TTv2
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This is the response I get every time I talk about my experiences with .22 Mag and the unreliable priming; someone has shot it for decades and never one single, solitary dudI've been shooting various brands of .22 WMR for decades and have never had a dud round.
I too have shot many brands and every box has at least 1 dud, all fired from single action revolvers. Aguila was the worst.
I have several theories as to why that is, how .22 LR has less failures in my .22 LR/Mag single actions, and I'm thinking that the long necks on the .22 Mag allows the priming compound to get stuck and never get into the rim or only partially. Another is I think the rims are thicker on .22 Mag and thus harder to ignite the primer, but I don't know that for a fact.
Other than that, it's befuddling. I guess I'm gonna have to start saving all my duds just to prove it.
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