Smokey primer
- Thread starter Ruger007
- Start date
Are those Winchester primers perchance . I got a brick that ruined the bolt face of a rifle so much so that after I cleaned up the erosion on the bolt I had to set the barrel back. If there are old primers you may have stumbled across a bunch and if so I would dispose of them PDQ.
billbmcleod
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Back very close to Bruce County
I had some Winchester Lg Rifle Mag primers that did the same. Stopped after the third one and wrote Winchester with lot # and got no reply. No obvious damage to the bolt face.
Lots of bangs from the burn barrel.
ginsingjones
Regular
- Location
- castlegar B.C.
It does look like a loose primer pocket. Failed primers seem to be more random in the burn through.
I got that bad batch of winchester LRP several years ago. Only took 2 rounds to badly put my bolt face. I called winchester gave them my lot number and pictures. They sent me a cheque for the 1000 primers I had of that lot plus the repairs to my rifle. Nice gesture on their part but after learning how widespread their QC issue was and how many rifles they damaged I will never buy another winchester primer again
I got that bad batch of winchester LRP several years ago. Only took 2 rounds to badly put my bolt face. I called winchester gave them my lot number and pictures. They sent me a cheque for the 1000 primers I had of that lot plus the repairs to my rifle. Nice gesture on their part but after learning how widespread their QC issue was and how many rifles they damaged I will never buy another winchester primer again
That's why I put quotations myself. I recall learning about timing the hard way with an AR-10. Lots of pitting in my bolt face. I thought perhaps it was a similar situation here but I concur that loose primer pocket is the likely culprit.
