RangerTrace Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I used CCI small pistol primers for the last 6000 rounds I loaded on my 650. Today, I loaded my first (in a long time) 500 rounds with Remington small pistol primers. About 90% of them felt like I didn't have any primers left! The first 20 rounds or so, I kept checking to make sure it was feeding primers Is it normal to "feel" the difference in brands of primers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul-the new guy Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 yes, some are way softer than others. Federal primers seat like butter for me and Winchester is a little harder CCI is the hardest for me, I feel like it takes 1/2 again as much effort to seat a CCI -vs- a Federal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruStreet Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 yes, some are way softer than others. Federal primers seat like butter for me and Winchester is a little harder CCI is the hardest for me, I feel like it takes 1/2 again as much effort to seat a CCI -vs- a Federal You can also feel it when you change head stamps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artsville Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 CCI and Remington seem to fit like butter. It is simple and really no pressure needed to seat the primer all the way. My press seems to hate the winchester...they work but more force for sure. i load mostly 40 and 45..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intel6 Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 CCI is commonly known to have a larger diameter than most others so they fit tighter. I discovered this 20 years ago when I was hand priming everything with a lee hand primer. I was using win primers and switched to CCI and killed my thumb becuase they were soo much harder to seat in the primer pocket. I now use this "feature" as a benifit. I have a large batch of 10mm brass that i use for general lead shooting loads. The primer pockets finally started to get loose on them so I now use the CCI LP primers and they let me continue to get some more life out of them. I also did this with a batch of nickled .45 ACP that I shoot out of my .45 ACP carbine. Neal in AZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artsville Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 CCI is commonly known to have a larger diameter than most others so they fit tighter. Really have not noticed that at all....i load mostly 40 and 45....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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