remington ammo = junk

[Master Blaster]

You probably have never seen a primer that was hit by the firing pin and did not ignite the shell before, thats why the primer appears to have a light hit compared to shells that went off. My guess is that the primer cup was missing the priming pellet, and the anvil. A dud, I dont shoot remington ammo because of inconsistency I noted with their .22lr rounds, and with their handgun stuff, I have seen glocks choke on their factory defensive ammo (golden sabers), and I have never seen one choke on my handloads, or on other factory ammo form federal and winchester.

If you want truely flawless hunting ammo get good new brass, federal match primers, and a good reloading manual and learn to handload. You can have 100% QC that way by carefully choosing the appropriate bullet.

BTW I have reloaded remington brass and never had any problem with it, in .45 ACP 9mm .32acp or in 30.06.

 

[dakotasin]

i'm somewhat skeptical. seating the primer farther in typically causes the primers to be MORE sensitive to hammer strikes, not LESS.

Also, I'm pretty sure most hammers extend far enough from the face of the bolt to ignite primers no matter how deep (within reason) you set them.

taliv makes a lot of sense here... i had a non-fire at an antelope buck this year w/ my handloads. further inspection revealed that the firing pin got hung up in the bolt. i cleaned the bolt out, reassembled everything, and went out and dropped the hammer on the buck later, using the cartridge that had failed to fire earlier.

i know you said you are sure it is the ammo and not the gun, but don't be too quick to rule out the gun. it does happen, and it doesn't take much debris in the bolt to make it happen.

 

[Kermit911]

I've never had a problem with remington.

 

[WYO]

The only malfunction I have ever had with factory ammo was a gun problem with a BLR, not an ammo problem. The firing pin was not hitting the primer hard enough. A trip to the gunsmith and the problem was solved. Core-Lokts have a decent reputation, and I've used a lot of them. The chief complaint on Core Lokts that I see on forums involves an apparent redesign of the jacket a few (several?) years ago.

 

[lycanthrope]

I've seen debris clog a firing pin hole enough to cause a failure and have seen primers that haven't been seated fully and they are simply pushed into the pocket by the fp strike.