savage axis 223 ammo light strikes

[boychuia]

Good evening

this might be a really stupid question but recently I bought a savage axis 223 and when I bought cheap ammo for my range all I was getting was light strikes. works great with the expense of ammo but not the cheap stuff does anybody know what's going on or if there's any way to resolve this issue especially with the price of ammunition these days any help is greatly appreciated

 

[Mr_Raw]

I had the same problem with American Eagle's AR 223 rounds, hard primers.
I found that if I stay away from Mil Spec stuff I have no problem, and also I started reloading.

 

[silverfoxdj]

Good to know just getting into a new Savage in 223..

 

[sk8snwmx]

I have a modified stevens 200 .223 (a savage short action apparently) and I've had 1 light strike with the military crate bulk FMJ .223/5.56, never the American eagle stuff though.

 

[NoTarget]

I had light strikes with a Remington 700 SPS tactical rifle.

I'd like to know which rifles can candle the surplus ammo and come in a 1:9 twist.

 

[fred0000]

my .223 axis had light strikes with milspec primers only. (American eagle AR223 stuff, American eagle in the red box was fine)

 

[Manion1]

my .223 axis had light strikes with milspec primers only. (American eagle AR223 stuff, American eagle in the red box was fine)

I shoot the american eagle ar223 rounds with my axis and I have yet to have a light strike

 

[conmaesta]

Make sure that it isn't milspec ammo..or 5.56 with harder primers...

 

[Noltz]

Same issue with my Tikka T3. Surplus ammo uses hard primers and 1 in 10 maybe don't fire. Seems worse with the latest batch of surplus I bought but I just set the no-fire round aside and keep going. There's always enough AR's around the range that can fire it. I'm keeping the brass. It shoots 100% with commercial ammo.