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Resolved?? Well, It looks like it was either bad primers or mislabeled primers. Opened a different case (1k) of CCI 500's and all seems well. No more Failures. Loaded 10 more from the first "suspect" case and failure after failure again. The ones that fail in the 638, 642 and 442 will ignite...

@L-2, You may have won the cigar.....see my last post.

As many times as I've changed out rebound and main spring combinations now, I've had a few choice words flung about. ;)

Using DA all 20 of the Federal and Winchester fired no problem. The 10 Factory Remington and Blazer Brass fired fine. Four of the ten loaded with the CCI 500 failed to fire. Of those four, two fired on second strike using single action. SO, does anybody know the wall/cup thickness on CCI 500...

@Chief38, The gap measures a snug .006" without pressure. With pressure it's not even .001" difference. IOW, .007 will not fit with no pressure. Earlier this morning with factory parts back installed it fired 20 rounds of Remington GW box with no issues....I'm loading 20 with Federal and 20 with...

Yes to all of those and not limited to a particular cylinder. I may have found a clue though. I'll report back after the range today.......Don't think I've found the problem but maybe a temporary fix. Off to the range now.

I didn't think so, but again, I'm a shooter not a, smith. I'm certain I have more than that through a 642 and a Model 36. Though the 36 is steel. Is there a min/max dimension between the hammer nose bushing and the face of the cylinder?

Chief, I've checked the "end-shake". (thanks for the correct term) It doesn't seem excessive to me. Barely even noticeable. I'll see if I can mic it. Is there a min/max I should look for?

Thanks rockquarry, S&W makes it plain. Since it has a Cerakote they have no suggestions or guarantees of repair. I've had excellent results on other J-Frames as well. That's mainly why I'm "stumped". It has functioned properly for several years with the Cerakote. This 638 has less than 5k...

I'm stumped and looking for suggestions. I've had my 638 J-Frame for many years with no problems. Now all of a sudden I'm getting light primer strikes. I change the hammer spring several time using Wolff, MCARBO, Wilson and factory. I've tried a new factory, the #8, #8.5 and #9 from several...