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    Light primer striking misfires.

    Guffy, let me sum it up for you. You seem to have gotten confused along the way due to my not so properly worded posts. Problem: misfires Rifle: Ruger 77 25.06 Solution: Resize for proper chamber headspace. New rifle ordered. Xbolt 30.06
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    Light primer striking misfires.

    No, there was never any false shoulder. I just readjusted out from the case mouth a little more for extra precaution The actual problem was oversizing the case as rc suggested.
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    Light primer striking misfires.

    30.06 I should have said, in reference to the new gun.
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    Light primer striking misfires.

    Yep, I did butcher seating die set up desription by saying shell holder instead of case mouth. I did go back and reset the seating die to a full turn out from case mouth contact since I see no purpose in being just barely off the mouth. Joining was a good decision. I've learned a lot. Some...
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    Light primer striking misfires.

    Thanks kingmt. I have to chuckle now.
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    Light primer striking misfires.

    By the way, what exactly are ops and trolls?
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    Light primer striking misfires.

    Thanks rc. You fixed my problem...........and potential other problems!
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    Light primer striking misfires.

    I found had a couple of reloads I had from another set of dies (I just bought new ones) and they shoot fine. The firing pin looks fine. Everything points to my new dies set up. Recapping: I set the decap pin on the resizing die just long enough to punch out the old primer. I fully raised...
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    Light primer striking misfires.

    Well it's back to the drawing board. All factory ammo still fires just fine as does primed cases. Some of my deeper seated bullets didn't fire today. Another hint. Easing the cartridge into the chamber and locking the bolt resulted in 3 of 4 misfires today. I chambered them again with a...
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    Light primer striking misfires.

    I just wanted to pass this along for something to consider if you are having misfires with your reloads. I am loading 25.06 remington brass, CCI200 primers and 117 grain Sierra Game King bullets. Only a very low percentage of the loads actually fired. My first thought was primer seating...
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