[Joe in Missouri]

Thanks for the info.
I stand corrected these are NOT the Nukes.
They are: 9mm 124 Gr. RMR Jacketed Hollow Point (Multi Purpose Round) Bullets

I went down to 1.050″ and am still having issues with the 124g MPR in my Glock 26!
I am starting a new thread since I can not edit the title of this post to correct the mistake1

[Joe in Missouri]

I purposely used the same magazine in all of my testing.
I trust the Lee data and it’s the only manual I use.
Would be nice if the manufacturer would offer more guidance
I have a hell of a lot of other things I would rather spend my time
figuring out. 😛

[Joe in Missouri]

Thanks SC
I may go to the “starting” load in the Lee reloading manual when I shorten the length.

[Joe in Missouri]

Learning as I go…..
I got the idea to measure the factory made “law enforcement” HP’s that I bought 10 years ago and they
measure out at an OAL of 1.1.20″ ( Mine are at 1.1.55″ – 1.1.160″ and not feeding)

Using the 2nd edition of Modern Reloading by Richard Lee
They list a min 1.145 OAL for 124 gn jacketed
But then I started to notice that with the same powder
that they list a min 1.050″ for lead and that 5gns is the max suggested load.
124 gn plated has 1.060″ listed as the minimum OAL and 5gn is a midsize load for this bullet.

This extra data has opened my mind to the possibility that I have a great deal of latitude in OAL to try and get this particular pill
to cycle with the G26.

Too tired today and it is raining, but I plan on getting this figured out one way or another in the net few days.
Thanks for all of the input.
If I get it to work I am going to post what worked in the review for this bullet.

[Joe in Missouri]

And I am unsure as to what category that you mentioned that this picture shows.

Is this a photo the result of the cartridge not being caught by the slide quickly enough
OR
Is this a problem with the chambering? OAL related?

My load says a minimum OAL of 1.145″. I may try that today. Wish the sun were out. 🙂

Thanks for your help. I will get back to you and the forum and perhaps even put this into my review of these
particular bullets.

[Joe in Missouri]

I probably need to go shoot some more an observe, but for now I will say the the cartridge is not being fed quickly enough for the slide to catch it.

Not sure what not feeding up the ramp would look like.

Thanks and hopefully I can make this work. I have 6k pills that are not of much use at the moment.

• This reply was modified 3 years ago by Joe in Missouri.

[Joe in Missouri]

I can’t edit above so:
I also noted that some of the cartridges were tight in the case gauge at the rim end.
(not sure why – perhaps I don’t know how to crimp these correctly)
I don’t think that was an issue (at least it was not with the G17)
and in the G26 the cartridge did not even get that far into the chamber.

[Joe in Missouri]

I did 2 different loads:

5.5 gn of RS Silouette with an OAL of 1.160″ ish — crony at about 1000 FPS

5.0 gn of RS Siloutte with an OAL of 1.155″ ish — crony at about 900+ FPS

both used CCI #500 small pistol primers.

• This reply was modified 3 years ago by Joe in Missouri.

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