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I got a response from MRC already. They say to try a different brand of factory ammo. They said: "try another brand of out of the box factory ammo. No re-loads since we don’t support these types of issues under warranty if re-loads are being used."

At least they got back to me unlike Hornady. I don't really want to buy more factory ammo, but maybe I will to see if get more misfires. 18 out of 20 Hornady ammo worked fine and 19 out of 20 of my reloads worked fine and 12 of 12 factory winchester ammo worked.

They pretty much stated the obvious. Measure the stuff and you'll see whats going on.

Replace the spring and problem solved.

See how easy that will be?

I measured the amount of movement from the Hornady and GFL brass. GFL moved 0.012" and Hornady moved 0.011".

I think I will see if I can get a stronger spring. Seems like it might cost less than another box of factory ammo. I just don't want a misfire when I'm hunting.

Happened to me 7mm-08,Hornady Whitetail, 5 of 20. took the bolt apart cleaned best we could after the first two misfires. I did not try the other box. I am going to call them.

Pretty much only the factory will know if they are running a problem with their latest runs of ammo or components. If a problem is worse than normal, their customer service calls will tell them the story, and they will hopefully get some lot numbers and take some tests.

In the last couple years or so, CCI had a big problem with large rifle primers, and maybe some others. When I contacted thew with my problems with some of those primers, they already knew the problems, the size of the problems, and all the lot numbers. (and they took care of me)

So, contact Hornady directly and have a frank conversation with them about their customer history calls on misfires... They will respond honestly if they have integrity.

So glad I don't shoot [bleep]-tory ammo.