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Skewed · March 25, 2010, 11:09 AM

Hello,
I have been reloading .45 ACP for several years now for use in my 1911 and all has been fine. Yesterday, I went to the range and gave some of my reloads to my dad to use in his Glock. For the most part they did fine but he jammed a few times. Is there any significant difference that I need to take into account for this? My initial thought is that I may need to tighten the tolerances up a little bit.

Personally, I think there may be an issue with his firearm but I am not completely convinced yet as to if it is him or me. I have also noticed that his gun will sometimes not fire the round either. When this happens there appears to be a more than significant impact dent on the primer but it does not set it off. Giving it another try will set it off, I even took one and put it in my gun and tried it and it fired the first time, but with two dents in the primer when ejected. However, I did tell him to go buy a box of factory ammo to see if that makes any difference, to at least try to eliminate a variable.

March 25, 2010, 11:09 AM	#1
Skewed Member Join Date: June 19, 2009 Posts: 23	ACP and GAP Hello, I have been reloading .45 ACP for several years now for use in my 1911 and all has been fine. Yesterday, I went to the range and gave some of my reloads to my dad to use in his Glock. For the most part they did fine but he jammed a few times. Is there any significant difference that I need to take into account for this? My initial thought is that I may need to tighten the tolerances up a little bit. Personally, I think there may be an issue with his firearm but I am not completely convinced yet as to if it is him or me. I have also noticed that his gun will sometimes not fire the round either. When this happens there appears to be a more than significant impact dent on the primer but it does not set it off. Giving it another try will set it off, I even took one and put it in my gun and tried it and it fired the first time, but with two dents in the primer when ejected. However, I did tell him to go buy a box of factory ammo to see if that makes any difference, to at least try to eliminate a variable.