mstamper Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 I recently bought a PSA PCC as a backup gun to my main Diamondback pcc. the throat on the barrel is short and my 1.12 OAL loads hit the LANS and I cannot pull the charging handle to eject the last round. I have a choice, either reduce my loads to 1.10 or less and adjust my powder load to account for the shorter OAL (the cheaper soluition) OR, send the gun to my gunsmith and have him throat the barrel to allow me to use my 1.12 loads. WHAT would you do? Link to comment
Dr Mitch Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Cut the chamber/leade. You might think about buying a finishing reamer for a 9mm chamber, or pooling with other shooters to buy one of those and a throating reamer. Short leades are extremely common, TOO COMMON, with 9mm firearms, and excessively tight chambers and short leades are relatively common in PCC barrels. Finishing reamers run $75. Cutting with a finishing reamer is a fast and easy job that can be done with a tap wrench and plenty of oil. Link to comment
Startingover Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 You could always just buy another barrel. Everything's on sale right now Link to comment
CalTeacher Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Open the leade with a throating reamer. Link to comment
Aircooled6racer Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Hello: I would throat it so you can load the same for both PCC's. I would also chrono them both to see if they are close to each other. Last I would machine the lead to help it feed better. Thanks, Eric Link to comment
Flatland Shooter Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 5 hours ago, mstamper said: I recently bought a PSA PCC . Did you buy it used? For the past year the PSA barrels have been cut with a long lead. Look at the top of the barrel near the muzzle. Is it marked "PCC"? If so, it should be one of the newer barrels and should not give you a problem. You might want to contact PSA and see what they recommend. If its an older barrel, you may be on your own and finding a gunsmith willing to throat a nitrided barrel might be a bit tough. 1911Luvr may still have a carbide throater. If so, he may be your best bet. Link to comment
RaylanGivens Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 19 hours ago, Aircooled6racer said: Hello: I would throat it so you can load the same for both PCC's. I would also chrono them both to see if they are close to each other. Last I would machine the lead to help it feed better. Thanks, Eric What does "machine the lead" mean? Link to comment
Steve RA Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Believe he left the "e" off the end. Link to comment
johnsilver Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 How may i contact 1911luvr? Link to comment
johnsilver Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I would like a throating reamer, 9mm. Link to comment
MemphisMechanic Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 (edited) On 11/23/2018 at 5:24 PM, Flatland Shooter said: If its an older barrel, you may be on your own and finding a gunsmith willing to throat a nitrided barrel might be a bit tough. 1911Luvr may still have a carbide throater. If so, he may be your best bet. I can cut it for you if you’d like. I have one of @1911luvr‘s carbide reamers which will do a Walther or a Shadow2 or any of the other impssible barrels that destory reamers. He currently doesn’t have any for sale. Send me a PM if you want me to do it. Edited February 14, 2019 by MemphisMechanic Link to comment
johnsilver Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, MemphisMechanic said: I can cut it for you if you’d like. I have one of @1911luvr‘s carbide reamers which will do a Walther or a Shadow2 or any of the other impssible barrels that destory reamers. He currently doesn’t have any for sale. Send me a PM if you want me to do it. I have a couple of barrels, pcc that need to be tthroated. Link to comment
1911luvr Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I would like a throating reamer, 9mm. Send me a PM and I’ll get one to you!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment
ericskennard Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 YOu need to throat it. I load my PCC rounds to 1.155" +/- .005". They feed better in all barrels I have used them in. email coming 1911luvr Link to comment
1911luvr Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Cut the chamber/leade. You might think about buying a finishing reamer for a 9mm chamber, or pooling with other shooters to buy one of those and a throating reamer. Short leades are extremely common, TOO COMMON, with 9mm firearms, and excessively tight chambers and short leades are relatively common in PCC barrels. Finishing reamers run $75. Cutting with a finishing reamer is a fast and easy job that can be done with a tap wrench and plenty of oil.A $75 reamer will be made of high speed steel and will not do the job if you have a barrel coated in TiN, Melonite, etc. I know this because that’s what ultimately lead me to making my own carbide ones after destroying a HSS reamer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment
Acer2428 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 22 hours ago, MemphisMechanic said: I can cut it for you if you’d like. I have one of @1911luvr‘s carbide reamers which will do a Walther or a Shadow2 or any of the other impssible barrels that destory reamers. He currently doesn’t have any for sale. Send me a PM if you want me to do it. Props to @MemphisMechanic I had him cut a super-short CMMG Guard chamber for me. Excellent communication, custom-cut chamber to my ammo, very reasonable, and super-fast turn around time. Link to comment
MemphisMechanic Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 @Acer2428 glad the gun’s running well now. I don’t do this often, or as a business, but I’m happy to help fellow shooters out. Link to comment
sitw Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 In another thread it is mentioned that PSA has a second generation barrel that fixes the short throats on their PCC's. That may be true, but FYI, that is not the case with their current AR pattern 9mm pistol with 8" barrel. At least not the one I received. I already have the wheels in motion with the nice folks on this forum to help me out. Just wanted to post this as an FYI. Link to comment
Munch Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 (edited) Post Moved Edited December 21, 2019 by Munch Wrong Area Link to comment
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