ANATION
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I was trying some 38 special handholds through my King Cobra this afternoon and I had a primer detonation but no discharge. I hand load on a single stage press because most of my reloading is for bolt action rifle. I didn't think I forgot to charge it but I checked. I pulled the bullet and sure enough there was 5.6 grains of Unique sitting under the pill. I loaded 20 rounds last night and all the others fired fine. In fact, it's one of my more accurate loads. Anyways, the only thing I can think of was the primer wasn't seated flush or, more precisely, was loose. When I pulled the bullet the primer fell out so that gives some credence to my theory. If anyone can think of another reason for failure to fire please share. BTW: the brass was nickel plated.
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