Primer in my trigger assembly?

[jotec]

So i was having failures to reset the trigger at the range the other day and figured it was something to do with the springs or disconnector. I was planning on changing out to a larue trigger anyway. When i changed it out i found a spent primer in the trigger assembly pocket. Any clue on how it could have gotten there? My only guess is it hitched a ride ont the bolt. Maybe that was the cause of my reset issue. Lol

 

[jotec]

Forgot to mention its an ar15

 

[sloporsche]

It is possible it caused your problems and it got there from a round you fired ,the primer blew out ...rare but it does happen

 

[sloporsche]

Forgot to mention its an ar15

well that makes the problem more possible being an ar and i am not making fun of it .

 

[.22 cents]

Have you ever shot reloads in the rifle? May be an over pressure round. Or worn out primer pocket from reloads. Factory ammo isn’t always perfect too. Just a couple of guesses

 

[jotec]

Yeah it was remans from freedom muntions. First time i have personal seen it so was unsure. Thanks for the confirmation.

 

[.22 cents]

Yeah it was remans from freedom muntions. First time i have personal seen it so was unsure. Thanks for the confirmation.

In pretty much every round the primer backs out on detonation. It hits the bolt face before the case and the case just slides back over it. Too much pressure and the primer gets blasted out and bent into a retarded shape and there’s no way the case can catch it again before hitting the bolt face. Maybe you and the gun are lucky it didn’t have more pressure.

 

[.22 cents]

Btw larue triggers are good stuff. I have a couple of them

 

[Bowhntr6pt]

Popped primer... not uncommon.

 

[G-rat]

Not sure how much you shoot but this happens a fair amount. Its one of the reasons to not shoot reloads for me. If you only shoot occasionally, you'd probably never see this.

 

[Little Jack]

I had a bad lot from freedom several years back. There were several(5?) In one shooting session. I contacted freedom and they replaced all the Ammo I had from that lot. FWIW my freedom 55gr reloads have been done of my most consistent range Ammo besides this issue.

Just had one recently with factory Ammo. It got stuck in the void between the back of the chamber and the inside wall of the barrel extension. Kept the bolt from going into battery.

 

[jotec]

Btw larue triggers are good stuff. I have a couple of them

My first one. Feels great can't wait to shoot it

 

[jotec]

Not sure how much you shoot but this happens a fair amount. Its one of the reasons to not shoot reloads for me. If you only shoot occasionally, you'd probably never see this.

I don't shoot as much as id like. Financial limitations. Only been shooting ar's since 2018 ish. Then the ammo price got ridiculous and i refused to buy ammo.l and horded what i had. I have had backwards primers and some other shenanigans but this was the first one i noticed. Probably no more then 5k rounds in the last several years.