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Not sure if this is the right thread but anyway,,I brought a new pack of ammo and out of the 20 rounds I got 5 missfires,the primers had good indents (same as the fired rounds),just wanting to know has anyone else had this problem,
The ammo was hornady
Thanks
What clambering and type?
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Will need to ensure the headspace in the rifle is correct before you get to carried away blaming the factory ammo.
Hornady 7mm08 139gr sp interlock whitetale,I've fired 80 rounds through it and these were the first misfires,the rifle is a browning ab3,
I have only had one misfire with centrefire ammo, was Remington .30-30, cocked the hammer and pulled the trigger several times but no bang. I wasn't keen on putting it in my pocket or pack so it's in the bottom of a swamp in the Kaimais.
I used to use Winchester PowerPoint in my .270. Probably put 140 rounds of same ammo through it and never any issues. Had 2 misfires same as you described both times while aiming at animals. Not sure if from same box. Changed ammo and no issues so far. No idea what caused it but didn't want to have a third.
A misfire is bound to happen eventually but 5 from one packet,what's the odds??bad batch maybe??
Take em back to shop with the box
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I had a similar thing with Barnaul 308 ammo. Had half a dozen from a pack that wouldn't go bang, the other half dozen I tried did. Got rifle headspace checked and it was fine, primers had a good dent, firing pin sticking out the right amount. Changed ammo, never had any more problems.
Take them back to where you bought them from. Demand a refund while feinting throwing the box of misfired ammo at the store clerk. This technique is known as “calling someone’s bluff”.
Might get a better result by asking nicely first ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by tanqueray
I had this problem with Hornady 223 many years ago. It turned out to be a primer only load! Returned the rest of the box to the supplier and received a new box.
hornady black 223 had 45 out of 150 miss fire put through 4 different rifles, gave the rest away. The person who got them had similar rates of failure
Going to go see the retailer tomorrow,see if he'll replace or refund,
Replace shouldnt be an issue and they do the same to there supplier who dose from theresQuote:
Originally Posted by Hbwanderer
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i had issues with american eagle (federal) 44mag, never once an issue with any hornady in any caliber
Lucky it didn't jam a projectile in your bore. Have had the same thing with a handload that came with a rifle I bought, had used heaps of the handloads that came with it no worries, then I had to euthanize a cow one day, walked up to it, loaded a round, poof! Thought to myself what the hell happened there, turns out the inside of the brass was still shiny and clean, must have had no powder in it, but the primer had still jammed the projectile in the bore, had to take it to gunworks to get it outQuote:
Originally Posted by kokako
Hornady 223, 1 misfire this weekend and 3 misfires Hornady again 3 weeks ago. Would piss me off if a shot that was meant to count. Easy fix, don't buy the shit. Rifles find on about 5 other different makes
6.5 grendel Hornady SST I've had 3 or 4 per 20 that didn't fire. Most fired the second time but 2 didn't. These seemed to be ones that had particularly short cartridge headspace dimension ( base to 0.350" shoulder). However, I've had a couple of similar no- fires while fire forming new lapua brass too. The lapua also seems shorter than Saami by my measuring technique. As far as I can tell my chamber is not too long and firing pin protrusion is .050". It could be the ammo is made to minimum specs so it won't jam in AR as a lot of grendel is used in that platform. Mine is a sako vixen based custom. The action and firing spring are 30 years old.
I still have an open mind whether it's a manufacturing problem or not. Haven't asked for a refund.
I was getting a few with some old CCI primers I had given to me, quite a few years old. Got some new ones , no problem with my reloads now and I haven't bought any store cartridges for yonks.
17 HMRs can be bad for that, you need to listen for each shot, usually after my wife had washed a few!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst