Soft primer strike problem is rearing its head

[Robinhood]

You have two paths. Pic one and follow it.
Measure your shoulder length and confirm it is correct. Dry fire with primed brass to test.
Rebuild your bolt to look for issues. Dry fire with primed brass to test.

[GaCop]

After around 200 hand loads thru my 243 Axis I started experiencing light primer strikes. I tried polishing the FP and the inside of the bolt w/o it doing any good. I had my LGS order new springs from Savage and the problem went away.

[wbm]

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[Nor Cal Mikie]

Don't blame it on the firing pin spring till you can prove it!!
Still got some of those FTF rounds??
Increase the OAL by pulling the bullets out to a "jam into the lands". Chamber them, pull the trigger and see if they will BANG.
First thing I look for in RELOADS is if the shoulder got pushed back too far. If so, the case gets pushed forward in the chamber by the firing pin and you end up with a FTF. Looks like a soft strike.
Long OAL keeps the case head against the bolt head so the primer will go off.
And I'll add, I shoot nothing but CCI BR and Mil Spec primers. Only primers that EVER FTF were in cases that had the shoulder pushed back too far. Had one round that got wet from laying out overnight, it just went fizzled.
Been there, done that. We learn as we go.

[GaCop]

Don't blame it on the firing pin spring till you can prove it!!
Still got some of those FTF rounds??
Increase the OAL by pulling the bullets out to a "jam into the lands". Chamber them and see if they will BANG.
First thing I look for in RELOADS is if the shoulder got pushed back too far. If so, the case gets pushed forward in the chamber by the firing pin and you end up with a FTF. Looks like a soft strike.
Long OAL keeps the case head against the bolt head so the primer will go off.
Been there, done that. We learn as we go.

I was routinely neck sizing for my Axis 243 and still experienced the light primer strike that's why I finally ordered the springs. Changed the springs, continued to neck size and had no further light primer strikes. When the new springs arrived I compared them to the old ones and the new were overall longer. Jamming bullets in my case wouldn't have mattered. For someone else, it just may do the trick.

[wbm]

GaCop Same here. Thanks!

[Nor Cal Mikie]

Curious if either of you actually tried increasing the round OAL to see if that cured the problem or just popped for a new spring?
I don't shoot an Axis so maybe there's a difference between the 10,110,12,112 etc. or the Axis?
And thinking back, the few FTF that I experienced happened on my XP 100 converted rifle in .221 Fireball. Case OAL cured that issue and it has never happened again.