Light Primer strikes Ruger MKII - 01/05/19
Have a 2006 Ruger m77 MKII 30-06 I picked up last March giving me some trouble. Here is the scenario:
I never shot the rifle before taking it to the gunsmith and having a Timney trigger installed set at 2&3/4#. Also had it bedded in a Mcmillian stock (which I later sold) at the same time. Fast forward to early fall... still hadn’t shot it till October. Got it up and running with 165 core-lokts (maybe 4-5 rounds) with no issues. I start gettin light primer strikes with no ignition. Repeat on 4 cartridges in a row. I even snapped the pin 3 times on one with nothing. Assume bad lot of ammo. Grab some Hornady American Whitetail 150gr and proceed to shoot 4 3 shot groups of 1” or slightly less. Wait a few days and shoot another 10-15 rounds of ammo. No issue whatsoever. Killed a good 8 point December 15 with 2 shots; no issue. New Year’s Day At 8:00 am, decide to take a cull buck and rifle snaps. Quickly bolt rifle and kill buck. Brought gun home, disassembled and cleaned. Don’t see anything wrong. Shoot it today and it snaps on 10 out 15 rounds, 3 types of factory ammo. Of the snapped ammo, i shoot 1 of each type thru my M700 and all go bang first trip of the trigger. I’m taking it back to the smith but am curious what’s going on here. Is it a weak firing pin or something in the trigger? Or is it something totally different?
I never shot the rifle before taking it to the gunsmith and having a Timney trigger installed set at 2&3/4#. Also had it bedded in a Mcmillian stock (which I later sold) at the same time. Fast forward to early fall... still hadn’t shot it till October. Got it up and running with 165 core-lokts (maybe 4-5 rounds) with no issues. I start gettin light primer strikes with no ignition. Repeat on 4 cartridges in a row. I even snapped the pin 3 times on one with nothing. Assume bad lot of ammo. Grab some Hornady American Whitetail 150gr and proceed to shoot 4 3 shot groups of 1” or slightly less. Wait a few days and shoot another 10-15 rounds of ammo. No issue whatsoever. Killed a good 8 point December 15 with 2 shots; no issue. New Year’s Day At 8:00 am, decide to take a cull buck and rifle snaps. Quickly bolt rifle and kill buck. Brought gun home, disassembled and cleaned. Don’t see anything wrong. Shoot it today and it snaps on 10 out 15 rounds, 3 types of factory ammo. Of the snapped ammo, i shoot 1 of each type thru my M700 and all go bang first trip of the trigger. I’m taking it back to the smith but am curious what’s going on here. Is it a weak firing pin or something in the trigger? Or is it something totally different?