Reloaded 30-30 misfires

[alumitim]

I recently got into reloading. My first attempt was 30-30. I loaded 20 rounds and went to the range to try them out. About 4 of the 16 I attempted to fire didn't fire on the first attempt. I took them out of the rifle and noticed the primers were struck. All the rounds fired on the second or third attempt. The primers were all seated flush and about half of them were primed on the press and the others were hand primed (will do a better job labeling which was which next time). I had no feed issues with any of the rounds and have never had a misfire on the rifle. The primers are Winchester and appear to have stayed dry. Any help with what I may have done wrong is greatly appreciated.

[Jherexx]

When using a hand prime, primers sometimes don't get seated all the way. First firing attempt seats the primer fully then they usually fire after the second firing attempt.

[sako55]

Might be something wrong with the gun as well. I am not nearly as knowledgeable as others but we need what type of gun and what type of primers?

[streetglideok]

Yeah, what kind of primers did you use, and what powder and charge amount?

[spqrzilla]

I would guess that the primers were not well seated from the original description of the problem.

[SA Friday]

High primers...

[alumitim]

Winchester primers, 30.4 gr of imr 4064. The gun is a 94ae. Again, it has never failed before. I tend to think it was my mistake. I was very cognizant of the primer depth when I was seating them, perhaps I didn't get them seated well enough. Is the press the better way to go when priming? Again, very thankful for all the help.

[rondog]

Press is better, you can put more force on the primer with less effort. You might also want to look into some of the little tools that help to get the carbon out of the pockets. I've got both little tiny wire brushes and some cutter looking things that are just for carbon removal. Carbon can keep them from seating all the way.

[Dryfli]

"You might also want to look into some of the little tools that help to get the carbon out of the pockets. "
Primer pocket uniforming tool from Lyman they carry them at BPS just get the right one for your primer size

[alumitim]

Thanks for all the info.