I was gifted a new mossberg 500 combo setup with the 18" vent rib barrel, and a slug barrel approximately 5 years ago from my stepdad to go dove/rabbit hunting with him.
Fast-forward to now, and I've had probably 15 light primer strikes. Previously I blasted the bolt with brake cleaner and blew air through the firing pin channel. Had a couple while dove hunting, and had 2 during rabbit season last year during rabbit season which I attributed it to the cold, or an old box of shells. Took it down to the bolt, and cleaned with brake cleaner and air.
Last weekend, I went out to the VFW shoot at Roush, and was shooting a couple boxes of clays and had 3 LP strikes. All of these rounds fired on the second attempt.
I finally figured I had a bunch of **** in the firing pin channel, and I took the bolt out, as well as the firing pin...the catch is that the FP channel was clean.
I know that inside the bolt is the FP, Bolt spring, and a washer that is all held in place by the FP retaining pin. Am I looking at any sort of potential problems removing the washer to see if the slightly decreased pressure on the spring will allow the FP to strike the primer hard enough? I should also mention that for all of these LP strikes the shells were federal shells. Any ideas or tips? I don't think that there will be an issue with bolt lockup or anything, I just am not looking to do anything potentially dangerous either.
Fast-forward to now, and I've had probably 15 light primer strikes. Previously I blasted the bolt with brake cleaner and blew air through the firing pin channel. Had a couple while dove hunting, and had 2 during rabbit season last year during rabbit season which I attributed it to the cold, or an old box of shells. Took it down to the bolt, and cleaned with brake cleaner and air.
Last weekend, I went out to the VFW shoot at Roush, and was shooting a couple boxes of clays and had 3 LP strikes. All of these rounds fired on the second attempt.
I finally figured I had a bunch of **** in the firing pin channel, and I took the bolt out, as well as the firing pin...the catch is that the FP channel was clean.
I know that inside the bolt is the FP, Bolt spring, and a washer that is all held in place by the FP retaining pin. Am I looking at any sort of potential problems removing the washer to see if the slightly decreased pressure on the spring will allow the FP to strike the primer hard enough? I should also mention that for all of these LP strikes the shells were federal shells. Any ideas or tips? I don't think that there will be an issue with bolt lockup or anything, I just am not looking to do anything potentially dangerous either.