So, I finally took my Skeleton stocked .35 Whelen out and shot it today. Thought about getting rid of it, but changed my mind. Anyways, I brought a box each of Remington 200 grain Core-lokts & Hornady 200 grain Superformance.
First shot I fired was a Remington and nothing. Just a click....held the gun in place for a few seconds, threw the safety on and proceeded to slowly eject the cartridge....sure enough...misfire. Dent in the primer, but nothing. I then took and fired 8 rounds of the Hornady without any issues at all. Shot great too!
I attempted one more Remington before I headed for home and that one went bang and hit right by the Hornady. I didn't want to push my luck anymore then that.
Any issues that anybody else has had or heard of with the Whelen's and Remington ammo? The dent in the primer of the 2 I fired was not as deep as the dent in the Hornady's that I had zero issues with. It also looked like the Remington's had standard large rifle primers in them, while the Hornady's looked to have magnum primers?
Jon
First shot I fired was a Remington and nothing. Just a click....held the gun in place for a few seconds, threw the safety on and proceeded to slowly eject the cartridge....sure enough...misfire. Dent in the primer, but nothing. I then took and fired 8 rounds of the Hornady without any issues at all. Shot great too!
I attempted one more Remington before I headed for home and that one went bang and hit right by the Hornady. I didn't want to push my luck anymore then that.
Any issues that anybody else has had or heard of with the Whelen's and Remington ammo? The dent in the primer of the 2 I fired was not as deep as the dent in the Hornady's that I had zero issues with. It also looked like the Remington's had standard large rifle primers in them, while the Hornady's looked to have magnum primers?
Jon