Fail to fire 243 win
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Unless he just dipped his fingers in a bowl of oil, handling the primers will not cause them to not go off.
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Yes and no: Excess lube will cause obvious distortions of the shoulder that usually appear wrinkly. I wouldn't rule out the "first time for everything" phenoma though. But since you measured them and they were in spec, with no visible anomaly then examine the primers before suspecting the rifle or other more indepth possibilities.
I have been using cci primer's for many yrs, like about 40 and have never had one fail to fire, even in ammo that has been on my shelf for 25 yrs. Yes I know I don't shoot enough. but shot rounds last yr that were in the gun room for that said some yrs.
hometownhero
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Like I said seat them so that they are fully seated. I use a rcbs hand primer and was seating them to what I thought was ok but they were not deep enough so when the pin it it would dent the cup and push the primer in. So I started seating them until they are bottomed out in the brass and haven't had a problem in around 2k primers.
you can stick the barrel into an old cloth or pillow, the only sound will be a click from the firing pin. otherwise just tell her your playing cops and robbers
i am talking about a primer only of course...
Don't do this^^
Never chamber a round that can potentially go boom in a house, even if the boom is the pop of the primer.
It looks to me that you have good firing pin strikes, I would chalk it up as bad primers. As for CCI's, I have loaded 1000's of rounds using CCI primers and never had a FTF.
I would say it was a fluke batch, or they got wet, etc.
What you're looking for in primer seating isn't so much whether they are high or low. The characteristic that you are after is "bottomed". Primer pockets vary in depth and a shallow pocket will result in a high primer and a deep one will look low. Crushing the little bastard into the pocket so it looks right isn't doing it any favors. Auto-loaders; well that's a different argument.
Thxs fire306, I am married to a temperamental German woman I don't need anything else too piss her off, haha,
As far as the primers go my dad used 30 out of the same lot in his 30-06 and had no issues yesterday, I know this might not mean anything, but maybe it is another possible issue instead of being faulty primer
As far as the primers go my dad used 30 out of the same lot in his 30-06 and had no issues yesterday, I know this might not mean anything, but maybe it is another possible issue instead of being faulty primer
You could strip your bolt down and clean the striker assembly. Most bolts have never been apart and thickened packing grease and grime could be slowing things down. It does look like you are getting a good strike, but cleaning doesn't cost anything.
Bashing a suspect primer with a hammer is NOT SAFE!!!!!
It's got nothing to do with the powder unless said powder got wet or it's really old. Neither does headspace. Ammo not going bang is not an indicator of bad headspace. Far more likely to be a lack of powder than anything else. It happens.
The primers go bang when hit?
It's got nothing to do with the powder unless said powder got wet or it's really old. Neither does headspace. Ammo not going bang is not an indicator of bad headspace. Far more likely to be a lack of powder than anything else. It happens.
The primers go bang when hit?
And what would be the problem with this if its only the primer??? I've done it many times, Difference of opinion I guess.
hometownhero
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Ya I was doing that too but seems not to work well for me. Started going deeper and never a problem since. Its worth a try
Some people are overly concerned with other people's safety. Not that firing primers off is unsafe in anyway. Maybe he thinks we might accidently load a live round and fire it.
That's was I was just thinking as well, Cci have a green/yellow paper covering the priming compound.
I know when I was dealing with a FTF issue, visually I could see they had not ignited. I wanted to eliminate the primer compound being bad. So If I could not get them to go in the rifle,(loaded at the range..... then unloaded in my basement), I would whack em with a hammer to see if they would pop. Guys were saying I must have contaminated the compound with oily fingers..... well In my case, I proved the compound was good in all my FTFs.
It may not be 3m, work standard, no risk, zero tolerance, sunray safe...... but I'm ok with it. Its one time Ill wear glasses over the trusty safety squint..... and that's good enough for me.
