Thread: Fed large rifle

Like most people here, I've used thousands of federal 210 LR primers without a single failure.
(not that many thousand - but it sounds good to say it.)

It would be worth checking your bolt is OK. Especially clean and lube the spring. Someone posted here experience with a tikka where the firing pin had got a little rough with corrosion and the problem went away once he polished it up a bit. Incompletely closing the bolt is said to cause misfires but unlikely if you've never had it before.

As I understand it federal are softer than some so should be more tolerant to weak pin strike. I've had trouble with one rifle that gave misfires with factory ammo (gold primers) and one brand in reloads but the Federal SR have never misfired for me with that rifle. It would appear that a marginal rifle problem can show up with misfires using one brand but not another. So my personal experience is to back the brand.