TANFARM Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Have a used Trubor that is recently experiencing light primer strikes. Have used over 100K CCI small pistol primers in the last couple of years . Nothing in my Reloading plan has changed except variation in powder charge. out of the blue the lite strikes reared their ugly head!.....I got very good suggestions from another thread and installed a Dawson and Tried an EGW extended pin and reduced spring....to no avail. The light strikes are intermittent.....maybe 2 out of 100.... Yes most of the bad strikes will fire if run through again.....what would cause this....how would primer seating change on my 650?? Shot literally 10’s of thousands of rounds through my Edge, and Atlas without a single failure. I don’t like stuff that doesn’t work properly!!! Any thoughts or experiences appreciated..........thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcc7x7 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Sounds like you need to clean and adjust your primer system Or You got a bad batch of primers I vote for the first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent1k1 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Try changing your mainspring. 18 lb should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Primers don't always go bang if the primer is not seated fully. I check Every Primer level as I'm loading the rounds into my mags ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36873687 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 U can try a matt mclean I think it’s m1 firing pin. They are longer than Dawson I just ordered one. Now I did pull my primer push rod out on my dillon an it had went bad wasn’t flush anymore. U could check that. I seen someone post one time that they had rust in msh an it was the cause Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theWacoKid Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) Probably a 650 primer seating issue or loose primer pockets. Tell tale sign is ignition on second try. Edited February 28, 2018 by theWacoKid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rishii Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Check the shell plate if it’s loose also it maybe time for a new mainspring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TANFARM Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 I'm finding 17 & 19 lb. mainsprings..which I have both...who offers and 18 lb. or will 19 lb. suffice?....sorry if this is a obvious question !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent1k1 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 try the 19 to see if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theWacoKid Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, Trent1k1 said: try the 19 to see if that helps. Especially if you like a heavy trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkreutz Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 I shoot a Trubor and had this problem when I first got it (couple of years ago) They would all fire the second time through, I had loaded around 100K rounds on my 650 before that so I was kinda mystified. Then I changed my loading procedure, when seating the primers, I do a "double tap" on the handle (pushing it forward twice). I have not had a light strike since then. The press was clean so I imagine that I was either getting lazy (or old, or both) and occasionally not pushing the handle all the way. Try doing this for a while and if your light strikes go away, good deal. If not, punt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acsr Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Maybe totally unrelated, but I was using wsp magnum primers most of lasr season then the weather turned cold and i wad getting light strikes, then went to my stash of federal primers and have had zero issues since maybe you live in a warm area all year, but i have found cci to one of the hardest primers add some cold weather and maybe that's your issue like it was mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TANFARM Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 Thanks to all...trying different mainspring tonight and checking the 2000 rounds I loaded for primer problems......yikes!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 10 hours ago, TANFARM said: checking the 2000 rounds I loaded for primer problems......yikes!!!! Not a problem - just put any high primers in a separate box and use them for practice - most of them will go bang the first try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TANFARM Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 To all that graciously responded: Installed EGW extended firing pin, reduced firing spring pin. Yesterday changed to a new 17lb. mainspring. Cleaned mainspring housing and drop of oil on top of the plug. I know I’ll be cursed forever, but.....350 rounds from 3 different batches of Minor ...failures 0. Hoping I got some bad CCI primers because God knows I’m not smart enough to fix anything.........THANKS for all your council!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TANFARM Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 Passed about 3K rounds now......no FTF.....smiling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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