So, against my better judgement I went out today and bought a Savage MSR 15 Recon. I say “against my better judgement” because I’ve read a few posts about Federal’s 75gr and 90gr rounds either blowingprimers or dropping them completely out of the case potentially jamming the bolt. A few posts say it’s the ammo. Some say it’s Savage’s MSR 15. Another post says completely custom rifles have blown the primers. So....no one knows what’s going on, and a local sporting goods store pulled all their Valkyrie MSR 15’s off the shelf due to customers returning them complaining of this issue. Well, I go out and buy one anyway. And, lo and behold, I get the rifle home and find a spent primer in the gun box. I haven’t fired a single round yet. Haven’t even loaded the mag. This was a primer from a test fire round from the factory. Has anyone else encountered this? Does anyone know of any solutions. Help. Please. And thank you so much for any replies.
Valkyrie Blowing Primers
- Thread starter FletchHimself
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pull the bullets reduce .5-1 grain . Try different bolt , Tungsten in buffer , stronger recoil spring, 1 piece gas rings . Interesting to try to resize 6.8 brass trimmed sized plenty of good 6.8 brass S&B should be the toughest. With all the delays with reloading components and barrels makes me wounder if they are trying to change the chamber specs or throat .
Do you have a valkyrie? Planning on reloading? I don’t reload rifle rounds, but I want to start, and the father in law is pretty knowledgeable in that discipline. I did not know there were delays in these components or barrels. I believe it’s a primer seating issue. I don’t think there’s any real imminent danger, but jammed bolts and damage to the rifle is no joke either. Also, unless enough people complain, I doubt federal will address the problem, as changing a primer will likely change the ballistics of a round that’s supposed to be the next biggest long range bullet. That being said, I wouldn’t mind exclusively running my own loads through it.
I think the first sentence of this thread says it all.
I know several people shooting customs with Craddock barrels and factory ammo that aren't having any problems. I've got one myself but unfortunately still haven't shot it because my gas block that I waited forever to come in is defective.
I know several people shooting customs with Craddock barrels and factory ammo that aren't having any problems. I've got one myself but unfortunately still haven't shot it because my gas block that I waited forever to come in is defective.
Several years ago I bought one of their long range hunter models in 7mm rem mag, against my better judgement. I couldn't get better than 5-6" groups at 100 yards with any ammo. It went back to Savage who returned it after about a month with a 3 round test target that looked like they patterned a shotgun and stated that it meets their accuracy requirements.
I know this isn't want you want to hear, hopefully you'll get a better outcome than I did. Some of the shit that makes it through QC with companies these days (like a blown primer in testing) is truly fucking amazing.
Factory Ammo could have change might not be an issue for new lots of ammo. 22 nosler changed brass few months after release.
Blow plenty ar10 primers even on Tough Mil spec brass first shot <--Pushing the limits. Also have 22 Nosler with all the soft brass issues. Test & Test
Blow plenty ar10 primers even on Tough Mil spec brass first shot <--Pushing the limits. Also have 22 Nosler with all the soft brass issues. Test & Test
I will be receiving my 224 V barrel from craddock precision any day now and plan to put it through the ringer. I opted for the 24 in barrel. only time will tell if this round will last, but so far it seems like it has no competition in the space it is in, so companies should WANT to get everything sorted out.
I haven't lost any so far with any of the ones I've built. I do gas mine properly, and use an extended gas system. You might start with a heavier buffer and an adjustable gas block.
