10-20-2023, 12:15 PM
Bob R Wrote:I have owned AR15's since the early 1980's. I have shots lots of reloads with regular small rifle primers. I have read about the possibility of a slam fire, but I have never had an AR slam fire, or been around anyone who has had it happen. It could happen, but it is not something that I worry about.
Bob R
Has happened to me with AR's and I have witnessed it on the firing line in HP matches. These were the earlier days of the AR being a serious contender in High Power. Guys used to load them with the barrel pointing down on their shooting stool and let the bolt drop. Have seen them go off and blow a hole through the shooting stool and into the ground. Thankfully, rules changed about loading the rifle to having it pointed down range and parallel to the ground.
Have had one or two with the M-1A as well and have seen them with the Garand. Most likely the primer was seated a but long. Don't really know. Wasn't the firing pins though.
I personally won't use anything but a thicker primer for the AR's. For the M-14 I used the Federal Match primers. Never a problem with them.
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