Bullet Bill
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I have a Ruger Gunsite Scout which is based off the M77 action and never had any issue with it until the last time out.
It fired all of my reloads with Federal 215M primers but when I switched to factory Aguila 7.62x51 ammo I had 3 misfires in a row. All of the indentations on the Aguila primers seemed really shallow. The gun doesn't seem to snap as loud as I remember when the trigger is pulled but I could be imagining things. Anyways I thoroughly inspected the spring and can't find any breaks in it nor can I find the firing pin hanging up on anything. Everything is clean and well lubed.
Has anyone else had an issue with this? Are Aguila primers ridiculously hard? I know the Federal primers are notoriously weak. Seems kind of odd for a bolt action to be having light primer strikes, never had an issue before with other brands of NATO ammo.
EDIT: The rifle does have over 3,000 rounds through it, could that just be the end of its firing pin spring life? I never store it cocked.
It fired all of my reloads with Federal 215M primers but when I switched to factory Aguila 7.62x51 ammo I had 3 misfires in a row. All of the indentations on the Aguila primers seemed really shallow. The gun doesn't seem to snap as loud as I remember when the trigger is pulled but I could be imagining things. Anyways I thoroughly inspected the spring and can't find any breaks in it nor can I find the firing pin hanging up on anything. Everything is clean and well lubed.
Has anyone else had an issue with this? Are Aguila primers ridiculously hard? I know the Federal primers are notoriously weak. Seems kind of odd for a bolt action to be having light primer strikes, never had an issue before with other brands of NATO ammo.
EDIT: The rifle does have over 3,000 rounds through it, could that just be the end of its firing pin spring life? I never store it cocked.
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