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Kirk, my 45-90 fails to fire on occasion. I get around 3 rounds out of twenty that I will have to shoot the round twice to get it to fire. Tried different firing pins, and have check the transfer bar. No broken firing pins or transfer bar. I am shooting CCI Bench rest primers. Is the main spring getting weak to cause this? Any suggestions? Thank you for your time. Barry Miller

I've had that happen a couple of times also. I usually pull the firing pin and clean all the recesses out and that solves the problem. Seems like a little brass or dirt gets trapped in the firing pin recess. Have had the same problem with a Savage 1899 and a couple of other rifles that I shoot a LOT.

George

Hi George, already tried that. Thank you for the reply.

Hi George, already tried that. Thank you for the reply.

Barry,
The rifle is broke beyond repair, and very unsafe.
I can use it for spare parts if you want to sell it cheap. I’ll bring it home to Missouri where it belongs.

KA

Wait for a reply from Kirk he knows what he is talking about. bobw

I agree with bobw but while you're waiting I'll tell you of an experience I had years ago. A group of us were at a match and one of the group was shooting a 40-65 LRE that had seen a lot of service, and I mean a lot. It was doing the same thing, firing most of the time but then not. He had tried everything mentioned here and a few more, nothing fixed it. I had my 40-65 along but was shooting my 45-70. I went and took the block out of mine and we put it in his, problem solved. You be the judge.

Paul

Hey VectorMan, I thought your gun safe was already full. Thanks for the offer, however I think I will keep it.

DeadEye, I thought about switching it out with m y 45-70 block to see if it would fix the problem. I will give it a try. Thanks.

It's worth a try.

p

call me

This happened to me 11-12 yrs ago and it was a broken mainspring. The rifle probably had 50,000+ rounds through it so not bad. Kirk fixed it right up and had me going in no time.
Keith Lay