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I did a search and didnt see a dedicated thread, so forgive me if there is one.
This weekend I did some shooting with a few .44 revolvers and started to run into some issues with extracting cases. I always use American Eagle when shooting factory instead of hand loads, and have never had any issues.
This time I was using some PPU 240 Grain factory stuff and after a few cylinders, started running into issues extracting cases. Sometimes just 1 or 2 were getting stuck but needed to be whacked out with a screwdriver. My first thought was that maybe the cylinders were a little dirty, but after running a cylinder or two through 2 other different revolvers, the same issue was occurring. We stopped shooting all together when my buddy caught a small piece of something on the cheek. Also, the case of that round had expanded enough so that it backed out of the cylinder just enough from keeping it from spinning into battery on the next round. At this point we put away the PPU and checked all guns and saw no physical or immediate sign of damage or concern, all locked up properly and cycled properly. Also, looked for overpressure signs on the ammo besides the extraction issues, but in my opinion the primers on the PPU did not look any more flat or distorted than the American Eagle. The concerning part what what seemed to be a possible piece of copper jacket that came back our way.
After checking through everything, we shot more American Eagle and some HP38 handloads without ANY issues whatsover.
I know PPU tends to be on the hot side, but I've shot tons of PPU ammo of other calibers and never had this kind of experience. Has anyone else had similar issues? Definitely shelving this stuff for the time being.
This weekend I did some shooting with a few .44 revolvers and started to run into some issues with extracting cases. I always use American Eagle when shooting factory instead of hand loads, and have never had any issues.
This time I was using some PPU 240 Grain factory stuff and after a few cylinders, started running into issues extracting cases. Sometimes just 1 or 2 were getting stuck but needed to be whacked out with a screwdriver. My first thought was that maybe the cylinders were a little dirty, but after running a cylinder or two through 2 other different revolvers, the same issue was occurring. We stopped shooting all together when my buddy caught a small piece of something on the cheek. Also, the case of that round had expanded enough so that it backed out of the cylinder just enough from keeping it from spinning into battery on the next round. At this point we put away the PPU and checked all guns and saw no physical or immediate sign of damage or concern, all locked up properly and cycled properly. Also, looked for overpressure signs on the ammo besides the extraction issues, but in my opinion the primers on the PPU did not look any more flat or distorted than the American Eagle. The concerning part what what seemed to be a possible piece of copper jacket that came back our way.
After checking through everything, we shot more American Eagle and some HP38 handloads without ANY issues whatsover.
I know PPU tends to be on the hot side, but I've shot tons of PPU ammo of other calibers and never had this kind of experience. Has anyone else had similar issues? Definitely shelving this stuff for the time being.