Any ideas about this misfire cartridge?

[davel]

Went to shoot a doe last night and click! Nothing. Glad it wasn't a trophy buck. I have attached pictures of the cartridge. Is this bad primer? You can see what appears to be some staining from the powder maybe? I have no clue. This is a brand new Winchester 270 Deer Season XP in 130 grain. Sighted the gun in a few months ago without any issues.
Thanks for the feedback.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Went to shoot a doe last night and click! Nothing. Glad it wasn't a trophy buck. I have attached pictures of the cartridge. Is this bad primer? You can see what appears to be some staining from the powder maybe? I have no clue. This is a brand new Winchester 270 Deer Season XP in 130 grain. Sighted the gun in a few months ago without any issues.
Thanks for the feedback.

Had that happen to me on a nice buck with a Hornady SST a couple years ago. Only centerfire misfire I ever had.

 

[bullethead]

Dud Primer.
It just went click with no pop or fizzle correct?

 

[davel]

Dud Primer.
It just went click with no pop or fizzle correct?

Correct. Just a click. Never had that happen before.

 

[Jester896]

what is the staining on the case from?
it sure doesn't look like a light primer strike.
What rifle?

 

[Lilly001]

Did you try it a second time?
I had a light strike on an encore due to crud from using it as a muzzle loader building up on the firing pin.

 

[Lukikus2]

Looks like a great strike. I would be inclined to pull the bullet to see if it actually has powder in it.

 

[Jester896]

it would have popped and still may have hung the bullet in the rifling if it didn't have powder I believe

 

[Stevie Ray]

Looks like a great strike. I would be inclined to pull the bullet to see if it actually has powder in it.

I believe even without powder a good primer would produce enough energy to lodge the bullet somewhere in the barrel ... my guess is a bad primer.

 

[davel]

Teming

what is the staining on the case from?
it sure doesn't look like a light primer strike.
What r

what is the staining on the case from?
it sure doesn't look like a light primer strike.
What rifle?

Remington bolt action 270

 

[Big7]

it would have popped and still may have hung the bullet in the rifling if it didn't have powder I believe

Definitely

 

[Big7]

Oil will make a primer not fire no matter how hard the strike.

 

[Jester896]

I'm not familiar with the term teming, but I wonder if whatever stained it somehow got into the priming material. I don't believe Winchester seals their primers on a regular basis unless it is NATO loads.

 

[transfixer]

I'm not familiar with the term teming, but I wonder if whatever stained it somehow got into the priming material. I don't believe Winchester seals their primers on a regular basis unless it is NATO loads.

I agree, looks like it might have been left in the chamber and water / or too much solvent was in there for a period of time ? and penetrated into the primer pocket

 

[Nimrod71]

I can attest to the fact oil and solvents will destroy a primer. Have you cleaned and oiled the rifle before you last fired it? If other rounds were in the rifle I could check them for the stained primer. If these were stained I would try firing them. If they failed to fire I would discard them and try some that were not stained.

 

[HughW2]

Call 618-258-200 or connect with Winchester on Facebook.
Report to Quality Control Customer Service. They should offer a refund or a discount for further purchases to make it right.
Let us know.
Best of Luck.

 

[davel]

Thank you guys for all the info!! I will definitely call winchester.
I did clean and oil it after I shot it but I don't use an excessive amount of oil or lubricant.
The other cartridges in the magazine do not have this stain.
Thanks again for all the info!

 

[davel]

And to follow up I don't think a factory cartridge should ever misfire because of residual cleaning oil in the chamber...unless it was submerged in it.

 

[Robust Redhorse]

Looks like a bad primer, or a damaged primer due to oil/water/solvent etc.

 

[BriarPatch99]

Late to the party ...

I would say just a bad primer ... probably a product of "making" them as fast as possible ...

Question ...did you snap it more than once ..?

The reason I asked ... if the "pellet" of priming compound ... which is placed into the primer "wet" and drys ... if that pellet is fractured by a light strike ...you can snap it as much as you like and it will never fire ...
Upon seating the anvil is pressed slightly to the pellet ... that preloaded pressure on the pellet making the strike basically explode the compound forcing fire and hot particles out into the powder for ignition and burning ...

And I will add that primers are not nearly as sensitive to oil contamination as many believe ... most are sealed by a paper/foil disc to prevent it from happening...