Thread: Hang fires

buggered if I know...but cleaning bolt would be first point of order...close bolt,while still cocked set safety catch to middle position..remove from rifle ,now depress the wee lever/catchy thing on side and rotate bolt rear it will unscrew leaving spring under tension....to reassemble screw back in until catch thingy clicks back into place,put back in rifle and take safety off....

I had this issue with my model 70 when I tried to lighten the factory trigger, it would "hang fire" unpredictably some times 2 seconds sometimes 10 seconds.
I replaced the trigger with a timmney and the problem ceased....may help may not ?

Originally Posted by dannyb

I had this issue with my model 70 when I tried to lighten the factory trigger, it would "hang fire" unpredictably some times 2 seconds sometimes 10 seconds.
I replaced the trigger with a timmney and the problem ceased....may help may not ?

Thanks for that I'll let him know.

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Originally Posted by dannyb

I had this issue with my model 70 when I tried to lighten the factory trigger, it would "hang fire" unpredictably some times 2 seconds sometimes 10 seconds.
I replaced the trigger with a timmney and the problem ceased....may help may not ?

Greetings Dannyb,
This is an often overlooked problem with a delayed fire. If someone has fiddled with the trigger and has not left enough overtravel so the sear can release cleanly the striker can hang up for a moment thus delaying the firing pin fall. The problem can vary with conditions. My bet would be this or a bolt full of crud. Modern ammunition will seldom give problems with hang fires if everything else is in order.
Regards Grandpamac.

never had issue with mine,the triggers are super easy to adjust and NORMALLY super reliable....its the lower rifle and fires thing that is bugging me....is something loose,flopping into/out of way????

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

never had issue with mine,the triggers are super easy to adjust and NORMALLY super reliable....its the lower rifle and fires thing that is bugging me....is something loose,flopping into/out of way????

I'm yet to look at the rifle but will be interesting to see what it is.

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Strip and clean the bolt, how old is the ammo?

I'm going with crud in the bolt as well. My U/O was starting to do light strikes the other night with one barrel. Put the same round in next go and it would fire. Squirted a heap of brake kleen into the action if that doesn't work it will off to a smith.

No one has pointed out the danger of lowering your rifle if experiencing a misfire/hang fire. This could have easily ended up with a hole in the boot.
Important to maintain aim in a safe direction for a good period of time if a misfire or hang fire occurs even if the ultimate cause was as simple as failing to chamber a cartridge.

Yeah, I know it's hard in the heat of the moment and must admit I would probably would have quickly ejected the round and chambered another even though the deer had pissed off.......

Great point @zimmer safe direction for at least 10sec before unloading

a friend did that to his late 80's M70 243. Not hangfire, but the safety wouldnt engage. trigger was as light as. Cant remember if it passed my bump test i do after adjusting triggers but suspect it didnt

Never heard of a light pin strike cause hang fires, they usually go or don't in my experience but sounds like this has happened to others. Simply checking the cases will tell you. Damp powder would be my guess as it takes a while to get going.

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

Never heard of a light pin strike cause hang fires, they usually go or don't in my experience but sounds like this has happened to others. Simply checking the cases will tell you. Damp powder would be my guess as it takes a while to get going.

That's what I was thinking he said the primers were hit well and I've also never seen a hang fire from a light primer strike.

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