Bad primers?

[BK7saum]

Ryan28, try the primer cup over the strain screw to add tension until you get a new one in. Itll allow you to continue using the revolver.

[dale2242]

I`ve said this many times.
I have never, in 50+ years of reloading, had a FTF that was the primers fault.
It has always been the fault of the gun.
Maybe I`m just lucky....dale

[ryan28]

Ryan28, try the primer cup over the strain screw to add tension until you get a new one in. Itll allow you to continue using the revolver.

I will try that. Good way to make sure.

[dikman]

Dale, guess you are a lucky so and so. The primers I had trouble with were indented nicely, tried again in different guns but simply would not fire.

[Mitch]

If you have another gun that uses the suspect primers i would try that.realy hard to tell without seeing the fired primers and the gun

[elmacgyver0]

I guess if I were having a failure to fire with my reloads and could not see a reason for it I would try some factory loads.
If the problem went away I would toward my reloading and then the primers.

[ryan28]

I measured the trigger pull with a luggage scale. Not the right tool for the job I know, but useful in this case. The trigger was at 9.5 lbs double action, compared to about 15 lbs on my other two K frames. I am certain that it's the mainspring now. I will shoot the rest of this batch in my other guns to be sure.

[lefty o]

you can always encounter a bad primer. once in a blue moon they do escape the factory, but 99.9% of the time it is typically either they werent seated bottomed in the pocket, or a mechanical problem with the gun.

[Burnt Fingers]

I`ve said this many times.
I have never, in 50+ years of reloading, had a FTF that was the primers fault.
It has always been the fault of the gun.
Maybe I`m just lucky....dale

I've got a solid 45 years of reloading under my belt I've used CCI, Winchester, Remington, Federal, and S&B primers. Many many thousands of them. I've had ONE primer in that time that didn't go bang. When breaking that round down I found there was no anvil in the primer. I glance at them before I flip them. I'm guessing that the anvil fell out somewhere in the process.