Pond James Pond
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I recently had a revolver IPSC competition and managed first place by virtue of being the only wheel gun shooter there.
Anyway, I was shooting .44 Spl reloads of mine.
During the course of the match I had 9 cartridges that failed to go off. 8 had new brass primers that I hadn't used before and one had the chrome primers I'd been using for ages. Both were Fiocchi large pistol bought from the same shop.
Upon inspection, they looked like light strikes to my moderately trained eye.
So my questions are:
Is the Redhawk known for having weak main springs?
Or are they known for getting weak relatively fast? (My .44 round count is probably about 2000 rounds)
Or could it be about a dirty pin-hole?
Finally, has anyone found brass primers to be harder than chromed?
Thanks.
Anyway, I was shooting .44 Spl reloads of mine.
During the course of the match I had 9 cartridges that failed to go off. 8 had new brass primers that I hadn't used before and one had the chrome primers I'd been using for ages. Both were Fiocchi large pistol bought from the same shop.
Upon inspection, they looked like light strikes to my moderately trained eye.
So my questions are:
Is the Redhawk known for having weak main springs?
Or are they known for getting weak relatively fast? (My .44 round count is probably about 2000 rounds)
Or could it be about a dirty pin-hole?
Finally, has anyone found brass primers to be harder than chromed?
Thanks.