light primer strikes

[mchas]

I have been out shooting my Bulgarian SA93 a couple times now and decided to do a thorough cleaning. Sometime after that, I went out shooting and had some problems. I do not know if it is related to something I did when cleaning it as I am rather unexperienced with this type of rifle. The hammer falls but a round is not fired. I eject the round to see that it has a light primer strike. Similar results thereafter. Once in awhile I get a good strike. I've compared both and there is a definate difference so I doubt it's the ammunition. I've taken it back apart and haven't found anything out of the ordinary from what I can tell.

I have only around 500 rounds on the rifle. Anybody have any ideas?

Thanks.

[trotsky]

Did you strip the bolt? If so, make SURE you got the firing pin on the correct side of the pin that holds it in. Just take the bolt out & press on the FP... does it jiggle nicely?

[mchas]

Yeah, that's exactly what I thought first too. I did disassemble the bolt and wondered if I had the FP oriented correctly. So I tried the opposite way but the pin cannot move freely. So, I think I do have it positioned correctly...it's loose and is not hindered in any way in it's travel. It appears to protrude enough to strike the primer fully when I push the FP.

Weird...any other suggestions? I dissasembled and cleaned everything again to double check. I guess I'll have to take it out again sometime to look at it again.

[slapshot]

When you cleaned your gun did you take the fire control parts out. If so did you properly replace the disconnector spring.
A missing or misplaced disconnector spring will cause the hammer to not catch and it wil the ride the bolt and carrier down, which will result in a small strike on the primer.
Sometimes the gun will fire and act as if in slow motion with the effect of giving off 2 and even three shots with one pull of the trigger. However this is not quite the case.
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