Anyone have problems with Privi?

Went to the range this morning with my 03 and M1. Fired about 78 rounds between the two. On the last round of the sixth stripper out of the 03 I get click. I wait a few just to be sure and retract the bolt. Case comes out with no bullet. Now I'm sitting trying to think if the round actually went off when I see stick powder all over the follower and outside the chamber, and realize the bullet is still in the chamber. I borrow a cleaning rod and got the bullet out. I inspected the case nothing looked unusual the firing pin hit the primer as it had on all previous shots. I put the 03 away wasn't going to fire that again until a thorough cleaning. Has this happened to anyone? Did I just get a bad round? No issues out of the M1 by the way.
Thanks for any input
Dom

I have a bunch of the Privi and have had no problem so far, sounds like you just got a bad one.

I use Privi in all my Enfields and have never had a dud looks you won the lottery as it's the first time I have heard of one

Up until today I didn't have one either. I guess your right. Ticked me off though because I was getting the old 03 dialed in. Once I saw powder all over the magazine I said, that will be all for you today.:banghead:

I had the same thing happen with a Privi .38 Special a year or two ago. In my case, I think I had a very low-level detonation, but fortunately, I was unable to chamber another round until I figured out what was happening. I contacted Widener, where I had got the ammo, they put me in contact with Privi and they handled it to my satisfaction.

If you remember where you bought the ammo contact them, or contact Privi with the details.

Thanks Rick I think I am going to contact Privi what happened to you sounds almost the same as my incident

Scarce mishap with factory ammo. Fortunately rifles don't allow the bullet to go too far into the commencement. I'd just take it as an experience and not worry too much about it.

Most likely what was already stated, maybe one cartridge that had a longer than usual COAL, causing bullet to engage rifling when chambered. You would have never known the difference had the primer not malfunctioned.
Also, what's your barrel date? This was a reported problem from the field which led to chamber changes (deeper bullet seat) that took effect in 1942. Not very common,,, but was known to happen.

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Originally Posted by Randy A

Most likely what was already stated, maybe one cartridge that had a longer than usual COAL, causing bullet to engage rifling when chambered. You would have never known the difference had the primer not malfunctioned.
Also, what's your barrel date? This was a reported problem from the field which led to chamber changes (deeper bullet seat) that took effect in 1942. Not very common,,, but was known to happen.

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Barrel is a Sedgely USMC dated 10-43. I did notice that I was getting a lot of residue around the case after extraction. It was never a problem when firing surplus US ammo. I assumed it was thinner commercial brass causing that.

When you noticed the powder, did it look wet or oily?

I had a round fail to fire, and the powder was moist.
The primer fired, but the powder did not. I had to wait
till I got home to extract the bullet.

No the powder was dry, I believe the primer did not fire, and I am guessing when I retracted the bolt the case spun but the bullet didn't effectively pulling the bullet from the case. That's a guess as I am no expert. I am taking the rifle out again this morning, with same ammo, hopefully it was just a rare bad round.

Agree - sounds like a bad primer. You may wish to talk to Privi before shooting the rest of it. They may want to inspect the unfired rounds. Hopefully they will replace your product:thup:

Save the brass Privi is good stuff to reload with.....

Just got back from the range. I put the rest of what i had, about 100 rounds, through the 03 and M1. Not one incident. All rounds went off and made good groups from both rifles. I did save the brass. So i am going to chalk it up to just one bad apple in the bushel. I am going to contact privi though and let them know this happened. Thanks for all your responses