New H&R Survivor in 308 issue

[capercanuck]

I just picked up a new 308 Survivor. Overall a nice rifle, but my first day at the range has some problems.

I put two boxes through the rilfe, each box was a different manufacturer, and I had 10 misfires. It looks like on those occasions the firing pin isn't dimpling the primer enough, and it isn't striking at the center of the primer.

Any one else have this problem? How is the Canadian distributor to deal with? Any gunsmiths that deal with these in Nova Scotia?

Thanks!

 

[Manitobahunter]

With the transfer bar on the H&R you have to make sure the trigger is pulled all the way and held during the shot. With a quick pull of the trigger the bar may not drop long enough for the hammer to strike the firing pin hard enough to punch the primer. You can go to Graybeardoutdoors, they have a section for Handi rifles. Check the Handi basics 101. Tons of info in there.

Cliff