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Posted: 10/12/2003 11:34:20 PM EDT
I picked up my first AR, a Bushy 20", earlier this summer.  I didn't get to shoot it much until the last two weekends.  Both of those weekends, however, I had 1 or 2 failures to fire because of weak primer strikes.  In every case, it happened on the first or second shot out of the magazine.  At the end of the shoots, I put the round back in the mags and they shot just fine.

I'm 90% sure the rounds that didn't fire were all .223s that I was just using up, and that the Q3131As and XM193s all shot flawlessly.  Still, and even though it's a new gun, this is bugging me.  Is this something I should worry about (well, I'm already worried).  I would appreciate any advice or suggestions.

And for what it's worth, I did strip and clean the rifle as far as Bushmaster recommends for "regular" cleaning before shooting it the first time and since then, with CLP.

Link Posted: 10/13/2003 8:36:55 AM EDT
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Are you sure the bolt is locking up completely? It may be dragging over a full mag and not coming far enough forward to completely lock up.
It may just be a matter of wearing it in if it's a brand new rifle.

If you're sure you're getting a good solid lockup, I'd try taking the bolt apart and cleaning it again. Sometimes a little bit of crud will make the firing pin drag.
I had the same problem with my AR10 when it was new and I shot the harder military primers like the Port ammo has.
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