FTF problems solved!
Ok, I had tried some Remington 180gr jacketed hollow-points (jhp) in my CZ75 Compact in .40 S&W but I kept having problems with the mags. I realized that after the fifth round was inserted, the edges of the nose of the round were getting caught on the magazine release notch.
Here (not remington's in this pic btw):
I noticed that this also happened with some 180gr fmj rounds. That never happened with the winchester 165gr fmj (great for practice, and cheap!). So I bought a box of Federal Hydra-Shok's today, 135 gr jhp, and they load perfectly.
As you can see in the picture below, the 135gr Hydra-Shok on the right has a smoother nose than the 180gr winchester jhp in the middle. The opening of the round is thinner and smaller than the remington:
At one point I was thinking about having a gunsmith file the inside of those notches on both my mags, but now...nah. I like 135gr hollow-points better anyway. They have greater velocity, less recoil, and IMHO a better energy transfer to the target, meaning more stopping power.
Problem is, they aren't exactly cheap, at $17 for a box of 20, but I don't plan on using them for practice, that'd be stupid, but I will fire a couple boxes worth to make sure there isn't a feeding problem. In the Czech Republic, hollow-points are illegal, so sometimes Czech made guns have problems feeding them. This happens when the edges of the rounds get stuck on the feeding ramp and is easily fixed by polishing the feed ramp. Sometimes it will simply go away on it's on as each round is fired.
I test cycled them and they seemed fine. Later I'll post the results of a test fire.
Here (not remington's in this pic btw):
I noticed that this also happened with some 180gr fmj rounds. That never happened with the winchester 165gr fmj (great for practice, and cheap!). So I bought a box of Federal Hydra-Shok's today, 135 gr jhp, and they load perfectly.
As you can see in the picture below, the 135gr Hydra-Shok on the right has a smoother nose than the 180gr winchester jhp in the middle. The opening of the round is thinner and smaller than the remington:
At one point I was thinking about having a gunsmith file the inside of those notches on both my mags, but now...nah. I like 135gr hollow-points better anyway. They have greater velocity, less recoil, and IMHO a better energy transfer to the target, meaning more stopping power.
Problem is, they aren't exactly cheap, at $17 for a box of 20, but I don't plan on using them for practice, that'd be stupid, but I will fire a couple boxes worth to make sure there isn't a feeding problem. In the Czech Republic, hollow-points are illegal, so sometimes Czech made guns have problems feeding them. This happens when the edges of the rounds get stuck on the feeding ramp and is easily fixed by polishing the feed ramp. Sometimes it will simply go away on it's on as each round is fired.
I test cycled them and they seemed fine. Later I'll post the results of a test fire.