Hollow points not feeding in G26’s but feeding in G17’s

[MSwickard]

I also have a Gen 4 G26 and G19. I’m shooting the 9MM 124 GR. RMR FMJ TRUNCATED CONE FLAT POINT MATCHWINNER BULLETS. With these pistols the chamber will accept a MAX loaded round of 1.150″. This is where the bullet is kissing the rifling. A round will cycle but not very smoothly. To get smooth cycling the longest OAL for these two barrel is rounds measuring 1.120″.

At 1.160″ I really think the rounds are too long. You can take your G17 mags that cycle the 1.160″ and see if they will cycle in the G26. I would work up a shorter loading. 1.100-1.120″.

Question on the 1.160″ rounds? Do they plunk in the g26 barrel and can you spin them in the chamber?

As a side note, I picked up a G45 with the new Markman Barrel. My 1.120″ loads will not plunk in this barrel. I have to push them down to 1.100″. Haven’t had a chance to shoot is but will probably end up loading all my ammo to 1.100″. KISS theory.

Keep us posted on what you find out.

[Joe in Missouri]

I am not that experienced of a re-loader and the primary mistake I was making was not in recognizing the signs of an under powered load.
I was blaming OAL when it was the 5gn charge of Silouette that caused failure to feed and failure to eject because the slide was not cycling all of the way back. —The guys at RMR bullets were very helpful once I reached out to them for help.

I looked at the RamShot data and worked up to a a 6gn — 9mm +P load with an OAL of 1.120″.

I was getting 1150fps from the 6gn charge in the G17.
With the G26 I only get 1050 fps, and did not feel comfortable using a larger charge.

I hope that this helps.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by Joe in Missouri.

[Author]

Posts