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For full power woods loads with 230 grain bullets, anyone have any favorite powder?

I shouldn't even mention this but it will confirm how much of a fossil i am.
I ran across about ten boxes of those speer 200gr flying ashtrays a few years ago. Yeah i know, better stuff out there yada yada yada.


but with a good dose of power pistol they are uber awesome

Thanks, not hot rod'n it just thinking a 230 grain JHP say Gold Dot or Golden Saber at 1000FPS should work fine for my needs otherwise I will buy some buffalo bore?

Of course it should, that's what we've been telling you. The "conflicting reports" are from people who are guessing and repeating stuff they read online.

I do not think it is a general problem with the SWCs in the Glock 21, but my 30SF will not run 200 grain SWC rounds that work fine in 1911, M&P and Springfield XDs platforms. I have tried charge weight and COL variations to no avail. I gave up trying to make a magic SWC formula for just this gun. The rear of the extracting case catches on the flat part of the front of the top bullet in the magazine and leaves a semi-circle mark. This does not happen with round nose or hollow points rounds. Some have stated on other forums that it has to do with the geometric changes needed to make the short frame version of the 30, which results in a different relationship between the slide and frame, but I cannot speak to that assertion.

I do not think it is a general problem with the SWCs in the Glock 21, but my 30SF will not run 200 grain SWC rounds that work fine in 1911, M&P and Springfield XDs platforms. I have tried charge weight and COL variations to no avail. I gave up trying to make a magic SWC formula for just this gun. The rear of the extracting case catches on the flat part of the front of the top bullet in the magazine and leaves a semi-circle mark. This does not happen with round nose or hollow points rounds. Some have stated on other forums that it has to do with the geometric changes needed to make the short frame version of the 30, which results in a different relationship between the slide and frame, but I cannot speak to that assertion.

My statement was from my glock 30. It will not run swc ,I would have assumed the feed ramp was the same on a 21 but ??

Apparently not. Although, I've used several 30SF and one 30S that all ran fine on my SWC loads (200gr cast SWC & 4.0gr-4.3gr Bullseye depending what I'm loading for). If I ran into the extraction issue described above though, first things I'd try are making sure the extractor doesn't have gunk built up in it, and bumping up the load slightly to increase slide speed. Don't know if that would help in yours or not? I rarely clean my Glocks though and haven't had problems so the extractor gunk seems unlikely to be an issue.

For sure though, the G21 is the easiest of the lot to run with any bullet you want, including full wadcutters if the load is tuned right.

A feed issue is very surprising. Got a picture of your loaded round? A picture of the feed issue would help too; does it nose dive, or hit the side of the chamber?

You could certainly try a different recoil spring, but I doubt a stronger spring is what you need. The round should flow right in the chamber, it shouldn't need a stronger spring to force it past a hang up.

give me a couple days and I can get some pics. It's been a year or more since I tried them If I remember right the stuck nose up. I tried lenghts too long too short and every where in between.