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Old 02-01-2010 | 06:24 PM
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canecreek
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Default Kimber M84 308 Miss Fires (Light primer strikes)

I purchased a Kimber 84 in the 308 caliber in June 2007. I've been very pleased with the light weight and feel of the rifle. However the accuracy has not been desireable with 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 MOA's using factory ammunition. Another problem I've had (and the most annoying) is I've had 6 rounds out of about 400 shots with the rifle to miss fire. Three rounds using Winchester balistic silvertip and 3 rounds with Hornady Superformance SST's. I returned the Winchester silvertip's to Winchester and they tested them and replied that I had a weak fireing strike. I thought a bad primer was a fault so switched to the Hornady SST's and now I've had 3 miss fires with them also. I took the rifle to my local gunsmith and he couldn't find anything wrong with the fireing pin, but did correct problems with the stock bedding, polished the bolt, and remounted the Leupold 3-9 x 40 scope. It seems some of the bedding material was pushing the barrel to the left and the bolt has some unecessary wear. My MOA's at 100 yards are now < 1 inch. Has anyone experienced any problems with miss fires?

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