Primers
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Bill Gammon
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I had problems with them also, not saying it was the fault of the primer. A lot of people use them.
Did you check the firing pin tip? They do wear and small amounts break off?????
Or you could be bumping the shoulder too much. I did this using wrong shell holder. Had 2 of the same number. Mixed them up.....
Firing pin is ok but I may be bumping the shoulder to much that I will check . Thanks
Ok I just checked and I'm moving the shoulder back almost .002 , so i'll not move them back any and try that they still chamber ok .
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Doug Casner
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cci
Always seemed to me that ccis had harder primer cups than most. Alot harder than winchester brass cups. Federal hits a happy medium with theirs for me. I had a 686 smith I couldnt shoot ccis in,weak hammer spring trigger pull was nice. Had to shoot something else. Doug
Always seemed to me that ccis had harder primer cups than most. Alot harder than winchester brass cups. Federal hits a happy medium with theirs for me. I had a 686 smith I couldnt shoot ccis in,weak hammer spring trigger pull was nice. Had to shoot something else. Doug
jackie schmidt
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Even though you put in a new spring, that does not mean you have enough spring pressure.
Some actions, older Farleys in particular, were notorious for having too light of spring pressure and not enough firing pin travel.
I always go by Kebly’s recommendation of not less than 23 lbs of static pressure and .230 inch of travel.
You might check that.
Some actions, older Farleys in particular, were notorious for having too light of spring pressure and not enough firing pin travel.
I always go by Kebly’s recommendation of not less than 23 lbs of static pressure and .230 inch of travel.
You might check that.
Had exactly the same issue a couple years ago
and I called CCI who had one of their tech's call me back within a couple hours. His direction was to seat the BR-4 primers 5-7thousandths below flush, and make sure that you feel the primer bottom out into the pocket and put a slight crush on it to seat the primer. He suggested also that I consider uniforming the primer pockets. I did both and haven't had any issues since. That being said I also use Rem, Federal, or Winchester primers on new brass now too. CCI tech was very helpful and gave easy to understand directions. JME. WD
and I called CCI who had one of their tech's call me back within a couple hours. His direction was to seat the BR-4 primers 5-7thousandths below flush, and make sure that you feel the primer bottom out into the pocket and put a slight crush on it to seat the primer. He suggested also that I consider uniforming the primer pockets. I did both and haven't had any issues since. That being said I also use Rem, Federal, or Winchester primers on new brass now too. CCI tech was very helpful and gave easy to understand directions. JME. WD
I think I found my problem , I was NOT seating the CCI BR-4 primer deep enough . I never had a missfire to day . The gun I shot was a XP100 built in 1974 and the guy I bought it from shot many matches with it and I bought it in 1980 and shot it in some matches along with lost of groundhogs and red wing black birds and in 2021 it will still hold under 1/4 inch . I'll bet not many can say that and today it only took 7 patches to clean the barrel .
I had a similar problem. Found a bump on the stock. Moved my stop post back and installed stock tape. Problem gone.
Stop post back. Was trying to "balance rifle".....
Could not see bump with naked eye. Used a pair of calipers.....003-.005" very small bump.....