Murphy has nothing on me!

[whyohe]

OK what are the odds of having problems with factory shells three times in 1 year with different manufacturers? well yesterday was the first day of rifle season here in PA. windy with some sleet. well i saw a small deer at 20 yards and didn't take it, too small. then as i was watching this one out of the corner of my eye i see movement and its a nice sized doe at 50 yards. well she must have seen me get my gun into position cause she was looking at me. well i pulled the trigger and CLICK! as i tried to eject to eject the shell she took off. well i worked third and at 12:30 i decided to get some sleep and when i got to the field i decided to try and see if it would go off and NOPE! so i took one of the same brand and it did go off. must be a bad primer??

well earlier this year while turkey hunting i had the same thing happen when shooting at a turkey but i got the shell out and reloaded and got the turkey. different manufacturer of rifle bullet. but when i tried the shell it went off the second time?? and when target shooting for turkey and trying different loads to see what would shoot better i had one get stuck in the chamber! whats next??

[edge]

The cartridge that did not go off, does it have a small dent in the primer, or regular size?

If they are dented but small then I might suspect the headspace is a bit on the long side and the cartridges are to SAAMI minimums, and your firing pin may need to be cleaned and lubed with graphite.

Good luck.

edge.

[whyohe]

normal dent. tried others and they went off. this was with 2 different guns. i think i might try and clean bolt though on rifle.

[youp50]

Never had that happen and am really wondering how high those odds are to have that happen.

Years ago I did have a BP cap fail to ignite, while looking at a buck. Second one set the load off. I can vouch for the frustration, it was also about 20 below and the beaver pond was frozen or I would have made a deposit. Never went back to muzzle loaders till a couple of years ago and the when I got my 10 ML.

[wasp]

you are actually under O'TOOLE'S law which states that

MURPHEY was an optimist! ;D


Hope you get it figured out