misfire

Got a new Cimarron 1860 Richards Transition Model, Type II conversion, 45 Colt. Cleaned it, took it to the range for the first time yesterday. In a box of 50, I had 3 misfires. No bang whatsoever. The primer strike mark seemed OK, I didn't see anything unusual there. This was my first replica...

I feel like some general discussion is in order here as I am new to guns in the past 1.5 years (other than some shooting I did about 40 years ago). I bought a pistol and a revolver and did some range time. Then a curious event happened at the range with my revolver. I took two 50 round boxes...

Hi everyone, so I’m pretty new to reloading and I’m having problems with misfires. I’ve only loaded and fired 3 batches of 20 so far but a good amount of them didn’t go bang, (about 4 out of 20) and all show light primer strikes. I’m loading .223 and I’m priming on the ram of a lee challenger...

Hey guys, first time poster here. I've recently picked up a nice pre-serial number Stevens Model 94 in 20 gauge and have been having issues with the gun not going bang every time I pull the trigger. It works properly maybe 2/3 of the time. I have been able to fire every misfired shell if I...

Fellow reloaders, Over the summer, I got fed up with paying $14 a box for 16 ga. shells. I bought a load-all, some Hi-Skor 800x powder and a big box of 209A primers. Getting wads to work was a royal pain which ended up being resolved with 3 kidney beans under every payload but that's another...