Thread: Bad Primers?

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

About 10 years ago this was a widespread issue with winchester large rifle primers. They are possibly from that era, as a "bonus" his bolt probably now has gas cut pits where the primer failed. I know as I had 2 rifles pitted that way. No liability was ever accepted but stuff got replaced. Someone in the near target school might remember more including the batches supposedly involved.

I had a look at his bolt face and it was blackened, but I couldn't see any obvious damage. I did notice what appeared to be some tiny silver flakes of metal which I assume came from the bolt or was melted primer metal attached to the bolt. None of this seemed to concern him too much though.