53grn hornady super performance misfires

[dawnbreaker]

Don't put grease in the bolt anywhere as suggested!
Only the lightest of oil if any!
Dump the superformance junk and move on, as others have suggested.

A light coating of oil and wipe down is all I done, there getting binned after this if the same problem is there, the rfd is only a 10 mile round trip my other option is a 70 mile round trip

 

[dawnbreaker]

Funny thing is my rifle loves v max, just not in superformance. Same as sst, I use both in my 308 and 243 to good effect

Mine love 55grn vmax varmint express, well see today what the outcome is after stripping and cleaning the bolt, patches came out black

 

[Smellydog]

A light coating of oil and wipe down is all I done, there getting binned after this if the same problem is there, the rfd is only a 10 mile round trip my other option is a 70 mile round trip

Ah, I see...

 

[dawnbreaker]

Ah, I see...

9 shots no misfires and the tikka likes them this is the last 3 shots of 9 out to 150 4" gong and local rfd has a pile of them

 

[Foxyboy43]

9 shots no misfires and the tikka likes them this is the last 3 shots of 9 out to 150 4" gong and local rfd has a pile of them

No excuse now big fella!

 

[dawnbreaker]

No excuse now big fella!

Aye cleaning the bolt done the trick , thanks to all

 

[Smellydog]

9 shots no misfires and the tikka likes them this is the last 3 shots of 9 out to 150 4" gong and local rfd has a pile of them

Nice one.
Why I said don't grease the bolt internally. It gets gummed up and loses pin travel.
Well done.

 

[dawnbreaker]

Nice one.
Why I said don't grease the bolt internally. It gets gummed up and loses pin travel.
Well done.

Cheers lad

 

[ashray]

make it a 6 monthly thing to do unless you get miss fires sooner .

 

[dawnbreaker]

make it a 6 monthly thing to do unless you get miss fires sooner .

Yeah definitely gonna make it a thing for sure

 

[wabbit warren]

my Tikka .223 with a 1-12 twist loves this round
never had a misfire but have had 1 round that I couldn't close the bolt on
when its dark and you cant get things to happen as it should its a worry
thankfully its only happened once out of 300 plus rounds

 

[tomto]

I had a very similar problem with the new hornady cmx I think it was. Brand new tikka rifle in .223.



Haven't had an issue with any other make or model of ammo.

 

[dawnbreaker]

my Tikka .223 with a 1-12 twist loves this round
never had a misfire but have had 1 round that I couldn't close the bolt on
when its dark and you cant get things to happen as it should its a worry
thankfully its only happened once out of 300 plus rounds

Cleaning the bolt has seemingly cured the problem , never had a problem closing the bolt and the t3 love them

 

[sneakysniper]

This is a known thing reading the web. It seems they sometimes use milspec / harder primers.

I have had a few missfires. Brand new rifle.
First box ok, second box i had 3.
I then shot off a box and a half in one go out of paranoia without any problem.

2 boxes later i had a missfire, followed by the next 4 shots being ok. The ammo was bought Sept 23.

I’m not sure this is a gun or dirty bolt issue.

The only thing i’m seeing is reports seem to be from Tikka owners, which i also am. Coincidence due to Tikka popularity??

 

[dawnbreaker]

This is a known thing reading the web. It seems they sometimes use milspec / harder primers.

I have had a few missfires. Brand new rifle.
First box ok, second box i had 3.
I then shot off a box and a half in one go out of paranoia without any problem.

2 boxes later i had a missfire, followed by the next 4 shots being ok. The ammo was bought Sept 23.

I’m not sure this is a gun or dirty bolt issue.

The only thing i’m seeing is reports seem to be from Tikka owners, which i also am. Coincidence due to Tikka popularity??

Yeah very similar to my experience with them, but after taking out the bolt and cleaning it , this helped but still had the very odd one, I've now sold said rifle.

 

[wabbit warren]

i used these factory rounds and got through boxes of them in my tikka t3 ive only ever have 1 round and that wasnt a misfire i couldnt close the bolt
apart from that every other round as does as it says on the box

 

[dawnbreaker]

i used these factory rounds and got through boxes of them in my tikka t3 ive only ever have 1 round and that wasnt a misfire i couldnt close the bolt
apart from that every other round as does as it says on the bother weren't great then

 

[sneakysniper]

Yeah very similar to my experience with them, but after taking out the bolt and cleaning it , this helped but still had the very odd one, I've now sold said rifle.

Yeah i’m not sure it’s the cleanliness of the bolt as my gun was brand new as were others.
As you said you still had the odd one.

It must be the ammo

 

[Sniper308]

I have the same problem too. I have shot Superformance since owning the gun. Never a problem with the old batch. New batch however, I’m saddened to say, it’s way more than acceptable. I have been keeping mine aside, to kept in one box. Hoping I’ll get a refund

 

[dawnbreaker]

I have the same problem too. I have shot Superformance since owning the gun. Never a problem with the old batch. New batch however, I’m saddened to say, it’s way more than acceptable. I have been keeping mine aside, to kept in one box. Hoping I’ll get a refund

Hornady frontiers 55grn my tikka t3 loved them 1-12 twist, couldn't miss at 4/500 4" target, foxy didn't seem to care either lol