Thread: Hang fires

Originally Posted by John Duxbury

Guys I am not talking about a misfire, I am talking about a hang fire, in other words the primer was struck by the firing pin, and then it didnt go off for a split second.

Had it thirty years ago with reloads done for me by local sports shop. Used win 760 and 110 GRN projectiles at about 3k they went baboom unless I pointed skyward,carefully lowered and fired them.... So possibly primers were struggling to ignite looser powder.weird thing is I've done same load many times since with zero issues. The double detonation was terrible for accuracy and flinch....