sje0123
Ultimate Member
I went up to Elk Neck today to shoot the AR15 I built over a year ago for the first time and sight it in.
The issue seemed to resolve itself (or maybe I resolved it) but I'm curious about it. The first shot went bang then for about 10 tries after (pulled the bolt several times) the firing pin didn't extend enough into the primer to fire. It just barely dented them. Sometimes the bolt didn't even make it to the front and I had to re-rack it. Everything was lubed up well. I manually moved the pieces of the bolt around a little to make sure it was functioning and put it back in.
Then everything seemed to go fine from there on out. Maybe it just needed to be worked in a little? Any clue what would have been going on?
And I guess as a side question, am I better off tossing the dented primer rounds or are they OK to fire next time I go out?
The issue seemed to resolve itself (or maybe I resolved it) but I'm curious about it. The first shot went bang then for about 10 tries after (pulled the bolt several times) the firing pin didn't extend enough into the primer to fire. It just barely dented them. Sometimes the bolt didn't even make it to the front and I had to re-rack it. Everything was lubed up well. I manually moved the pieces of the bolt around a little to make sure it was functioning and put it back in.
Then everything seemed to go fine from there on out. Maybe it just needed to be worked in a little? Any clue what would have been going on?
And I guess as a side question, am I better off tossing the dented primer rounds or are they OK to fire next time I go out?