Light Primer Strikes..

So I measured from the bottom of the shell to the start of the shoulder. The fired brass are anywhere from .01 to .02 inches longer than the unfired brass. Is that enough to make a difference? If I have to do special loading for the gun to make it work I'm just going to send it in. The trigger was cleaned of all the buttery goo and I cut the spring. This all happened before I tinkered with the trigger though.
 
it shouldn't as it will only change the firing pin hit by the same......but you can try loading a few rounds with your bullets jammed into the rifling to hold the casehead tight to the bolt and see if you have the same ftf issues.......short of that a headspace gauge and a firing pin protrusion measuring device and rule out the other obvious things....

Trying to diagnose these things is like working up reloads....you really only want to mess with one thing at a time....and the fact that most of your reloads went bang instead of click it is unlikely gun related but at the same time it very well could be.....

try this........in a quiet room dry fire the rifle over and over and see if you can here any difference in the firing pin dropping, EI three load clicks and then a shallow or quiet click......also check to make sure that the bolt handle is not rubbing on the stock causing it to not close all the way with ease.....if these two things pass then it could be brass with to deep a primer pocket, to hard a primer cup, excessive head space(which can be caused by pushing the shoulder to far back on new brass by oversizing if the die/shell holder are slightly out of spec)
 
That sounds like some sound advice. I've cleaned up the bolt and will see what happens there! From there ill try different primers as I have heard the CCI have a thicker cup.... Now, I wonder how I could get the bolt open without having to lower the gun and pull on it...
 
Try the easy stuff first. More often than not it's the simple fix that works.

I'm as guilty as the next guy for over analyzing problems but you have to remember to keep it simple!

Pretty sure you have a gummed up firing pin.
 
CCI posts on their website that their std primers are only good down to 20 deg F which is -7 deg C. They recommend Magnum primers for colder temps!
In combo with a sticky firing pin you are assured of at least hang-fires and sometimes misfires.
 
I didn't even think to check on that!! I have tinkered with the bolt a bit and increased the protrusion just a hair. The bolt seems to be a bit harder to open but I don't think ill ever have a light strike again.
 
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