03-16-2019, 11:34 AM
I am having a hell of a time getting this cartridge to be reliable in my AR15. Here is the Saga:
I built two rifles. One is built with a Satern barrel and one is a Faxon barrel. Both have type II bolts. I purchased 10 E-Lander mags as well. I have some of the old 123 gr Wolf Gold softpoint ammo I wanted to use up. Both guns have FTF's multiple times per mag with this ammo. The jam is always the nose of the round hitting into the top of the chamber with the base of the round still in the mags and usually below the mags feedlips. The bolt is pressing against the middle of the cartridge case. This has the round that is trying to chamber stuck at 45 degree angle.
I thought that maybe it is the blunt shape and lead nose of the 123gr soft point that was causing the issue so I bought a case of Hornady Black 123gr match rounds with the polymer tip. Both guns would have the exact same FTF with that ammo as well. So I thought, maybe I need to use a lower grain weight and FMJ to get better results. I ordered a case of Wolf 100gr FMJ. Again the same jams. So, I thought maybe I need to increase the reliability by running a VLTOR A5 stock system. So I installed it to replace the Carbine buffer. The FTFs are still happening.
So what I have is two different rifles with two different buffer styles tried. Three types of ammo and multiple mags of what are supposedly the most reliable magazine option and I am getting the same FTF with all of it.
What am I missing. I really really want to like this cartridge but this is killing me. Any ideas what is causing this and how to fix it?
I built two rifles. One is built with a Satern barrel and one is a Faxon barrel. Both have type II bolts. I purchased 10 E-Lander mags as well. I have some of the old 123 gr Wolf Gold softpoint ammo I wanted to use up. Both guns have FTF's multiple times per mag with this ammo. The jam is always the nose of the round hitting into the top of the chamber with the base of the round still in the mags and usually below the mags feedlips. The bolt is pressing against the middle of the cartridge case. This has the round that is trying to chamber stuck at 45 degree angle.
I thought that maybe it is the blunt shape and lead nose of the 123gr soft point that was causing the issue so I bought a case of Hornady Black 123gr match rounds with the polymer tip. Both guns would have the exact same FTF with that ammo as well. So I thought, maybe I need to use a lower grain weight and FMJ to get better results. I ordered a case of Wolf 100gr FMJ. Again the same jams. So, I thought maybe I need to increase the reliability by running a VLTOR A5 stock system. So I installed it to replace the Carbine buffer. The FTFs are still happening.
So what I have is two different rifles with two different buffer styles tried. Three types of ammo and multiple mags of what are supposedly the most reliable magazine option and I am getting the same FTF with all of it.
What am I missing. I really really want to like this cartridge but this is killing me. Any ideas what is causing this and how to fix it?