LAX Reloads?

[Prophet]

I tried some LAX 40s&w 180grain FP plated reloads today. Each round had quite a kick. The the gun that was used was a glock 23. Every 3rd round, the slide would lock back. The slide locking back happened on 4 different mags. As for the round ,The O.A.L, was 1.125", the mouth crimp was .419". I use a taper crimp on my 40s&w reloads, however the LAX used a roll crimp. Could this be the reason for the extra pressure and slide release issues? They also had a huge muzzle flash.

Next I used a XD40; no issues with the slide locking back but the still kicked more than a .45 ACP

Just wanted to know if anyone had the same issues.

Thanks everyone,


-P

[HermanH]

I tried 10 rounds out of my 1911 .45ACP that my nephew bought back in December. It had quite a kick too but it shot horribly. Like you, my reloads are only taper crimp ( 5.6 gr. Unique behind a 230 gr. hard-cast) and my reloads shoot fine for plinking. I didn't note if the LAX were crimped. As a sanity check, my newphew's best friend fired some from his 1911 and concluded the LAX ammo wasn't quite right; my nephew donated the left overs to the shooting range.

[blockfort]

40 generally does seem to have more of a kick than 45, but it may be partially due to gun weight. But I don't see it as being strange either way. As far as slide lock on a mag with rounds still in it, I think that has to be a gun issue. I can't see how ammo would cause that. And LAX reloads? We don't know what kind of powder they're using or how much, or how consistent the charge is. I remember testing my home loads vs theirs (in 9mm) and theirs was hard and snappy.

[johnny1290]

My experience with them in 9mm was that yup, they were hard and snappy. I'm no expert but it felt like when I use 4.2grn of bullseye or something.

I'm not particularly good shooting that type of load. They functioned fine.

[Brandon04GT]

I've heard that LAX reloads were on the hot side

[Old Flash]

I'm currently using the LAX 40sw reloads (180 gr plated FP) for plinking with my HK USPs. They are on the hot side but that's how I like them. It shoots pretty accurate (up to 25 yards) out of my full size USP40 and never had a problem with them; no misfeeds, jams, FTE or FTF. I'm not set up to reload 40sw so I always pickup a case of 500 or 1K at the shows.

[glock1973]

I think it was November when I last bought 40 S&W LAX reloads in their parking lot. Shot that in my first Glock 23 outing. 10 rounds out of 100 didn't fire. Primers hit, just no bang. Right after afterwards, I shot 100 Winchester & 100 Federal ...everyone of them went bang. Maybe I just got a bad batch from LAX.

[s4alex]

The last time I was at LAX, I bought a few hundred rounds of their reloaded 357. It wouldnt even go into the cylinder of my 686.

I exchanged them and the guy just gave me a few boxes of Fiochi instead.

The 40's from my G23 were okay. But, unless I had to, I am not sure I would buy their stuff again.