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.17 misfire???

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  • 03-09-2011 8:16am
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    tommyboy26
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    while out shooting last night with my marlin 917vs .17 i toke a shot and heard a "dink" i checked the rifle and the safety was off so i thought to myself it was a misfire gave it a few minutes and ejected the round. On inspection of the round i noticed there was no mark from the firing pin! Has this ever happened to anyone else. I have had misfires before with my old .22 but there was always a mark from the pin on the round. I was using horndy 20gr rounds last nite


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    Witcher
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    Did you try loading the round again? Had the same issue with a .22lr, bolt just hadn't closed right on it, rechambered it and it fired fine.


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    tommyboy26
    Registered Users Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭tommyboy26


    Blay wrote: »
    Did you try loading the round again? Had the same issue with a .22lr, bolt just hadn't closed right on it, rechambered it and it fired fine.

    Bolt was fully down and it fired perfect second time


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    rabbit assassin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 392 ✭✭rabbit assassin


    Theres a chap that writes for the irish online magazine IshootandFish , they have a facebook page too you can send a friend request . His name is Martin and what he doesnt know about guns it aint worth knowin. I read his bit on the .17hmr last month and went out and bought one. He has an email address im sure he would help you out.

    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001633042065


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    budda15c
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    I had the same issue with my 917vs. Had it repaired and the pin replaced. Was fine for a while and the same issue again. Would misfire probably 6-8 rounds from a box of 50. Bad news is, I never got the issue resolved, just traded it against a new rifle.


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