Swampman
Old Fart
@LiveLife: (I am referring here to my post #7)
I couldn't detect any signs of flaked off priming compound in the powder when I inspected it. The powder was very small light grey flakes, almost silvery looking. Any green chunks of loose priming compound would've stuck out like a sore thumb.
The ammo would have been purchased at any one of several area Wal-Marts, but I definitely didn't get it second hand, so my assumption is that the ammo was fresh, new production when purchased.
Stripped Vetterli bolt. The piece at bottom left is the split firing pin(s?) powered by a single, central striker.
As Carl N. Brown pointed out, the Henry rifle from 1860 also had a double pointed firing pin, as did the original 1866 Winchester.
I'm gonna say that since the split firing pin was used in multiple very successful designs, it's obviously not a terrible idea, but I still prefer to have my rimfire ammo properly primed.
Since I mostly switched to Aguila (and sometimes CCI) for plinking .22's, I've had close to zero duds.
If someone had told me 50 years ago that I'd someday switch to Mexican made ammo due to its superior reliability over Winchester & Remington, I would have laughed in their face.
I couldn't detect any signs of flaked off priming compound in the powder when I inspected it. The powder was very small light grey flakes, almost silvery looking. Any green chunks of loose priming compound would've stuck out like a sore thumb.
The ammo would have been purchased at any one of several area Wal-Marts, but I definitely didn't get it second hand, so my assumption is that the ammo was fresh, new production when purchased.
10.4x38R (.41 Swiss rimfire) Swiss Vetterli bolt face.I’ve always wondered why all rimfire firing pins weren’t either split-tip, to strike two areas on the rim...
Stripped Vetterli bolt. The piece at bottom left is the split firing pin(s?) powered by a single, central striker.
As Carl N. Brown pointed out, the Henry rifle from 1860 also had a double pointed firing pin, as did the original 1866 Winchester.
I'm gonna say that since the split firing pin was used in multiple very successful designs, it's obviously not a terrible idea, but I still prefer to have my rimfire ammo properly primed.
Since I mostly switched to Aguila (and sometimes CCI) for plinking .22's, I've had close to zero duds.
If someone had told me 50 years ago that I'd someday switch to Mexican made ammo due to its superior reliability over Winchester & Remington, I would have laughed in their face.