I posted this under the rifle section a few days ago and got no responce so I figured I would give it a go here. To update I took the rifle out yesterday and had one FTF out of 6 rounds fired. I am really at my wits end,please help if you can with any ideas.
I recently sent my 5R off to be dura coated so paint would stick to the stainless. I got it back and wasn't really happy with the results. The finish was thin in spots so you could see the original black of the stock and there was some run over into places I didn't think there should be. No big deal because it was getting painted anyway.
I had it skim bedded,a Timney trigger installed,and then installed my base rings and scope.
The rifle had 126 rounds of my handloads through it prior to being sent away with no troubles. Handload was virgin WW brass with 44.0 grains of Varget and a Sierra 175 matchking with a CCI #34 primer. loaded at 2.80 OAL. When I went to fire the rifle this time it would not ignite the primers at all,light strikes. I took a friends PSS and fired 15 in a row of this load.
I am aware that CCI #34 are harder than normal so I switched them in my latest batch for CCI BR with the rest of the load being the same. I still got light hits twice out of 26 rounds yesterday. Great way to check for a flinch,but not good!!
I took the bolt apart and there was no visable rust or duracoat runover on the internals. What else could it be and how can I fix it?? I tend to believe it was SOMETHING done by the "gunsmith" who duracoated it because it worked fine before. Any help is appreciated!!
I recently sent my 5R off to be dura coated so paint would stick to the stainless. I got it back and wasn't really happy with the results. The finish was thin in spots so you could see the original black of the stock and there was some run over into places I didn't think there should be. No big deal because it was getting painted anyway.
I had it skim bedded,a Timney trigger installed,and then installed my base rings and scope.
The rifle had 126 rounds of my handloads through it prior to being sent away with no troubles. Handload was virgin WW brass with 44.0 grains of Varget and a Sierra 175 matchking with a CCI #34 primer. loaded at 2.80 OAL. When I went to fire the rifle this time it would not ignite the primers at all,light strikes. I took a friends PSS and fired 15 in a row of this load.
I am aware that CCI #34 are harder than normal so I switched them in my latest batch for CCI BR with the rest of the load being the same. I still got light hits twice out of 26 rounds yesterday. Great way to check for a flinch,but not good!!
I took the bolt apart and there was no visable rust or duracoat runover on the internals. What else could it be and how can I fix it?? I tend to believe it was SOMETHING done by the "gunsmith" who duracoated it because it worked fine before. Any help is appreciated!!
