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Need assistance with a TL Hunter action not firing
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<blockquote data-quote="Hugnot" data-source="post: 2026828" data-attributes="member: 115658"><p>I had the same problem with a Kimber 84M, .308W. Fail to fire, with a tiny dimple on the primer. I checked out the pin protrusion and found it to be .052, OK. Still no bang. Then I stripped the bolt & cleaned up everything and looked for signs of the spring scraping on inside of bolt, like wear marks on spring. Finally, I disassembled the pin, bolt shroud, and cocking piece then fit a steel washer between the shroud and back of the firing pin spring. The washer is .035 thick and I turned it to size by spinning it on a mandrel while grinding it with my Dremel. The washer is the same diameter as the firing pin spring. This increased the spring tension.</p><p></p><p> My objective was to increase spring tension - it worked. I dove into my modest primer stash and selected a variety - CCI, Win, Rem, Fed, Fiocchi (great under-rated primers) of both magnum & standard. Soon I had 80 rounds of ammo loaded mostly 150 FMJ. I selected my old standby H380 (once an orphan powder but now in demand because of the present emergency, flying off shelves like the rest). It was cold at 35* and all 80 rounds went bang. Head space was sort of on the generous side. No problems since. No defective ammo, no excessive head space, no tough extra thick pin proof primers, no wet primers, no obstructions inside bolt, no frozen lubes or crud - all this was checked out before inserting the .035 washer which increased spring tension. A slightly longer spring would also accomplish an increase in spring tension. </p><p></p><p>Not sayin this would be a fix but worthy of consideration.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hugnot, post: 2026828, member: 115658"] I had the same problem with a Kimber 84M, .308W. Fail to fire, with a tiny dimple on the primer. I checked out the pin protrusion and found it to be .052, OK. Still no bang. Then I stripped the bolt & cleaned up everything and looked for signs of the spring scraping on inside of bolt, like wear marks on spring. Finally, I disassembled the pin, bolt shroud, and cocking piece then fit a steel washer between the shroud and back of the firing pin spring. The washer is .035 thick and I turned it to size by spinning it on a mandrel while grinding it with my Dremel. The washer is the same diameter as the firing pin spring. This increased the spring tension. My objective was to increase spring tension - it worked. I dove into my modest primer stash and selected a variety - CCI, Win, Rem, Fed, Fiocchi (great under-rated primers) of both magnum & standard. Soon I had 80 rounds of ammo loaded mostly 150 FMJ. I selected my old standby H380 (once an orphan powder but now in demand because of the present emergency, flying off shelves like the rest). It was cold at 35* and all 80 rounds went bang. Head space was sort of on the generous side. No problems since. No defective ammo, no excessive head space, no tough extra thick pin proof primers, no wet primers, no obstructions inside bolt, no frozen lubes or crud - all this was checked out before inserting the .035 washer which increased spring tension. A slightly longer spring would also accomplish an increase in spring tension. Not sayin this would be a fix but worthy of consideration. [/QUOTE]
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