[Daniel Teebken]

I talked to the guy at RMR and told him I had jacket seperation with the 115 gr Nukes in water jugs. He stated that won’t happen in gel.

[Daniel Teebken]

I size and slit a case so a bullet will slide into the brass and then push it into the barrel all the way and gently push it out from the muzzel end with a pencil. Measure and thats your max OAL. Shorten it up .015 and you should have a good Plunk test on that barrel.

[Daniel Teebken]

Same happened to me but it was the OAL that got me. The round was loaded to long and got stuck in the lands and when I cleared the chamber it pulled the bullet. I thought the same as you but I had unburned powder inside my slide. Dead trigger no primer pop.

[Daniel Teebken]

The bullets are chubby so size a case , slit it with a dremmel cut off wheel and insert a bullet into the brass and push it into your chamber. Push it hard so the rim is up against the barrel hood and then take a pencil and push it out gently from the muzzel end. Measure the OAL and you have your max OAL before it hits the rifling. In my barrel ( short chamber ) it measures 1.070, so I set my OAL to 1.050.

[Daniel Teebken]

I have been reloading the 115gr & 124 Nukes. The bullets are chubby so have to load short to chamber in my old S&W 469. Do a plunk test on the gun to check the OAL.
1st load
Powder #2 4.4 gr
OAL 1.050
Avg 1093 Hi 1097 Lo 1089 Es 8 Sd 3.
No pressure signs, and run well.
2nd load
124 gr Nukes
Powder #2 4.1gr
OAL 1.050
Avg 1032 Hi 1042 Lo 1022 Es 20 Sd 7.

[Daniel Teebken]

I have a channel on YouTube. Go there and look up this link. https://youtu.be/RTEZtsDO4a8?si=8qq7I8Fsu-n8CyZs
My method has been working well for almost 10 yrs with the same strainer.

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