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Bad cartridges?

concealedG36concealedG36 Member Posts: 3,566 ✭✭
edited August 2003 in General Discussion
I went to the range yesterday with a few of my pals and we shot several of our favorite guns. While shooting my Bushmaster 20" AR-type rifle we had 4 cartridges that when fired smoked really badly. Upon closer inspection we discovered that the primer had come completely out of the pocket and was lodged inside the bolt area causign a jam upon feeding of the next cartridge. We examined the remains and it looked like the primers might not have been seated properly.

Has anyone else seen this happen before? I'm thinking about sending the fired cases with loose primers back and asking for a replacement of my entire order (since they won't allow returns) but I want to make sure this isn't being caused by my rifle. By the way, my rifle was meticulously clean and in perfect working order. I ended up shooting another 100 rounds of Black Hills 55Gr FMJ ammo without any problems.

I was using 55Gr NBT "Ultramax" ammo I bought in a 500 lot from Cabelas.

Thanks,
G36



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  • jujujuju Member Posts: 6,321 ✭
    edited November -1
    Ultramax, is a re-conditioned (read - reloaded fired cases).
    I have had quality issues with some of their handgun ammo. FTF's, split cases and primers falling out. Granted this was a few years ago and I havent bought any since. Couldnt hurt to send back the cases (and primers if you kept them) with a note on what happened. Probably just get more ammo for the trouble though.
    I doubt it was the rifle's fault though it would be possible to push a primer out if your firing pin was too strong, (spring tension) but in the same vien I have never heard of an AR having a too strong firing pin.

    Good luck and let me know what happens with them

    JuJu (who has seen this happen a lot with AK's and various ammo)
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  • SilverBoxSilverBox Member Posts: 2,347 ✭
    edited November -1
    I've fired maybe 500 rounds of that .223 Ultramax from a couple different lots, never had a problem.
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  • brier-49brier-49 Member Posts: 7,104 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    just had almost the same thing happen last week,but the base of the cartridge split almost all the way off.sounded like a double charge. had smoke pouring out everywhere.now i have got to get ahold of 3-D to see if they will make good on it. yes it was remanufactured ammo
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  • tr foxtr fox Member Posts: 13,856
    edited November -1
    I recently had a primer come out of factory new .223 ammo when shooting my Armalite M-15 (AR-15 clone). The ammo was made in Greece by Olympic. Didn't cause any problems.

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