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<blockquote data-quote="Wheel Gun" data-source="post: 2261004" data-attributes="member: 19286">Update:&nbsp; Well, through trial and error, I&#039;ve not solved the problem, but I may be zeroing in on it.&nbsp; I&#039;ve become an expert on primer pocket cleaning, which is something that I&#039;ve not really done before.&nbsp; I was back at the range this morning with a batch of 18 rounds.&nbsp; About a third of them took a second hammer strike to go off, but they all did go off this time.&nbsp; I think my problem may be the gun.&nbsp; I had a trigger job done on it back in April and since then I&#039;ve only shot rimfire (in IHMSA small bore competition).&nbsp; The trigger was really improved and never missed a beat--on rimfire.&nbsp; This is the first time that I&#039;ve shot centerfire since I&#039;ve had the trigger pull smoothed and lightened.&nbsp; I wonder if I&#039;m now just not striking the primer as hard as I did pre-trigger job.&nbsp; I loaded up a half-dozen rounds for a hog hunt this weekend and am confident that each would go off with two trigger pulls--probably with only one.&nbsp; With this batch, I&#039;ve also changed from Winchester primers to CCI (couldn&#039;t hurt).&nbsp; But, when I get back, I&#039;m going to take it back to the gunsmith and ask about hammer spring options.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wheel Gun, post: 2261004, member: 19286"] Update: Well, through trial and error, I've not solved the problem, but I may be zeroing in on it. I've become an expert on primer pocket cleaning, which is something that I've not really done before. I was back at the range this morning with a batch of 18 rounds. About a third of them took a second hammer strike to go off, but they all did go off this time. I think my problem may be the gun. I had a trigger job done on it back in April and since then I've only shot rimfire (in IHMSA small bore competition). The trigger was really improved and never missed a beat--on rimfire. This is the first time that I've shot centerfire since I've had the trigger pull smoothed and lightened. I wonder if I'm now just not striking the primer as hard as I did pre-trigger job. I loaded up a half-dozen rounds for a hog hunt this weekend and am confident that each would go off with two trigger pulls--probably with only one. With this batch, I've also changed from Winchester primers to CCI (couldn't hurt). But, when I get back, I'm going to take it back to the gunsmith and ask about hammer spring options. [/QUOTE]

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