Problems with FIOCCHI .38 spl.

[Echidin]

Thank you to everyone for all the responses, it is greatly appreciated. After speaking with a few calgunners it has come to my understanding that the fiocchi primers are some of the hardest. Of course, as a few of you mentioned, it might not be a bad idea to increase the tension on the mainspring as well. Perhaps after tightening the mainspring I'll purchase another box of fiocchi and report back.

[5hundo]

I actually had a misfire with a fiocchi 158gr .38 Special round a few weeks ago as well...

It didn't fire, I waited a few seconds, pulled it out and it had been struck. I put it back in, cycled it again and it fired...

I'm guessing they use harder primers but who knows...

I don't think it's a problem with Fiocchi, necessarily. I've shot thousands of Fiocchi shotgun shells in my time and they were as reliable as anything else.

What were you shooting? My misfire was with a S&W 686-6...

[randy]

Smith revolvers are designed to run the strain screw tight. If it comes loose then you can't blame the ammo.

If you want to run the screw out or have had the trigger done then I'd replace the firing pin to a longer one.

When tuning a revolver or any gun the ammo is part of the equation. All of the guns I use are "tuned up a bit" but have shot all kinds of ammo. I don't always have the time to reload and I need to be able to pick up a box of anything.