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Old 03-18-2012, 10:18 AM
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I had one failure to fire, it left a tiny indentation on the primer, Ram ammo 55grain FMJ, reloaded it into the mag and it fired the next time. Went on to fire another 100 rounds without a repeat of the incident. Hopefully just a fluke, was shooting at paper, nephew shooting the rifle. Cleaned BCG extensively when I got home, quite a bit of carbon build up around the bolt and the firing pin bore.
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I had one failure to fire, it left a tiny indentation on the primer
Every round chambered will leave a very slight indentation on the primer.
It's due to the fact that the AR has a free floating firing pin, every time the bolt goes forward the pin will give a light strike to the primer.
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If its only one round that FTF it was probably a fluke. perhaps a piece of carbon got between the fireing pin and the primer, or maybe it was just the round itself?? Just keep "oneyeopn" on it
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Old 03-21-2012, 09:03 AM
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Of course, this does mean that you are no longer welcome in the "My Sport is perfect" club and your membership has been changed to the "My Sport is awesome" club! ;^)

Or, we could just blame it on the ammo!
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