climber

Just got the parts. This works great, thank you.

I had the same problem with powder jumping out as the shell plate rotated (650). I put my index finger on the shell plate and "ride" it to the next station. If I remember correctly I took a whole coil off the spring beneath the shell plate

Same two malfunctions happen with brand new magazines.

Interesting, I'm seeing about 1.110 to 1.119. I called GA arms and will be doing an exchange for my remaining rounds. I'm not hopeful.

GrumpyOne, What is your OAL for your handloaded TC ammo for you XDM40? Also, if you have any WWB TC on hand I'd appreciate it if you could measure the OAL of that as well. Thanks

I recently purchased a Storm Lake threaded barrel for my XDM 40 for use with a suppressor. I don't have the suppressor yet so that is not a factor in the equation. I bought 1000 rounds of GA-Canned Heat 180 gr. It runs fine in my XD40SC, but will fail to feed quite frequently (at least once every magazine) in my XDM 40 in both the stock barrel and Storm Lake barrel. I put 100 rounds of PMC Bronze 165 gr (round nose) through the Storm Lake barrel without an issue and many many more previously in the stock barrel without issue. Speer Gold Dot FMJ-HP 180 gr & 155 gr cycle fine as well. I have attached pictures. You will see two types of malfunctions pictured: (1) the round doesn't even come all the way out of the magazine and (2) a more common looking failure to feed where the round is almost chambered but no cigar. To reproduce the problem I was having at the range I would load a magazine, and either drop the slide using the slide release or sling-shot the slide. It did not matter which method I used, failure to feed malfunctions still occurred. From my research it seems that the bullet profile could be the problem. I am quite fired up about this issue. I'm _this_ close to selling the pistol and moving on, which is unfortunate because I literally just got it back from Springer Precision with TFOs and a damn nice 4.0 lb trigger job. I would loose a lot of money if I were to sell. PLEASE NOTE THESE FAILURE TO FEED ISSUES WERE OCCURRING BEFORE I SENT THE GUN TO SPRINGER. I AM NOT TRYING TO GET DOWN ON SPRINGER. Edit: Also, I swapped out the recoil spring with a 18 lb Wolff spring and it the FTFs still occurred. The OAL of the Georgia arms ammo was anywhere from 1.110 to 1.119.

New reloader and new 650 owner here. I've been setting up the machine for the last week and finally got around to loading some rounds (.223, 55gr, 21.3 gr IMR 3031) yesterday. I loaded 10 of each by OAL (2.220, 2.230, 2.240, and 2.250). Haven't shot them yet though. I've run across a few snags and have some questions... 1) I know Dillon doesn't recommend extruded "stick" powders like 3031, but it's all I could get my hands on at the moment. The powder drop station has been very clunky (usually 1 big clunk) when I raise the shellplate. It's very smooth when I run it without powder (like when I was setting it up), so I'm assuming this is because of the particular type of powder I'm using. Is this assumption correct? On a side note, the powder drop seems to be very consistent with 3031, despite the frequent clunk. I'm targeting 21.3 gr of 3031 and only seem to see about .1 to .2 grs of variance. 2) I have a prep tool head with the Dillon trimmer. I've read that some of you have the sizing die in station 1 and then "just" trim afterwards. How exactly do you setup the size/trim die so that it doesn't interfere with the sizing done in station 1? If I raise the shellplate with brass and turn the size/trim die down until it stops, the mouth of the brass doesn't extend far enough past the flat area of the die for the trimmer to be able to do its job, even with the longest pieces of brass (greater than 1.760). Should I just acquire a neck sizer and throw it in after the size/trim die? 3) When I gauge my sized/trimmed rounds with the Dillon case gauge, the base of the case checks out fine, but the mouth is always below the low step (trimmed to 1.750). Should I worry? 4) What do you guys use to clean the dies? Chamber brush/CLP? -climber