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Slamfire · June 9, 2014, 07:34 PM

I highly recommend reading Hummer70's article on Primers: It Don't Go Bang, the link is provided above.

What Hummer shows is that the firearm industry has lost talent and technology knowledge through cost cutting. They are producing firearms with ignition systems that have insufficient energy to ignite primers that are on the high end of the insensitivity scale. This may be the problem, and if it is, you will need to use the most sensitive pistol primers on the market: Federal primers.

Allan Jones, of CCI, states that the most common reason for misfires is an improperly (high) seated primer. The anvil must be firmly seated and the primer cake pushed into the anvil.

Mysteries And Misconceptions Of The All-Important Primer by Allan Jones , Shooting Times, January 4th, 2011

http://www.shootingtimes.com/2011/01...#ixzz34BxEBqS4

June 9, 2014, 07:34 PM	#11
Slamfire Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2007 Posts: 5,261	I highly recommend reading Hummer70's article on Primers: It Don't Go Bang, the link is provided above. What Hummer shows is that the firearm industry has lost talent and technology knowledge through cost cutting. They are producing firearms with ignition systems that have insufficient energy to ignite primers that are on the high end of the insensitivity scale. This may be the problem, and if it is, you will need to use the most sensitive pistol primers on the market: Federal primers. Allan Jones, of CCI, states that the most common reason for misfires is an improperly (high) seated primer. The anvil must be firmly seated and the primer cake pushed into the anvil. Mysteries And Misconceptions Of The All-Important Primer by Allan Jones , Shooting Times, January 4th, 2011 http://www.shootingtimes.com/2011/01...#ixzz34BxEBqS4 __________________ If I'm not shooting, I'm reloading.