I own and shoot both a Kel-tec and a Taurus. Which one is best,. I do not know. About same accuracy and neither one has had any problems at the 1500 round mark. Kel-tec was some cheaper by 80 dollars. I got the Kel-tec at the original discounted price.
Sights of Kel-tec better for my eyes...
All of my deer hunting is done using subsonic suppressed loads. Lots of close neighbors and limited acreage. Neighbors dont realize I hunt on my 10 acres.
No worry about cost of Lehighs as I load and shoot many rounds of other ammo and just before season I fire two rounds of my hunting load...
My last six deer have been taken with the 300Blackout using Lehigh bullets. I bought two boxes of their ammo in different weight then ordered 100 bullets, 50 of each weight
All deer shot in lungs at 40-50 yards. Deer ran 30-35 yards and piled up.
Massive destruction and huge amount of blood...
I have taken a number of deer with 300 Blackout shooting subsonics only. Used Lehigh bullets as they are designed to seperate at below 1100 fps. All one shot and longest run was 35 yards. One neck shot and rest lungs. I would not use anything that does not expand or seperate into multiple...
I am curious as to what firearm you shooting. Sounds like you are describing a semiauto which should not affect the fireball issue.
My personal vote is check case length and trim to uniform length.