Thread: Hang fires

Originally Posted by John Duxbury

People are using "hang fire" with different definitions. The guy in that thread seems to mean he presses the trigger and then the striker does not fall for a moment. In other words the rifle is not functioning correctly.

Others are calling a cartridge misfire a "hang fire." (Fire hanging indefinately?)

I mean it as in the primer is struck by the firing pin properly, but the primer doesnt go off for a split second. (Snick of a firing pin fall...and then Bang!)


The rifles function correctly but the primer specifically not going off - the powder burns fine when the primer goes off. It is not the case that the primer is going off when it should - and then the powder is not burning properly.


(However I have experienced exactly this with different ammo when the powder was contaminated with too runny lube. The primer would go off - crack! and then the wierdest sound...a whooshing noise combined with the sound of something being pushed up a pipe with a long ascending squeaky note and then puff! some ejecta from the muzzle and the bullet would pop off and land ten feet away on the ground. Like a Warner Bros cartoon. Wierdest thing in the world with a firearm. That sound was literally the bullet being pushed up the bore for two or three long seconds. I did this three times before I stopped, being a person who is unable to learn from his first mistake.)

On a positive note - I found I dont flinch!

Ok then.so you have told us all loudly....we not understanding what is going on....so what do YOU think is going on??? So we can all agree with you and you can solve the issue and we can praise you for being so cleaver!!!!? The suggestion to try those primers in another rifle has merit..so does loading then in your 7mm mag without powder or projectile and seeing if you can duplicate issue. Both will eliminate a possibility and both will tell you more. Maybe seat three deep and three shallow and try that????