I'm currently using the Federal 209A primers in my wolf, and they've been great with the o-ring. Zero blowback, extremely accurate. I just got a new Optima though and today at the range, I had a couple of the Federals get stuck in the breech plug.
I shot the gun 15 times, and of those 15 times, 2-3 primers got stuck and had blowback all over them. I had to actually pry them out with a screwdriver. On the other 12 shots, the primer just fell right out and was clean as could be, o-ring or no o-ring. Any idea what caused those couple primers to get stuck and have soot all over them when the other 12 or so shots they came out perfectly clean?
Also - I've seen on here the Winchester primers mentioned several times. It seems like online and locally, everyone is sold out of primers, but I did see some Winchester primers in the blue box at a local store, but I don't believe they were the magnum primers like the 209A's I have. Would that be a better primer to use in the Optima? Or is something else going on? Using the o-ring didn't seem to have any affect either way.
I've shot the Federals about 75 times in my Wolf with zero issues out of the same pack, what caused 2 or 3 to get stuck today and blowback?
I shot the gun 15 times, and of those 15 times, 2-3 primers got stuck and had blowback all over them. I had to actually pry them out with a screwdriver. On the other 12 shots, the primer just fell right out and was clean as could be, o-ring or no o-ring. Any idea what caused those couple primers to get stuck and have soot all over them when the other 12 or so shots they came out perfectly clean?
Also - I've seen on here the Winchester primers mentioned several times. It seems like online and locally, everyone is sold out of primers, but I did see some Winchester primers in the blue box at a local store, but I don't believe they were the magnum primers like the 209A's I have. Would that be a better primer to use in the Optima? Or is something else going on? Using the o-ring didn't seem to have any affect either way.
I've shot the Federals about 75 times in my Wolf with zero issues out of the same pack, what caused 2 or 3 to get stuck today and blowback?