Ever had this happen while hunting?

Once, but killed him with the next one.

Would have scared me holding that shell

Several this year with Winchester's.

Yep, some Hornady, but it got wet the day before. I had hunted in the rain. Still won't hunt with Hornady though.

I haven't but my brother did once on all 5 shells in his gun while trying to shoot a 10 point!! Turned out that his action was so dirty that the firing pin wasn't hitting hard enough to make it fire....got it broken down and cleaned really good by a gunsmith and its worked fine ever since then

Doesn't look like the firing pin hit that one hard enough. Looks like a shallow primer strike.

Had an in-line ML with a shotgun primer go snap. Cocked the hammer again.....pow.

I just hope it didn't cost you a wall hanger.

I hadn't shot my gun since before season. I was thinking the firing pin may not have hit hard enough.

And yes it was a pretty good one

Sick for you man... I have a buddy that has had this happen several times with hand loads.

I'm curious, what rifle were you using?

i saw a similar post from the other day where a hornady misfired

Remington 700 BDL SS. I've had it for nearly 20 yrs.

Same thing happened 2 me. When the gun went click my brain had a hard time processing what had just happend and the deer got out of there before I could bolt another round. Doe came out about 15 minutes later and gun worked flawlessly. I was using a custom load from a company out west in a Steyer.

Yup, bet u a dollar to a donut it'll shoot if u will run it back thru , mine always will the once every two or three years comes around.

Some types of oil get really thick when it is cold. Thick enough to slow down the firing pin so that it makes a light hit, resulting in a misfire.

After having this happen to me, I have made it a habit to dry fire the rifle before walking in to a stand on cold mornings, just to make sure the firing pin is free to move properly.

No more problems since I started doing this.

^^^^ what he said

My recommendations from a quater century as a Soldier:
1. Treat misfired rounds with extreme caution. They can and sometimes will go off unexpectantly. Get rid of it, preferably in a hole, a creek, etc.
2. DO NOT put a misfired round back in your weapon! Clearly, it's faulty. You don't know how it's going to react when struck a second time, since they aren't designed to be struck twice. Don't compound your problems with an exploding breach.
3. Dissassemble your bolt. Soak it (as in dripping wet, preferably soaking in a small bowl) with solvent overnight (i.e.,Break free, WD-40, powder solvent, etc). Next day, wipe it dry, apply a light coat of gun oil, reassemble and test fire a handful of rounds. If all works well, take the bolt out, wipe it down, reapply a light coat of oil and you're back in business.

Hope this helps!

Looks like a shallow strike to me as well. My Marlin 30-30 started doing it a few years ago. Would always fire the 2nd shot but not on the first. Then it got to the point where it would not fire at all but would leave a dent in the primer. Since my Marlin has 2 piece firing pin I thought it was gunked up in between the pins. I soaked it in solvent overnight and cleaned it real good but it still continued to strike shallow. It turns out I had a weak hammer spring. I replaced the hammer spring and all is well now. Glad to have my gun shooting again. I sure have missed taking it in the woods with me.