The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Troubleshooting a very intermittent feeding problem

ScottRiqui · July 9, 2012, 10:58 PM

I documented the issue in a little more detail here. In a nutshell, it's a fairly-new Remington R1 with the factory magazine. The ammo is the Missouri Bullet "Softball" (230 gr LRN). CCI large pistol primer, 4.7 gr of W231, and an OAL of 1.19". Mixed headstamp brass.

Twice in 100 rounds, I got what looked like a double-feed - one round halfway into the chamber with the next round pushing up on the rear of it. In both cases, removing the magazine let the slide continue forward into battery on its own, chambering the round that had been stuck halfway.

Next time, I'll definitely take pictures, and set aside the stuck round as well as the one beneath it in the mag.

July 9, 2012, 10:58 PM	#3
ScottRiqui Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2010 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 2,905	I documented the issue in a little more detail here. In a nutshell, it's a fairly-new Remington R1 with the factory magazine. The ammo is the Missouri Bullet "Softball" (230 gr LRN). CCI large pistol primer, 4.7 gr of W231, and an OAL of 1.19". Mixed headstamp brass. Twice in 100 rounds, I got what looked like a double-feed - one round halfway into the chamber with the next round pushing up on the rear of it. In both cases, removing the magazine let the slide continue forward into battery on its own, chambering the round that had been stuck halfway. Next time, I'll definitely take pictures, and set aside the stuck round as well as the one beneath it in the mag.