hornady ftx missing tips

[fast54vw]

all my lever guns are vintage marlins. if you have to force the 6th round in hard enough to set off a primer then theres something wrong.

have you ever tried to set off a primer in anything other than a gun? i intentionally took primed brass, mounted them in the vice and tried several different objects and a hammer to set one off. even using a center punch, centered in the primer and a hammer it took a just right amount of force in the just right place to get one to go off. i wasted about 30 minutes messing with this and was only able to get 2 primers to eventually go off. i really thought it was gonna be easy

[edgerly779]

OK I stand corrected. never heard of pointed soft tipped for lever guns. He does need the tips on them I would not shoot withoout the soft tip.

[rdfact]

all my lever guns are vintage marlins. if you have to force the 6th round in hard enough to set off a primer then theres something wrong.

have you ever tried to set off a primer in anything other than a gun? i intentionally took primed brass, mounted them in the vice and tried several different objects and a hammer to set one off. even using a center punch, centered in the primer and a hammer it took a just right amount of force in the just right place to get one to go off. i wasted about 30 minutes messing with this and was only able to get 2 primers to eventually go off. i really thought it was gonna be easy

Mine is unfortunately a newer Remlin. Good to know primers don't go off that easy.

[edgerly779]

What sets of the cartridges in a tube fed weapon is the recoil of the firearm causing cartridge to strike the round in front . What a dummy.

[bigbossman]

I just got my 1000 delivered, and other than some tarnish everything looks good to go. Not one missing tip that I can see.

[357magnum]

This is why I don't buy blems, defects or seconds.
Trying to save a few bucks, usually ends up this way.

[Agustav]

Been buying blem bullets from Midsouth for a few years now, and I can never figure out why they are blems.

This is a new one for me...

[bigbossman]

Been buying blem bullets from Midsouth for a few years now, and I can never figure out why they are blems.

This is a new one for me...

Me, too, with zero issues. Unfortunately for the OP, it looks like he was just unlucky..... but at least MS is apparently making things right.

I just finished loading up some test rounds, and might be able to sneak away tomorrow to send some downrange.

[bigbossman]

Interesting side-note to reloading with these bullets. I'm using a Lee die set, and with their seating die the best I can do for a COAL is 2.580. The spec is 2.550. Not a big deal as the round will chamber safely and I can crimp right at the bottom of the cannelure, but interesting that the die bottoms out before I can get to the desired depth.

I think it has to do with the seating button in the die in relation to the pointy tip.....

[bigbossman]

Well - I snuck off to the range yesterday to take a few shots with the 160gr Hornady bullets, and they did pretty well. I fired them out of a 1947 Winchester 94, off-hand, at 50 yards. I only had a chance to burn off 20 of them, but they look promising.

I may not be the dead-eye that some of you are, but I'll take 2-3" offhand groups out of an old ranch gun as a good indication that these bullets are flying OK.

['ol shooter]

Interesting side-note to reloading with these bullets. I'm using a Lee die set, and with their seating die the best I can do for a COAL is 2.580. The spec is 2.550. Not a big deal as the round will chamber safely and I can crimp right at the bottom of the cannelure, but interesting that the die bottoms out before I can get to the desired depth.

I think it has to do with the seating button in the die in relation to the pointy tip.....

There are extended case holders available to get you where you need to be.

[kielbasavw]

I ended up with 48 missing tips. E-mailed midsouth and never got anything back. Emailed again 2 weeks later and got a reply back saying they never recieved my last email. Also said it looks like im sol because they have no more bullets left? Last time I checked they said they would reimburse for unusable bullets, not replace them. Well see how it goes

['ol shooter]

Put 'em up for sale, a T/C pistol owner might be interested. .30-30 is a fun round in a Contender, recoil like a .44 Mag.