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Posted: 7/7/2016 12:23:57 PM EDT
| Not sure where to post this question but it involved my reload so I'll try it here. I was shooting some .223 reloads out of my Mini 14 this week. My brother has never fired the mini so he wanted to check it out. On his first shot, the round did not ignite. I cleared the gun and looked at the round and it appeared to be a light primer strike. I put the round back in to see if it would fire again and it fired fine but did not cycle the action. I have thought about this a lot and can't figure out what exactly was the problem. I thought it would be odd that it had a hard primer and low powder in the same cartridge. I assume that it isn't a gun issue due to the fact that we shot over 250rds of my reloads that day without a single problem. All advice is welcome. |
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Primer could have been contaminated at some point. Or if you make a gazillions of something one may be bad. I finishing up some Fiocchi small rifle primers that visually seem to have inconsistent stuff in them. Some have a lot of green, others just a little. If it was a bad primer it may not have fully ignited the charge, or caused a retarded burn.
Just thoughts. |
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What you experienced OP, was a primer not fully seated. First blow fully seats primer, next blow fires round. When primers are seated properly they should be .002 to .003 below flush. Primer seating is a "feel" thing. When you feel the primer contact the bottom of the primer pocket you stop applying force to your primer seater. Something to work on. |
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I'm going to go in another direction although I don't disagree with the others.
Maybe it was something with the rifle, at least the non-cycling part and the first round when fired helped to clear it. Guns often get sticky or gummy when stored. I make it a point to always have some kind of lubricant in my range box. I learned that lesson the hard way with dried out 10-22s that won't cycle etc etc. Motor |
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