Thread: Hang fires

Originally Posted by ishoot10s

If factory ammo, old and wet or been wet at some point. If home loads, primer and powder incompatibility, or damp/contaminated. Bolt internals and or action dirty or faulty.

Yes^^^^
If you have hearded the fireing pin strick the primier and then there is a delay in the firing this is mostly down to the above.
If it dose not fire then it can be down to the rifle. (Which is not a hangfire)
When it happens it is hair raising