell, much less strip a new one off the mag, which is why i described it as a cycling problem.
the stock spring on a glock is 17lbs. even replacing it with a 13lb spring did not fix the problem. i put the bullets on the scale and they are exactly 115gr. so that is not the problem. according to the lee load data (going from memory here) the 115gr copper jacket and accurate #7 minimal load is about 5.5 grains or so. i dont have the book in front of me (but i do when im loading). that will not cycle the glock or the sigma. the never exceed load is 7.5 grains, which i have calculated to be about .48cc on the disk measure. i have not used that load yet, but i have made and intermediate load of a little over 6 grains. these also will not properly function in a glock or sigma. I will try the max load, 7.5 grains this weekend,
but like i said before, i should not have to use the max load to make the gun work. i want to know what i am doing wrong. there is not a bullet crimp stage on this press. i like the 115gr for plinking and target shooting. i am willing to change powders, but would hate to waste the 3/4 lb of #7 i have left.