Zaydok Allen
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I was shooting Saturday and one of my 45 acp reloads failed to fire. I tried it a second time, still a no go.
Once I was sure there wasn't a hang fire going to happen I checked the cartridge. The primer strike looked a bit light, so I naturally thought maybe the striker channel was dirty. But then I recalled I had just cleaned it about 300 rounds ago. However I noticed the primer was not fully seated.
Hmmmm, I fouled up. It seemed odd that it still wouldn't fire to me. But then I thought about it.
So to me it seems there are two possibilities. One, the primer did fire, but being out just far enough, it didn't spark the powder. However, this seems like I would've gotten some indicator that it sparked. In fact I have seen a powderless cartridge cause a squib before.
What seems more likely is that with the primer pushed out just a hair, the striker was not able to reach full velocity, thus resulting in a light strike and failure to fire. That would explain the light primer strike.
What do you all think? I'm just expanding my knowledge here. Uppon closer inspection, I remembered having some issues with that lot of brass. The pockets were a touch tight, and the CCI primers I was using didn't exactly slide in. It took more force than usual to get them seated. In fact they were tight enough that I kept thinking small primer brass had slipped into my large primer brass.
Once I was sure there wasn't a hang fire going to happen I checked the cartridge. The primer strike looked a bit light, so I naturally thought maybe the striker channel was dirty. But then I recalled I had just cleaned it about 300 rounds ago. However I noticed the primer was not fully seated.
Hmmmm, I fouled up. It seemed odd that it still wouldn't fire to me. But then I thought about it.
So to me it seems there are two possibilities. One, the primer did fire, but being out just far enough, it didn't spark the powder. However, this seems like I would've gotten some indicator that it sparked. In fact I have seen a powderless cartridge cause a squib before.
What seems more likely is that with the primer pushed out just a hair, the striker was not able to reach full velocity, thus resulting in a light strike and failure to fire. That would explain the light primer strike.
What do you all think? I'm just expanding my knowledge here. Uppon closer inspection, I remembered having some issues with that lot of brass. The pockets were a touch tight, and the CCI primers I was using didn't exactly slide in. It took more force than usual to get them seated. In fact they were tight enough that I kept thinking small primer brass had slipped into my large primer brass.