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Post by tek4260 on Jun 20, 2016 21:16:47 GMT -5
I've been reloading since I was way to young to be doing it I suppose.. At least 30 years now, and I finally had one that failed to fire. Took 2 strikes from the XDs and didn't fire, so I threw it aside to investigate. Stevie Wonder could see the problem.   But it seemed odd since I prime on the press and probably seat with more force than necessary. So I measured the pocket depths of it and another that fired. A good pocket  And the offending pocket, .006" shallower.  And of course I had to try another primer in it and a good one...  Threw it away afterwards, but I'm still not sure why it didn't fire? It looks to have been hit hard enough by the firing pin and the anvil had to be seated, or at least it looks like it would be seated. Guess I'll chalk it up to a dunno? |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jun 21, 2016 6:14:28 GMT -5
I'm pretty anal when I reload & had a couple FTF from a box of CCI ( hmm... I think small pistol ) from peak run during the last shortage that didn't fire... found loose priming compound in the box as well, so I'm guessing it wasn't something I did???
In your case, you would think if the primer were fully seated, that the primer would have fired, even if the pocket was shallow... assuming there was a flash hole... I've run into several cases over the years, that had no flash hole... a couple in factory ammo, one case in a batch of 17 Remington cases, many years ago... also bought a 5 gallon pail of nickel 338 Win Mag Federal cases that none had flash holes, a couple years ago, at a gun show... but assume those came from a Federal factory worker, who got them as seconds or some such
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okie44
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Post by okie44 on Jun 21, 2016 13:31:49 GMT -5
It appears the striker is doing it's job, I'd call it a bad primer.
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Post by savit260 on Jun 21, 2016 16:48:51 GMT -5
I've had a bad primer here an there. Not often but more than once. No matter how many solid strikes it got, no fire. That would be my likely conclusion from your picture. Even had it happen once with factory ammo.
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Post by tek4260 on Jun 21, 2016 18:28:22 GMT -5
Yea, I suppose it should have fired even though the pocket was shallow. The anvil had to be seated.
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wfngc
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Post by wfngc on Jun 28, 2016 17:43:12 GMT -5
Bad primer
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Post by 0369 on Jul 7, 2016 14:21:46 GMT -5
I had one a couple weeks ago with a 315gr 44mag load with 25gr H110. The primer popped and backed out, but the powder didn't ignite. Not sure how since I pulled the bullet and dumped out a full charge of powder. Still stumps me that the primer could pop and not do the job. My fist thought was media in the primer pocket but it was clean.
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