My hunting season in one pic.

[orygun]

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[Stomper]

Are you saying your hunting season needs a manicure?

 

[LSWC]

light strike or a bum primer... not the best when you have time for one shot.

 

[TTSX]

I'm guessing instead of a bang, the forest echoed with a loud "bubblegum!"

 

[Stomper]

I'm guessing instead of a bang, the forest echoed with a loud "bubblegum!"

I'd bet until the bubblegum magazine ran dry, too!

 

[HighlandLofts]

Was that a reload?
If so the primer might not of been pushed home which causes problems like that.
Years ago that happened to my oldest son on a factory 280 round.

 

[orygun]

Honestly, I was stunned. I held on the bucks chest hoping for a hangfire. When that didn't happen, as quietly as possible I ran the bolt, but the deer turned and walked away.
When I got home I broke the round apart. The primer strike was normal. All of the primers are seated in a hand primer. Everything was right, except that primer wanted two hits to go off. (I put the empty case in the gun and tried it)
In the top pic, lower left corner you can see the buck's back and the back of his neck. He was watching me pull the trigger. In the second pic you can see he has turned and decided to leave...

 

[pharmseller]

That's what you get for using an elk cat-ridge on a deer hunt.




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[pathfinder]

Primer seated to deep

 

[Gunnerboy]

CcI's in a savage?

 

[DeanMk]

I like Pathfinder's answer.
Could be a bit overzealous in getting everything "right".
Sorry that happened though, Orygun.
Looks like it would've been a nice buck to have.

Dean

 

[No_Regerts]

I'm guessing instead of a bang, the forest echoed with a loud "bubblegum!"

More like "Mother-Bubblegum!" And then you snap the rifle stock in half and throw the whole mess into the woods.

 

[eldbillbo]

I had the same kind of year

My Benelli R1 misfired twice at the only Elk I saw on a 5-day hunting trip. It did fire after the Elk were gone. I did a little research as I want to know what happened. Turns out it gets sluggish when the gas piston gets dirty.
I would have never thought to clean the gas piston considering I have less than 60 rds on this without an issue ever. It really sucks cause In the unit I hunted the Elk are about to be wiped out by the introduction wolves to the state (not reintroduction as the wolves they brought back are larger Canadian 200 lb wolves I even saw one) so Elk are getting harder to find.

I hunted with a browning BAR prior to this and that never happened with those. My Benelli is more accurate with shelf ammo that those were and feels lighter and has less felt recoil so for the most part Ioved the rifle until it cost me an Elk.

 

[Heyjoe]

Tag soup. I feel ya brother.

 

[orygun]

so for the most part Ioved the rifle until it cost me an Elk.

I hear ya. I shot the next round out of that loading and it went boom, just like all except the one shown. Not really sure what to think.
I guess I'll rip the bolt apart and see if there's junk of any kind in it.

 

[orygun]

Primer seated to deep

When this was posted I thought "WTF? No way that's possible."

And over time it was the only explanation I couldn't disprove.

I like Pathfinder's answer.
Could be a bit overzealous in getting everything "right".

I've used a hand seater for my reloads for a few years now. This would have been a batch that I would have been super critical of. Everything was checked and re-checked. I know for a fact that some of these cases would have been run thru the seater more than once because I didn't like the seating height. In hind sight I believe it's possible I slightly crushed a primer and caused the misfire.
Moving forward I will not run a case thru the primer seater more than once. Primers are cheap.

Thanks to all. Not just the ones that gave helpful insight, but those that offered moral support.

 

[pathfinder]

The only other thing I've seen happened to a friend of mine as we were shooting test loads was his rifle were hitting like 1 out of 5-6 primers....It was his dirty spring in his bolt . After dissembling the bolt and cleaning it it shot every round after..

 

[Grimm]

My Tikka was giving me light strikes until I replaces the firing pin assembly. Haven't had a problem since but I always question whether or not it's going to go off. Thankfully, I didn't find out about it with a trophy in front of me.

 

[444 Marlin]

I've seen light strikes when folks don't have their bolt completely closed. One hunting partner missed a giant bear when that happened. Luckily I was there to follow up.

 

[Knebel]

Send the gun back. Its the gun, probably garbage