Thread: First reloads and zero!

MMMM didnt know that i always let them dry and blow them out but ,,,,,,,will stop cleaning them with meths ,,,,

Whether or not the projectile moves is down to neck tension - my exact experience. But it certainly will never stick in the barrel. I would pull the projectiles and powder on the misfires and with a wee torch you can easily can see if the primer has gone pop or not - you can see the bright red die of the unfired primer/or not if fired. Primers are bit more grunty than we think - a guy in my rifle club seated a primer upside down and worst still attempted to fire that round. Result, it partially blew the extractor claw off. Powder never ignited. Initially he was unable to open the bolt. Also aware of another with a new 308 case without a flash hole which when fired actually had enough force to compress the case a bit into the chamber. The guy carried that case around for years and bored any new shooters with the story.
Spanners is right I think with his statement about the volume of the case determining what happens.

did the primer go off?

yep ok I see what your saying ill elliminate the main issue of looking at the primer first and work backwards on it.