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Originally Posted by mikerjf
I had my first dud a couple weeks ago. Just like yours - solid hit, no nothing. Three tries, nothing.
Intended to break it down, but before I did thought Hey, I'll try it in another gun. Boom, first time!
Had just started using some CCI primers (couldn't get my usual Winchester). I guess they really are harder. Gun that failed was a 60-7 with a bobbed hammer, so likely a light hit. I replaced the hammer spring and loaded a new box with CCI primers to test it out next time I go.
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I've used various makes of primers over the years with CCI being my preferred. IMO, if a gun won't fire a CCI primer, the issue is the gun, not the CCI primer. They don't require being struck with the Hammer of Thor to ignite. No gun I've ever owned has failed to set them off on one strike. And that is a number of handguns and rifles.
The difference in hardness is minimal, if at all, and a gun with a marginal firing pin or striker power would be more suspect than the primers.