Welcome Bob - see you just signed up
If you haven;t already done so - take a browse thru my FAQ site - plus button links to tests stuff. I have gone thru most types of ammo we discuss - tho yet a few sundry ones to try one day.
Assuming Rem uses Rem primers then I reckon a hardness factor could apply. Fed primers have always been my choice for reloading as they are the softest - CCI's by contrast were always the hardest. I would not expect the pup's pin strike to be particularly weak at all - but if a primer is harder and maybe even seated a thou or two deeper - could be a prob - of course one good thing with a DAO gun - just pull trigger again and usually that would fire the round.
Primer indents after firing give little useful info really, other than for over-pressure signs. At moment of ignition and powder burn - the firing pin is still intertially ''present'' for an instant - so as case begins to try to move to rear against bolt face - it slams the primer against the pin, reseating it too because primer wants to come out under high pressure stage - thus often increasing the perceived indent.
Only way to really check out pin energy and strike deformation on a primer is to load a case with just a primer - if resized so it'll chamber then fire it - upset back onto pin will be small and actual indent will give some idea of impact energy.
I don't recall any Golden Saber misfires in my tests.
