I am shooting a 2 year old Savage 111 25-06 and made a batch of ammo as follows:
Brass: Once fired Hornady
Bullet: Hornady 117 gr SST #25522
Powder: 56 gr RL-22
Primer: CCI
Process: Single stage Pacific Power C (I think) with Lee dies. I prime using the ram in the press. I clean the primer pockets, trim all the cases, use a RCBS three beam scale and weigh each load of powder.
I fired seven rounds of the above recipe. Of those 7, I had 4 primers blown out of the pockets, two misfires, and one normal shot. After those shots I quit firing that ammo and went to store and bought a box of Hornady factory ammo. I fired six shots with no misfires and no blown primers and then a thunderstorm rolled in and I quit shooting.
The picture I attached of the four loose primers are the ones that blew out of the pocket. I don't have a close up lens for my camera for a super close up. A couple of the primers are cratering and one looks to almost have a hole in it. The other pic shows the two misfires, top row, side by side.
Although this looks like faulty reloading, I recently shot a box of Remington factory 120 gr ammo and had two misfires out of that box. However, after that box, I shot 40 rounds of Hornady factory with no misfires. I then reloaded a batch of 20 similar to the above recipe but used Hornady 2552 bullet and had no misfires or blown primers.
I have not kept good records on exact numbers up to this point (gonna start), but I think out of about 220 handloads, I have had about 5-8 misfires. Out of about 140 Factory rounds, I have had 2 misfires. (the Remington's mentioned above)
I think I can blame the blown primers on the "hot" load of RL-22 I was shooting. That said, the misfires are driving me crazy. An internet search seems to show a few complaints of misfires from this particular gun. So I guess it's possible I am seeing two problems. 1) too much pressure on the reloads 2) bad bolt or firing pin/spring in the rifle
Thanks for the help,
Mark
Brass: Once fired Hornady
Bullet: Hornady 117 gr SST #25522
Powder: 56 gr RL-22
Primer: CCI
Process: Single stage Pacific Power C (I think) with Lee dies. I prime using the ram in the press. I clean the primer pockets, trim all the cases, use a RCBS three beam scale and weigh each load of powder.
I fired seven rounds of the above recipe. Of those 7, I had 4 primers blown out of the pockets, two misfires, and one normal shot. After those shots I quit firing that ammo and went to store and bought a box of Hornady factory ammo. I fired six shots with no misfires and no blown primers and then a thunderstorm rolled in and I quit shooting.
The picture I attached of the four loose primers are the ones that blew out of the pocket. I don't have a close up lens for my camera for a super close up. A couple of the primers are cratering and one looks to almost have a hole in it. The other pic shows the two misfires, top row, side by side.
Although this looks like faulty reloading, I recently shot a box of Remington factory 120 gr ammo and had two misfires out of that box. However, after that box, I shot 40 rounds of Hornady factory with no misfires. I then reloaded a batch of 20 similar to the above recipe but used Hornady 2552 bullet and had no misfires or blown primers.
I have not kept good records on exact numbers up to this point (gonna start), but I think out of about 220 handloads, I have had about 5-8 misfires. Out of about 140 Factory rounds, I have had 2 misfires. (the Remington's mentioned above)
I think I can blame the blown primers on the "hot" load of RL-22 I was shooting. That said, the misfires are driving me crazy. An internet search seems to show a few complaints of misfires from this particular gun. So I guess it's possible I am seeing two problems. 1) too much pressure on the reloads 2) bad bolt or firing pin/spring in the rifle
Thanks for the help,
Mark
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