BBerguson
Official Pennsyltuckian
I have a TC Compass in 308 that is giving me fits... I had 50 rounds loaded with CCI primers and was getting about 20% fails to fire. These were loads that I primed when I was having trouble with my Lee hand primer and I wasn’t sure if that was the cause of my problems, bad box of primers (would be my first) or a problem with the gun. I had 15 left that I shot in a Savage axis today and they all fired, so much for bad primers theory. I also loaded up 10 rounds each of Rem, Fed and CCI (new box) primers and shot them today. All but one fired and the one that didn’t was a CCI.
I thought maybe the firing pin was gummed up and maybe that was causing light primer strikes. I had it out and saw no apparent problems of dryness or it being gummed up. Sliding the firing pin and spring in and out of the bolt body does have some drag but it doesn’t seem like it would cause the firing pin to move slowly or limit it’s travel. Am I wrong? Should it move inside the body with zero drag? I oiled it when I reassembled it but still had the single ftf today.
I’ve been reloading for 43 years and have never had a ftf with a centerfire before this rifle. I’ve lost confidence in it and wouldn’t dare to use it for hunting. Or, am I all wet on this and should just shoot Rem or Fed primers in it? which I can’t do much until the primer shortage is over because I only have 1 box of each with everything else I have being CCI. Or is the spring dragging in the bolt body the problem and needs to be fixed? What thoughts do you guys have?
I thought maybe the firing pin was gummed up and maybe that was causing light primer strikes. I had it out and saw no apparent problems of dryness or it being gummed up. Sliding the firing pin and spring in and out of the bolt body does have some drag but it doesn’t seem like it would cause the firing pin to move slowly or limit it’s travel. Am I wrong? Should it move inside the body with zero drag? I oiled it when I reassembled it but still had the single ftf today.
I’ve been reloading for 43 years and have never had a ftf with a centerfire before this rifle. I’ve lost confidence in it and wouldn’t dare to use it for hunting. Or, am I all wet on this and should just shoot Rem or Fed primers in it? which I can’t do much until the primer shortage is over because I only have 1 box of each with everything else I have being CCI. Or is the spring dragging in the bolt body the problem and needs to be fixed? What thoughts do you guys have?