06-24-2024, 11:39 PM
So I'm this for somebody with more ammo/reloading knowledge than me, because what's happening doesn't make alot of sense, especially with factory ammo. I'm shooting factory Hornady 6 ARC ammo out of a bolt gun and experiencing "popped" primers, but only with the Silver colored primers and not the Gold/Brass ones. What else is weird is it's only happening with the 108gr Match and not the new 80gr VMatch but both use the Silver primers? It's not happening with the H Match 108gr or H BlackĀ 105gr with Gold primers only the Silver? What's even stranger is the factory ammo from Hornady is loaded to the Gas Gun specs at 52,000 psi and which is less then the Bolt Gun specs of 62,000 psi and suppost to be not as hot as they could be from handloaders for the bolt specs. When I shoot any of them out of my AR I have no pressure signs at all, which is fine but makes my problem with my bolt gun stranger. My bolt gun is a Savage Axis ll 22 inch Heavy Barrel and Accutrigger, it's also in a boyds stock and has a Glades Aromory Bolt Handle but only the handle. It has the factory firing pin and spring in it. When I shoot the Savage the Gold primers look perfect, but the Silver either "pop" or crater up around the firing pin. I've also noticed that sometimes when they pop smoke comes out the trigger and locks it out or will make it to where the trigger will go off before the blade is fully behing the trigger shoe, which isn't good. And the "popped" primer groups are terrible compared to the regular fired primers. The bolt lift is so tight compared to other Axis guns I've tried and it cracked the polymer clamp on bolt knob that I was using for it and the reason I went with the Glades Bolt Handle. So yeah, I was hoping somebody else would have a idea of what makes this happen, and only to the Silver primers and Not the Gold. Thanks.