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I've been having trouble lately with my S&W 15-4 not setting off the primers until the 2nd or sometimes 3rd hit. The first thing I did was make sure the strain screw was tight (it wasn't, I tightened it and the problem went away briefly then came back) The primers appear to be seated below flush, and my Ruger revolver sets them off just fine -- but the Ruger is probably oversprung. I'm having the same problem with Tula SP primers, Federal SR's, and lastly CCI SP's. (I still have Federal SP's to try, but I don't have many of those so I haven't tried them yet) It's all Winchester brass. I had about a 10% or 15% failure rate last night with the CCI's. I'm shooting double-action. I checked the strain screw again and it's still tight.
I've ejected one of the duds and the primer dent looks light -- just like it might if the primer had been high.
The gun club has a model 14 that i can borrow next week to help determine whether it's the ammo or the gun.
Are there any other adjustments on a S&W revolver that could cause this? maybe the headspace is off? The cylinder gap looks unusually close; maybe that's *not* a good thing...
I've ejected one of the duds and the primer dent looks light -- just like it might if the primer had been high.
The gun club has a model 14 that i can borrow next week to help determine whether it's the ammo or the gun.
Are there any other adjustments on a S&W revolver that could cause this? maybe the headspace is off? The cylinder gap looks unusually close; maybe that's *not* a good thing...