Light primer strikes

[Wordupmybrotha]

I went to the range couple of weeks ago and I had tons of light primer strikes on my 22s! Usually, I don't have any.

Guns: Marlin 795, Browning BL-22
Ammo: Winchester M22, Blazers, Federal Automatch, Ammscor, Aguila 22short.

Really bizarre. I wonder if bunch of these were carelessly made during the ammo shortage or storing them in the garage damaged them.

[Wordupmybrotha]

Wow, thanks for all the helpful replies guys!!

I blow-dried the gummed-up firing pin to melt away the old crap and reapplied fresh Froglube on the bolt of my Browning BL-22. The firing pin moves freely now, so light prime strike problem solved.

Still getting some duds though. Bad ammo.

[bohoki]

duds are normal if its one or two in 50 with bulk ammo often you can get them to go off in you rotate them 90 degrees and try again

[ac398]

Every time I hear about a gummed up firing pin seems like frog lube isn't too far away. I'm no expert but I've heard enough accounts I stay away from frog lube. Ballistol or CLP for me.

[G-forceJunkie]

Get rid of the froglube, it gums stuff up, made my SR22 not fire at all. Clean it out and use Breakfree, Slip2000, remoil, balistoil, whatever.

[stormvet]

I really don’t get the cheap bulk ammo ‘dud rounds’. I shoot bulk ammo from Federal, Remington, Winchester, CCI, etc, rarely ever do I come across a bad round. Maybe one in a thousand, two at the most if it’s Remington Thounderbolt.
I can’t be that lucky, it has to be greatly exaggerated on the interweb.

In May I shot 570 rounds of 22lr, Winchester white box, Federal plated and the CCI bulk red white and blue. I can’t remember one round not firing, out of four different 22 handguns.

[tradecraft]

Why would you reapply the same stuff that caused the problem.....

[ac398]

Was the Marlin also giving you light primer strikes? If so and you lubed the firing pin with frog lube also, that's gotta be your problem.
My 795 can go 1000 rounds no cleaning without a hiccup. But I like my firing pins dry, no lube, grease nada. I'll lightly lube the bolt and stuff but nothing in the firing pin channel for me.

[Nvidkiller]

Was the Marlin also giving you light primer strikes? If so and you lubed the firing pin with frog lube also, that's gotta be your problem.
My 795 can go 1000 rounds no cleaning without a hiccup. But I like my firing pins dry, no lube, grease nada. I'll lightly lube the bolt and stuff but nothing in the firing pin channel for me.

Second this. I spray a small amount onto a towel, dip my finger in it and then lightly coat the bolt. Nothing in the firing pin or extractor areas. I'd pull the firing pin and look in the channel also. You may have the same build up inside there causing some friction.

[still919]

Exactly my experience as well, repeated for years, with the same product listed. If it's luck....then I sure hope it stays with me. Or, is it that I regularly clean my .22 firearms and don't over lubricate?