I have an 8-pound jug of Ramshot Hunter powder that I am working through. I am loading 300 Winchester Mag rounds. 190 gn Nosler CC and 66.8 gn powder. Have loaded and shot a little over 200 rounds out of the jug. I have noticed that I get a slight hang-fire at times. Seems to occur 1-2 rounds out of a ten shot string. It occurs with both Wolf LRPs and Wolf LRMPs.
Not having any additional primers to test, I have loaded some rounds with IMR 4831. Both Wolf LRPs and Wolf LRMPs have been used in the IMR 4831 loads. There has not been any indication of any hang-fires with either of the Wolf Prime types.
I asked Western Powders about the slight hang-fires and got the the following response:
The powder charge could be underloaded if the bullet is seated out to touch the lands or may not have enough neck tension to hold the bullet in place for proper ignition. The primer may be weaker than it should be. Ball powder is harder to
ignite than extruded. These are a few issues you may be experiencing.
Load density is 85%; that should be okay. Ogive is about 0.010" inch off the lands. Can't see neck tension being a problem. Chamber pressure should be about 48k psi.
Anyone have any thoughts on why it appears that I am having a problem getting a proper ignition with the Hunter powder? Guess it could be the Wolf primers.