another Remington 600 question...

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swatman

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I just purchased a Remington 600 in .308. I noticed that when shooting military surplus ammo I have had some primers that didn't go off. After inspecting the rounds, I noticed that some of the primers seemed seated too low after holding a straight edge on the case heads.
Anyone know if this is a common problem with military ammo in sporting guns? With Factory .308 it doesn't seem to be a problem.
After looking at all the rounds fired, there doesnt seem to be a light indent on the primer and they all seemed like good, solid strikes. I actually think it may have been more of an ammo problem than a firing pin problem.:rolleyes:
 
Swatman. I think it is an ammo problem, just like you said.:D Just make sure that ammo isn't corrosive. Some foreign .308 milsurp is, you know.:(
Paul B.
 
Thanks thats what I think too. I highly doubt its corrosive however since they are Nato Rounds and I dont think NATO has made corrosive ammo in 50 years.
 
Swatman:
I experienced the same problem many years ago, and took the gun to an experienced military gun smith. He explained that military firing pins are longer in the Mil. weapons and that was to ensure the firing of the round. This would also explain the depressed primer in militry ammo.

HJN
 
Also military primers are harder than normal primers. This is to prevent slamfires due to the fact that military rifles have floating firing pins.

I bet if you fired them a second time they would fire.
 
Swatman. Take a piece of steel and clean it off real good. Make sure there is no oil or anything else on the metal. Pull one or two of the bullets from that milsurp, and fire the primes cases with the barrel close to the piece of steel. Then clean your barrel as if you had sgot corrosive, IE, with hot water, the hotter the better. Place that piece of steel in the most humid area you can find, and watch it. Check it out off and on for a couple of days. If it starts to rust fairly rapidly, (within 24 hours) the ammo is corrosive.
And yes, some NATO stamped ammo is corrosive. ( I had some German stuff that turned out to be corrosive. Good thing I tested the stuff. It had the NATO cross on the headstamp.)
I run that test with every batch of milsurp ammo I buy. The rifle barrel you save may be yours.
Paul B.
 
Military primers are harder than

commercial primers.

However, I've never had a problem. You might consider disassembling the bolt and clean out the firing pin channel and the firing spring and stuff.

Over time, grease and gunk can collect and "slow down" the speed and impact of the firing pin. What the heck, it probably needs cleaning on general principles.
 
Thanks for the replies guys :) I will let you know how things work out, I actually dont think that I will be shooting much mil surp ammo through this rifle though.
 
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