Alan W

I'm measuring the width of the finished round at the base of the bullet in comparison to a new Federal round and they are the same. Fits nicely in the Dillon case gauge also. The FNP has successfully cycled Federal 230 ball, Federal 230 Hydra-shoks, to cheapo Tula. Matter of fact, mine has never had a problem with any ammo until my reloads. It sounds like my Clays load is underpowered?

OK, here's my load data: 3.8 gr of Clays C.O.L=1.21 Diameter=.424 I think that's all OK and very consistent with a new Federal 230 FMJ. So I'm guessing the 3.8 gr is not enough to cycle the FNP? I test fired more reloads and the few that eject only go a short distance while the factory rounds get chucked a good 6-8' away. How do you guys choose the grains to load? The Hodgdon numbers range from 3.5 to 4. Sincere thanks for your help. Alan

Hello all, I just recently purchased a new 550 package from Brian with intentions of reloading primarily for my .45's. I'm using Clays powder, Berry's 230 RN bullets, Winchester primers and Federal brass that I have kept from newly purchased rounds. My first batch of 100 seemed fine and cycled through my SIG Scorpion without issue. However, when attempting to use in an FNP Tactical I suffered chronic FTF and FTE's (close to 50%!) The round count on the FN was 950 without ANY malfunctions. Is the double stack FN that sensitive to reloads vs the single stack Scorpion? As a newbie to reloading am I missing something simple? Thanks for the input. Alan