cosninocanines Report post Posted July 13, 2018 I’m seeing and hearing that some folks are having problems with Barnes ammunition misfiring. Worst case is a young hunter on the North Rim hunting Buffalo. “During the hunt this morning, half the box would not fire. HALF. Of the two rounds we did manage to get to fire, one round the primer fell out and jammed the gun delaying reloading till the loose primer could be removed from the rifle's magazine. We have a frustrated and a VERY disappointed young hunter.” Has anybody on here experienced this problem? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
452b264 Report post Posted July 13, 2018 I’m seeing and hearing that some folks are having problems with Barnes ammunition misfiring. Worst case is a young hunter on the North Rim hunting Buffalo. “During the hunt this morning, half the box would not fire. HALF. Of the two rounds we did manage to get to fire, one round the primer fell out and jammed the gun delaying reloading till the loose primer could be removed from the rifle's magazine. We have a frustrated and a VERY disappointed young hunter.” Has anybody on here experienced this problem? I have two rifles in my house that love Barnes ammo, and never had any problems. But all the ammo I have is one to two years old. What caliber was he shooting? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brademan76 Report post Posted July 13, 2018 I just hosted an event where 8 shooters each shot 360 rounds of barnes ammunition over 2.5 days. Not a single misfire/dead primer. You're going to hear horror stories of both ammunition/bullet, and my favorite, broad head failures. Outliers are a part of anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dse Report post Posted July 13, 2018 Could have been the ammo and could have been how the ammo was taken care of. Only time I've seen primers back out of a case was due to under pressure. For example if you were to load a 22-250 at min book load then fire it in a 22-250 AI you could likely see the primer back out of the case. From the issues They had with the misfires and primers backing out I would guess the cartridges might have gotten wet. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucafu1 Report post Posted July 13, 2018 I have shot so much Barnes ammo over the years its not even funny (because I should be reloading). Anyways, the only problem I have ever had was one of the blue tips from a TTSX came off. Just one. Thats it. I think Barnes makes great ammo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ctafoya Report post Posted July 13, 2018 Only issues I've had with any ammo is after it got wet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeke-BE Report post Posted July 13, 2018 That sucks never of heard of that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cosninocanines Report post Posted July 13, 2018 I’m seeing and hearing that some folks are having problems with Barnes ammunition misfiring. Worst case is a young hunter on the North Rim hunting Buffalo. “During the hunt this morning, half the box would not fire. HALF. Of the two rounds we did manage to get to fire, one round the primer fell out and jammed the gun delaying reloading till the loose primer could be removed from the rifle's magazine. We have a frustrated and a VERY disappointed young hunter.” Has anybody on here experienced this problem? I have two rifles in my house that love Barnes ammo, and never had any problems. But all the ammo I have is one to two years old. What caliber was he shooting? 300 RUMag 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MT_Sourdough Report post Posted July 13, 2018 I believe the Brooks family have completely sold Barnes to the Freedom Group. I can't say I expect it, but quality control may be compromised with Freedom Group in complete control, now. It would be par for the course to see quality control decline with Freedom Group. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
duckhunter175 Report post Posted July 16, 2018 No issue with 2 boxes of their VORTX Long Range with the LRX bullet-- 7RUM 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildwoody Report post Posted July 16, 2018 Sorry to here he missed the bull, bummer.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
