Strange Failure to Fire

[POKE1911]

Shooting factory new Freedom Munitions 165g Hush out of a suppresses MPX. Halfway through the mag, I pull the trigger but no bang. I clear the chamber to find round pictured. I gave the gun a “once over” and finished the mag, and 3 more mags. I have ran well over 500 rounds of that ammo though my MPX without an issue. I have never seen a primer ignite but not go bang. As you can see the primer looks like it blew out the sides.

I’ve never had this happen, maybe more common than I realize. What would cause that? Primer not seated correctly?

 

[GUN DOG]

No flash hole? Primer had nowhere else to go. Pull the bullet and see if there is a flash hole is therr

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[rickm]

Looks like the primer might have been seated sideways, hard to tell really from the pic.

 

[Snattlerake]

Sideways primer. The other is upside down.

 

[DRC458]

^^^ THIS ^^^

 

[Aries]

Sideways primer. The other is upside down.

LOL! Yeah, I've done both of those....

 

[okierider]

LOL! Yeah, I've done both of those....

Thinking a few more of us have as well LOL!!

 

[Cowcatcher]

Yup. Sideways primer, FINAL ANSWER.

 

[Cowcatcher]

I will say I've primed a few sideways but caught it when it happened so I couldn't tell you what would happen if I attempted to fire one. In the picture though it's obviously a sideways primer.

 

[POKE1911]

Wow! Can’t believe I got one like that from the factory, not exactly cheap ammo either. I don’t know enough about the internal combustion of ammunition but I’m glad it didn’t partially push it out there or squib. Would that have even been possible?