Thread: Why we have miss-fires

Originally Posted by 30.06king

@Tahr
Was the absent anvil inside the tray of primers or completely missing ?

Almost got caught with something similar. Was depriming some Norma brass with, presumably, Norma primers which I intended to reuse. Done this problem free numerous times with other brands so wasn't expecting issues with the Norma. Took me a little time to realise anvils in the Norma primers were very loose and several separated altogether from the primers. Had I not noticed when depriming I would have seen it later when repriming but I guess it just reinforces the importance of being alert to any possibilities. Did make me wonder how Norma didn't strike problems when assembling the ammo in the factory.
I purposely tested some of these primers later and manually placed the anvils into the primers before priming cases. Absolutely all ignited so all good I guess. Still havd a few to use up too.

No, it wasn't.