Thread: Hard CCI Primers

Originally Posted by 6x47

Be very careful with mis-fires- you could actually be lined up for a very delayed hang-fire and opening the bolt on that can be disastrous.

With NRA shooting, the rule is WAIT 30 secs before opening the bolt on a mis-fire, and even then, with the port facing down. Personally I'd feel safe after 5 secs but this rule is obviously based on (bad) real world events..

Yep that's a valid point. Some ammo such as old cruddy military surplus can be even more delayed, click, yawn, make a coffee, scratch the nuts, WTF? Range rules are generally minimum 30sec delay before opening the bolt and safety glasses etc but with ex-military rifles I tend to add a bit unless the shooter knows it's new known reloads or modern sporting ammo (in which case it's usually in my experience the bolt not picking the round up from the mag or the mag being empty).