Sig P238 ammo problem

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  • Buck69

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    Jun 2, 2009
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    Indianapolis
    My wife got a Sig P238 for Christmas and has ran 300 rounds down the tube so far. She needed some more ammo so I picked up a couple of boxes of the only thing I could find. It is Tul Ammo .380 ACP 51gr fmj. She has had absolutley no problems with any of the ammo to date. The Tul will not chamber in either her gun or our sons P238.
    Just wondering if anyone else has had problems with Tul Ammo!
     

    Nayls47

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    Nov 26, 2009
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    Noble County
    Your saying it won't even fit in the chamber? Did you try cleaning the chamber? Maybe measure and compare with ammo that will chamber.
    Either the ammo is out of spec. or you have a tight chamber that's on the minus side of the spec. :twocents:
    I haven't shot Tul ammo in my P238 but haven't any problems with Rem.,Win.,PMC, or Hornady.
     

    palerider0485

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    May 7, 2009
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    just north of muncie.
    chamber could be out of spec, its hard to amagine every round would be out of spec, get the micrometer out and measure the ammo and measure fired brass that has expanded to the chamber, go from there.
     

    Ian

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    Jul 11, 2012
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    Had the same problem with mine. Luckily I bought it from the range we were at, and they took the box back. Didn't try other rounds from the box, and was told by the guy at the counter that Tula just won't run in some guns.
     

    Noway Jose

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    Jan 16, 2013
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    Indianapolis
    I ran tul once after it was on sale. It had a noticeable hitch as it cycled. Never used it since that one box because everything else shot tighter and cleaner.
     

    ngonerogwu

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    Apr 9, 2009
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    Evansville
    It's crappy ammo for sure, buuuut it seems to cycle just fine. I've shot a box and a half through mine.

    Should I worry about harming the pistol shooting the Tula?
     
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