BlackDog22
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It is interesting that there is no data available that I can find that tests the hardness of primers based on Brand - Usage - Wall thickness - Hardness (indent distance to standard dimension firing pin.)
I bought a Tanfoglio 9mm a while back that I bought near new. The guy obviously sold it because it was misfiring every 8th round. (And just forgot to mention that to me when he sold it )
I took it to the importer and he gave me a few "guaranteed" fixes that didn't do a thing to stop the issue. One acquaintance told me to try different types of ammo until you get one that works. Well he was right, but what he probably didn't know and neither did I at the time, was that primers come in different harnesses.
Although the wall thickness of the primer may be the same, the hardness of the primer can be quite different. I learned through expensive experience that CCI primers are hard and Federal Match Primers and nice and soft.
My "Cow" of a 9mm Now works 99.99999% of the time running on Federal Primers.
I think the importer is still telling people to swap firing pins, and shaving off firing pin blocks and sand papering this and that. What a laugh.
Well I was delighted with the fix. I don't understand why there is no "hardness" grading for each make and model/brand of primer on the market. It would certainly have made my finding a fix easier.
Reading the opinions hear about which primer is soft or hard is a prime reason why someone should do the testing. Because some of the comments are just plain wrong!!
So the Rule is "LIGHT PRIMER STRIKES - TRY A DIFFERENT BRAND OF PRIMER" They aren't all the same!!!
I bought a Tanfoglio 9mm a while back that I bought near new. The guy obviously sold it because it was misfiring every 8th round. (And just forgot to mention that to me when he sold it )
I took it to the importer and he gave me a few "guaranteed" fixes that didn't do a thing to stop the issue. One acquaintance told me to try different types of ammo until you get one that works. Well he was right, but what he probably didn't know and neither did I at the time, was that primers come in different harnesses.
Although the wall thickness of the primer may be the same, the hardness of the primer can be quite different. I learned through expensive experience that CCI primers are hard and Federal Match Primers and nice and soft.
My "Cow" of a 9mm Now works 99.99999% of the time running on Federal Primers.
I think the importer is still telling people to swap firing pins, and shaving off firing pin blocks and sand papering this and that. What a laugh.
Well I was delighted with the fix. I don't understand why there is no "hardness" grading for each make and model/brand of primer on the market. It would certainly have made my finding a fix easier.
Reading the opinions hear about which primer is soft or hard is a prime reason why someone should do the testing. Because some of the comments are just plain wrong!!
So the Rule is "LIGHT PRIMER STRIKES - TRY A DIFFERENT BRAND OF PRIMER" They aren't all the same!!!
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