so tried my hand at reloading reloaded 250 rounds of 308, didn't get one single good group but I am sure in time that witll come. was using bullets that had lead tips and many were mushed and mashed so didn't expect them to be accurate. However twice, 2 bullets failed to fire. the question is how long to leave them in the chamber before removing them? I left them both in for at least 5 minutes before ejecting them. Hear too much about delayed firing and didn't care to experience any mishaps.
primer dud, how long before ejecting bullet?
- Thread starter dizzy
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GMC Trucker
Regular
- Location
- Airdrie, AB
I was told to count to ten after a mis-fire. If the primer hasn't fired by then, eject the round. I've never had a dud primer fire after waiting.
Cheers,
GMC
Cheers,
GMC
The CFC course is a joke. The round is only dangerous when contained within the chamber of a firearm. Ejecting it right away is not a safety concern. Detonation outside the chamber is akin to a firecracker. Waiting several seconds is fine, waiting a full minute is ridiculous.
TDC
TDC
migrant hunter
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Southern Alberta
In tens of thousands of rounds, in all kinds of guns, I have never seen a misfired/struck round go off by itself. I've shot rounds with a discernable click/bang from slow ignition(poor primers/slow powder), but never seen a struck primer fire on it's own later.
I have only ever heard of one going off after the fact. I guy at the range (I wasn't there that day but RO told me) had a single action 45, pulled trigger, no bang. Pulled hammer, rotated to next round, then the round went off. Destroyed the pistol, second gen colt I believe. No one was hurt.
It happens to me every 50-100 rounds, primer doesn't get hit hard enough. In my levers I usually pull the hammer back and give it a second hit and it goes off.
Depends on the gun, in a revolver I would wait longer than a bolt action or lever.
It happens to me every 50-100 rounds, primer doesn't get hit hard enough. In my levers I usually pull the hammer back and give it a second hit and it goes off.
Depends on the gun, in a revolver I would wait longer than a bolt action or lever.
Sometimes primers just don't go off. They are made by the hundreds of millions so one would expect the odd one to malfunction.
I have been shooting and reloading for 25 years and just the other day had two dud primers in 20 rounds. THAT is a very rare occurrence but the law of averages says it can happen. NO harm, no foul.
I have been shooting and reloading for 25 years and just the other day had two dud primers in 20 rounds. THAT is a very rare occurrence but the law of averages says it can happen. NO harm, no foul.
daddylonglegs
CGN Regular
- Location
- Big River, Saskatchewan
Another thing to be careful about is that your hands are clean when priming cases for reloading. Even a tiny bit of case lube on your fingers can deaden primers if you handle them with your fingers. In 40 yrs of reloading I have had 2 or 3 failure to fire's, all of which happened when I failed to wash my hands after sizing cases. Just my $.02 worth
Can be lots of things;
-modified gun (lightened hammer springs,etc).
-dirty gun (firing pin gummed up in crud).
-primer not fully seated in a reload.
-oil got to the primer.
-defective primer.
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