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Slopemeno · February 2, 2012, 12:12 AM

I found taper crimp to be critical to feeding.

Here is what I would do to try and reduce the number of ammo related issues back when i was shooting action matches.

Take your 1911 apart.
Take a bag of your reloads and , one by one, drop them into the chamber.
If the ammo chambers without hesitation, put it in the "good pile"
If the ammo doesn't chamber, or hangs up, put it in the "bad pile"
What's the issue with the bad rounds? Unsized bullets?

Tell us a little about your reloads. .45 ACP open guns are kind of a rarity these days- why aren't you using 200 grain H&G #68s? What was the base gun that you started with, and what's been done to it so far?

February 2, 2012, 12:12 AM	#3
Slopemeno Senior Member Join Date: January 19, 2007 Posts: 2,663	I found taper crimp to be critical to feeding. Here is what I would do to try and reduce the number of ammo related issues back when i was shooting action matches. Take your 1911 apart. Take a bag of your reloads and , one by one, drop them into the chamber. If the ammo chambers without hesitation, put it in the "good pile" If the ammo doesn't chamber, or hangs up, put it in the "bad pile" What's the issue with the bad rounds? Unsized bullets? Tell us a little about your reloads. .45 ACP open guns are kind of a rarity these days- why aren't you using 200 grain H&G #68s? What was the base gun that you started with, and what's been done to it so far?