CrashDodson Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 I recently picked up a used SV sight tracker in .40. The previous owner said it had about 9k rounds through it....so like womens age, I usually double that. The guns tight and in great condition. I have a 2011 mutt that has an SV grip and STI frame/slide. This gun runs my MBX mags like a champ. I ran 3 mags through the SV in the limited time I had at the range on friday. I had two problems. One was with one of the MBX mags it would drop out of the pistol after 3-4 rounds fired...This same mag runs fine in my other pistol. 2 other MBX mags ran fine. Second problem I had was one round failed to go all the way into battery and stuck in the chamber.....these were gauged rounds on my hundo. I had to get a bit physical with it to get the round unstuck. The base of the bullet had most of the coating stripped off. I run a 1.21 OAL on my other 2011. This SV has the hybrid AET barrel. Are these barrels ok running .401 coated bullets? Looks like its going to want a shorter round but want to make sure I should be ok running coated with this barrel before trying to modify my load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tha1000 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 subscribed because I have two with AET barrels that I am about to work up loads for... Read numerous threads yesterday that seem to suggest that lighter FMJ bullets are the way to go... but I'm also sitting on 1k bayous 180's that I'd like to use up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTrace Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Barrel should be good with that round and length. I've loaded as long as 1.22 without any issues. Does the pistol have a steel or plastic grip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashDodson Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 Its a steel grip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MissionaryMike Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Steel grip. And boy, does SVI makes some nice looking shooters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadus123 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 I had a problem with some coated bullets in my sti. I load to 1.20 and I thought the bullets were .040 but were .041 and some measured .042. I had to shorten them to 1.185 oal . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent1k1 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Try the mag release from your other gun and see if that cures the drop on the 3rd-4th round. I had that as well and a new mag release was all it took to fix that problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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