Originally Posted by
Jack Ryan
The comment "bag of ammunition" is what sent me out that direction to explain why he is not using a detachable magazine. If our character used an M1 Garand he could be carrying a belt of magazine pouches with CLIPS of ammunition with 7 rounds in each.
Any way, meaning it could be plausible to have a hard primer combine with a rifle in the habit of giving light strikes any way, to give a dented primer that did not fire yet it does on the rest of the ammunition used in it.
This is going quite a long way in to the lands of "not likely" and the "never seen 'em" tribes. But it is the direction I'd look if someone brought that situation to me to help him figure out how to fix it.
Thank you for that fountain of information, Jack. I believe I could work something around the M1 Garand providing the en bloc clips could slot a variant brand from a mixed bag of ammunition. That way, I could follow up with the misfire and have a plausible reason behind the dented primer. I may even use the "M1 thumb" lore with regards to the somewhat novice secondary character. Though as I understand, that tends to only happen when you're cleaning the rifle.
Thanks again for going the extra mile, much obliged.