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Re: Winchester small pistol primers....

Post by BigAl52 » Thu May 14, 2020 10:42 pm

Still use CCI primers and I have some down at the reloading bench. Just dont use them in the Dillon
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Re: Winchester small pistol primers....

Post by clovishound » Fri May 15, 2020 1:42 am

When I first started reloading, my buddy and I had problems with Winchester primers not going off. Tried being very careful about seating, which didn't help. Switched to CCI and problems went away. Later that year when .22 was hard to get I got a couple boxes of Winchester .22lr. Had nothing but trouble with them. I avoid WInchester ammo and primers whenever possible now.
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Re: Winchester small pistol primers....

Post by CT_Shooter » Fri May 15, 2020 1:08 pm

I've been reloading for about six years and have only used Winchester primers, since they were used to generate the load data in my Hornady manual.

The only time I had any that did not fire was once, as a novice reloader, when I seated them as deep as they would go with my hand priming tool. Foolishly, I thought if the tool can push them that deep, it must be OK. Of course, that was wrong. They were too deep for the firing pin. Never made the same mistake again. And, that was the only time I ever needed to use my impact bullet puller. ;)
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Re: Winchester small pistol primers....

Post by Grunt67 » Fri May 15, 2020 8:42 pm

The only issue I have ever had with any round, factory or home grown, was a Winchester 30-06. It would not fire after repeated attempts. This was shooting at paper. Had it been a nice buck,
I would not have been happy.
Haven't had any use for Winchester after that.
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