- Thread starter anginaprinzmetal
- Start date
Give Bergara USA a call; they're in Georgia. Let us know what they say
Interesting. I had the light strike problem with my new Premier Approach in 7 mag a few years back. I cut down and tried a Wolff extra power spring, but it did not do any better with the handloads I was using. Cleaned and oiled the FP assembly, checked my primer seating routine a bunch of times...nothing worked.
I measured my firing pin protrusion, and it was .047"...maybe too little, maybe not.
I switched from CCI primers to Federal primers, and my problem immediately ceased. I haven't bothered with messing with it anymore, but I'm sure that I'd go back to about a 30% failure rate if I went back to CCI primers. I'm probably 300 trouble-free rounds now with Federal 215s.
The guy I take all of my rifle work to suggested I let him turn down the shoulder on the firing pin a bit to see if that would remedy the problem. That may be something that I look into someday.
Looking forward to hearing how you find your remedy.
I measured my firing pin protrusion, and it was .047"...maybe too little, maybe not.
I switched from CCI primers to Federal primers, and my problem immediately ceased. I haven't bothered with messing with it anymore, but I'm sure that I'd go back to about a 30% failure rate if I went back to CCI primers. I'm probably 300 trouble-free rounds now with Federal 215s.
The guy I take all of my rifle work to suggested I let him turn down the shoulder on the firing pin a bit to see if that would remedy the problem. That may be something that I look into someday.
Looking forward to hearing how you find your remedy.
I had similar issues with CCI primers, so that I changed to Federal 210s. I also had same issues w/ factory ammo, Hornady
I had the same issue. I had 3 Bergara's. 2 had the same bolt issue. Fixed them, sold them and never looked back.
