Misfires, anyone know why?

[ciphery]

If the cartridge doesn't fire, you can not hear the primer go off, if it does go off.
If you don't believe me, load a cartridge without powder, just primer and bullet. Then tell me what you heard when you pulled the trigger. You will hear the firing pin hit, but no other sound. Remove the bullet and see how much soot the fired primer lift on the base of the bullet.
The primer may drive the bullet out of the case with a pistol. With most rifles the bullet will remain in the case, after the primer fires.

True. I have tried a hollow base bullet in a case with a primmer as a barrel slugging method and NO GO! It took an additional 3gn of 3031 to unseat a 7.62x54R from the case.
Go ahead and take your duds apart and inspect. If there is powder in the case then the primer is bad.( It was probably touched by a dirty finger)

 

[CyaN1de]

Any chance of oil off your fingers on the primers?

Oils from your fingers will not cause a primer to not fire unless they happen to be dripping with the stuff.

 

[curtmg]

Reminds me of a similar problem I had. A kernal of corn in my Dillon stopped the powder flow.

No idea where it came from.

Has computer use blocked the use of brains and fingers to figure out "What happened?!!"

The repairman, the one who dropped the lit cigarette in your powder hopper, probably was eating a corn on the cob

 

[Ganderite]

Good one!

 

[Bearcat]

it is possible to have a bad batch of primers... I had that problem the primers would not go off after try inf 3 or 4 times in two seperate revolvers, took the bullet apart when I got home and it had powder in it. happened about 3 or 4 times to me with that box of primers,Never had that kinda problem with rifle ammo, just with the pistol primers

Bearcat

 

[phishroy]

pull the bullet apart carefully and inspect it.
if the powder is clumped most likely oil in the case from the resizing steps.
have a look to see if the primer went off or not. if primer didn't go off several things come to mind.
- primer contaminated w/ oil.
-primer seated to deep, not flush. ive had that problem with my 45-70.
have a look at the pin strike at the primer, does it look consistent with other pin strikes from rounds that went off or is it more shallow?