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not sure if this belongs here or in gunsmithing......
i handload 30-06 for my brothers hunting rifle, a savage 111 trophy hunter xp(rifle has MAYBE 50-60 rounds thru it). when we were sighting in, he had a fail to fire aka a misfire/dud. i told him keep it down range for a bit and once we felt safe that it wasnt going to fire he ejected the round and we inspected. we found that the primer had been hit and it was hit good. i would not call it a light strike. did not have any other issues the rest of the day. when we were hunting he had a deer in the cross hairs and then "click" another misfire. instead of waiting he jacked another round in and shot at the deer. missed. unfortunately, we could not find the dud round to inspect it.
the first misfire was a magtech LR primer and the second was a CCI LR primer.
i'll admit that i keep primers in my garage year round in a cabinet and that every once in a while when im reloading a primer will flip over and i will manually flip it back over with my fingers.
could i just have loaded him with two bad primers from two different primer trays?? coincidence??
i have disassembled the rifle bolt to inspect the firing pin. no corrosion/rust or bolt bore obstructions, springs feel good, firing pin is smooth in the bore of the bolt and the firing pin protrusion is around .050" which is in spec(?) or atleast seems adequate. also, when dry fired,it sounds the same as my savage rifle as far as how hard the pin hits the breach face or whatever it hits in there. the barrel nut is tight but, i have not checked headspace as i do not have a go/no go gauge. i assuming it is ok because of how new the rifle is...
i troubleshoot automobiles for a living and PRE-reloding and PRE-build my own ARs, normally, i would just call it bad rounds but, i cannot help but to be skeptical and exhaust all possibilities.
sorry if the pics arent very focused
i handload 30-06 for my brothers hunting rifle, a savage 111 trophy hunter xp(rifle has MAYBE 50-60 rounds thru it). when we were sighting in, he had a fail to fire aka a misfire/dud. i told him keep it down range for a bit and once we felt safe that it wasnt going to fire he ejected the round and we inspected. we found that the primer had been hit and it was hit good. i would not call it a light strike. did not have any other issues the rest of the day. when we were hunting he had a deer in the cross hairs and then "click" another misfire. instead of waiting he jacked another round in and shot at the deer. missed. unfortunately, we could not find the dud round to inspect it.
the first misfire was a magtech LR primer and the second was a CCI LR primer.
i'll admit that i keep primers in my garage year round in a cabinet and that every once in a while when im reloading a primer will flip over and i will manually flip it back over with my fingers.
could i just have loaded him with two bad primers from two different primer trays?? coincidence??
i have disassembled the rifle bolt to inspect the firing pin. no corrosion/rust or bolt bore obstructions, springs feel good, firing pin is smooth in the bore of the bolt and the firing pin protrusion is around .050" which is in spec(?) or atleast seems adequate. also, when dry fired,it sounds the same as my savage rifle as far as how hard the pin hits the breach face or whatever it hits in there. the barrel nut is tight but, i have not checked headspace as i do not have a go/no go gauge. i assuming it is ok because of how new the rifle is...
i troubleshoot automobiles for a living and PRE-reloding and PRE-build my own ARs, normally, i would just call it bad rounds but, i cannot help but to be skeptical and exhaust all possibilities.
sorry if the pics arent very focused
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