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11 years 10 months ago #14737 by bgdv1
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my son had my AR10 out today. came in and said did you do some thing to your gun ??? why ? the mag full of steel case stuff i gave him wouldnt go off. looked like light primer strikes. went and loaded up a mag with some hand loads and no problems at all. any ideas or just junk the 50 rounds of the junk ammo ?

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11 years 10 months ago - 11 years 10 months ago #14739 by 13fcolt
Replied by 13fcolt on topic light primer strike
Has this ammo been a problem before? It could just be hard primers. No real fix for that without messing with your trigger pull by stepping up your hammer spring.
If this ammo normally works for you, might check to make sure the hammer spring is installed correctly, with both legs on top of the trigger pin. Of course make sure the FP is not bent or damaged, crud in the bolt, or even burs or peening around the FP hole interfering with the FP. Since you say it worked fine with other ammo, I'd say those last few are unlikely.
Last edit: 11 years 10 months ago by 13fcolt. Reason: typos

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11 years 10 months ago #14746 by Sharkey
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This isn't the first time I've seen guys checking their weapons out over steel casings. :(

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11 years 10 months ago #14779 by bgdv1
Replied by bgdv1 on topic light primer strike
well after pulling gun apart i figured out i installed the hammer spring wrong :blush: . fixed that and fixed problem :thumbs: thanks for your suggestions.

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11 years 10 months ago #14781 by 13fcolt
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I'm glad it all got worked out.

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