Hunting over the past weekend a doe stopped out at 50 yards broadside. I had a akward but stable shooting position in my treestand. I pulled the trigger and heard "click".An audible "Oh $#!^" escaped my lips. I opened thepivot action on the CVA Kodiak Mag and found the primer did not go off. Istuffed the primer in my pocket loaded a new onejust as a bigger doe followed into the same clearing. This timeI was rewarded with a loud bang and watched the 165 lbs doe pile up under 50 yards.
When I got back to the house, I examined what might have happened and found the primer had been struck, but did not fire. I put the primer back into the gun, pulled the trigger and it fired this time.The akward rest I originally had, caused me to be pulling down on the pivot action after the gun was cocked. Much like a pistol grip on a rifle. Since the hammer was cocked, the pivot action was not able to open.However, there is still enough seperation for the hammer not to get a full strike on the primer. Lesson learned, but I did not know if anybody else had a similiar story.