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Primer appears to have flattened on the good rifle, and is not flattening on the bad one with light strikes. Is that flattening normal? Don't tell me that rifle has issues too haha.

Checked the protrusion, looked the same if not more than my other rifle so don't think that is the problem. Pin tip isn't mushroomed. See pic below though, the firing pin hole is definitely bigger...

The primers that do fire have some cratering as well. Firing pin hole feels a tad bigger than my other Rem 700 so perhaps that is causing the cratering but don't think it would cause misfires/light...

Bit of an update for anyone still interested. I swapped the factory rem trigger back in and it's still bloody misfiring on the cheap perfecta ammo. I compared the primer strikes/indents from all the...

Went back to the range last night. Sako ammo has not failed to fire on any occasion. Hornady failed to fire the other night, but with cleaned out bolt it did not fail to fire last night. Cheap...

I've disassembled the bolt and degreased/cleaned it and very lightly oiled it before reassembly. There was a lot of oil in there so perhaps the excess oil was causing a hydraulic effect preventing...

Has anyone had this issue with a Timney trigger in a Remington 700? I did a lot of research online and apparently it's been a common problem over the years as their sear is shorter and the cocking...