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todd5250 · February 21, 2013, 05:20 PM

I'm still fairly new to reloading but I made a batch of 5 in the starting loadout from the Hodgdon site and fired them off. None of the brass ejected, they hung up sideways like there wasn't enough powder in the load to cycle the slide all the way to the rear. I had to pull the slide back and let the spent cartridge fall out...no biggie since I only loaded one at a time in the magazine in case this happened.
So, looks like I need to up my starting load....how much do I go up at a time? .2 until it functions correctly?

Relevant Info:
Berrys plated 155gr/5.1 grains of Win231/OAL 1.125-1.126
SA XDm in the .40 flavor

Thanks

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Todd

February 21, 2013, 05:20 PM	#1
todd5250 Junior Member Join Date: February 9, 2013 Posts: 2	.40 S&W Failure to Eject I'm still fairly new to reloading but I made a batch of 5 in the starting loadout from the Hodgdon site and fired them off. None of the brass ejected, they hung up sideways like there wasn't enough powder in the load to cycle the slide all the way to the rear. I had to pull the slide back and let the spent cartridge fall out...no biggie since I only loaded one at a time in the magazine in case this happened. So, looks like I need to up my starting load....how much do I go up at a time? .2 until it functions correctly? Relevant Info: Berrys plated 155gr/5.1 grains of Win231/OAL 1.125-1.126 SA XDm in the .40 flavor Thanks - Todd