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| quote: The box says FMJ. In fact, they are TMJ …
 I understand TMJ to mean " total metal jacket." All that does is fully enclose the base of the bullet ( full metal jacket is rolled over the edges and leaves the base exposed). I don't see what that has to do with cycling. Is the bullet shape different? |
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| Interesting. I don't recall ever seeing TC .380 ammo. I've only ever used RN in my P230. I'm guessing they are hanging up on the feed ramp, right? What pistol are you shooting?
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| quote: They are truncated metal jacket. Aka truncated cone.
OK, that explains it. Some guns don't like to feed this bullet shape. I always look for a round-nose bullet shape even with hollow-points. The latest & greatest bullets in the world do no good hung up on a feed ramp. |
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| To use them up in this pistol, try putting one drop of oil on the junction of bullet and case mouth, on the top cartridge of each magazine before chambering.
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| Couple years ago I bought a box of WWB .32acp for my pre-WWII PPK, just to have something to feed it, and they were also Truncated Cone, unlike the round-nose they used to sell. The box wasn't marked flat-nose, either. I haven't had a reason to take it to the range, so I don't know if it will function, but I'm not happy with Winchester, either.
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| I understand this rant. My Taurus TCP is finicky about bullet shape as well, albeit in the opposite direction. Ball or any other ammo with a wide, round radius will lock the slide back after firing. Ammo with a narrow or slanted profile feeds perfectly. I usually stick with Gold Dots for defensive pistol ammo, but this particular pistol gets Hornady Critical Defense.
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