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possible crappy ammo ????

pantera7974pantera7974 Member Posts: 938 ✭✭✭✭
edited May 2002 in Ask the Experts
a few weeks ago i posted a question on how it would be possible that my rounds aren`t seatin in my revolver cyl. some of you told me to use a solvent and a slightley larger brush. i just got done cleaning it with the brush(40 CAL.) and solvent( about 5 times, then i even went so far as to put the brush in my cordless drill and went to town like i was honing out an engine block, recleaned the cyl and the rounds still dont seat any different. (4 of the 6 sit about 1/16 up from fully seating) could it be something with the aluminum cased blazer ammo????i dont recall this problem with the american eagle brass cased ammo i used before it but that was only 50 rds. so i dont really remember. the cyl looks as clean as an operating room, so i just dont understand..........HELP!!!oh yeah, its a high standard .357 magnum.
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pantera, it sounds as though you've only tried a box each of two different inexpensive types of ammo. While that should not make a difference, have you tried any other brands / lots? If the problem is consistent with different ammo and the cylinders perfectly clean, then it is entirely possible there is a dimensional problem with some of the cylinders and the manufacturer should correct it w/o charge. If the problem goes away w/ Federal, Remington, etc. ammo, then it's likely the ammo. In fact, it could be a little of both - chambers on the tight side of the spec & ammo on the high side, leaving too little clearance. If you purchased the handgun from a local shop, I'd ask for help there.
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you can't get satisfaction any other way, have a gunsmith run a chamber reamer in your chambers.
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  • BT99BT99 Member Posts: 1,043 ✭
    edited November -1
    Are you trying to reload Blazer cases? Do the cases have "NR" on the
    base? If so, these are not reloadable.
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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,088 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've heard of a few problems with blazer ammo in auto's, but haven't heard much on revolvers. Before you do anything else to your gun, try some other brands of ammo and bullet types. There's always the chance that a previous owner did some custom work or it could just be caused by the maximum tolerance spread of the ammo.

    Mobuck
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  • reb8600reb8600 Member Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You say that 4 of the 6 are not seating right. Why dont you take one of them that is not seating right and put it in a cylinder that is seating right. If it seats in that cylinder then I would say it is the gun. If it dont seat right then it is probably the ammo.

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  • Rafter-SRafter-S Member Posts: 2,173 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had a S&W 586 one time that had 2 cylinders that were bored to minimum tolorance. As a result, my reloads loaded with lead bullets wouldn't chamber completely. However, if I ran the finished rounds back through the resizing die (which I never could get comfortable doing), they would then chamber.

    All high quality factory ammo loaded with jacketed bullets worked OK.

    Cylinders bored to minimum tolorances may be your porblem too. Sure sounds like it.
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  • mballaimballai Member Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a 625 (number ?) that seems to be finicky about ammo--just doesn't like the reloads that feed trouble free through my Colt. Wouldn't be surprised at all if the gun has minimum tolerance cylinders after reading this. What can a smith do if this is the problem. The gun could use a trigger job so maybe I can have both done at the same time.

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  • pantera7974pantera7974 Member Posts: 938 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    BT99 : i bought the blazer ammo because i dont reload yet and it was a litlle cheaper than brass.
    REB8600: i did check it out, i took one round and tried all cyls, it fell right onto 2, bound up in 4, that brings me to my next question:

    Is it at all possible that the previous owner fired primarily .38`s through it causing some sort of "damage" to 4 of the 6 cyls causing it to not accept the longer .357 rounds now? if thats the case, ill fire 38`s, but id just like to finger this thing out.
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  • S&W ManS&W Man Member Posts: 208 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Take the gun to a good COMPTENT gunsmith and have him check the chambers one by one. It is possible, if the previous owner used mainly hot LEAD 38's in it that there is actually a buildup of lead at the end of some of the chambers that has actually harneded to where bore solvent will not take it out and you will actually have to scrape or mill it out. The other possiablity is minimum manfacturing tolerence and there needs to be some correction. It seems that you have ruled it to the cylinder by dropping the SAME cartridge in all cylinders and if fits fine in two, but not the others.

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  • pantera7974pantera7974 Member Posts: 938 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    do any of you know of a COMPETENT gunsmith in the chicopee/springfield massachusettes are?
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  • CAndres35CAndres35 Member Posts: 453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i have a ruger 44mag that has a problem similar. when you fire the one cylinder you cant hardly extract the hull. the other cyl.are fine ruger has offered to correct the problem but i just havent gotten around to shipping it to them. call the mfg. and see what they will do for you. carl
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