e-mishka Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Right now im running winchester small pistol primers in my 650 with no problems. Now i have an option to get some CCI small pistol primers on sale. Are there any issues with running CCI small pistorl primers in 650? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop N Fresh Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I've ran at least 15k of them through my 650 last year with only the occasional upside down primer (maybe 1 in 500) only CCI issue I ever had was a large pistol primer lodged itself in a primer tube which the fine folks at dillon quickly replaced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizer67 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I've run ~20K through mine without issue since December. Seat easily and no light strikes in my guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reichebrown Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Off thread topic but I didn't know dillon would replace a tube with a primer stuck in it.. (face palm) oh well live and learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3gunnah Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I have run over 25k through my 650 in the last 5 years with ZERO issues. Also several Thousand SR CCI as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whistlepig Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 There have been some posts on other threads here on BE about some serious quality control problems in some CCI primer runs in the last year, to wit: out of round and squished, but to be fair I did exactly what you are talking about (finding some at a good price) and have had 0 problems. I got 5000 and they all looked good. I have run about 1400 through a 650 with no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basman Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Picked up 10K at a great price. Zero issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-mishka Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 Thanks guys, just wanted to make sure before i buy 10-15k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dillon Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Current production CCI primers are fine. It is a good idea to periodically push a small cloth patch wet with alcohol through the tubes to clean them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalaur Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 It is a good idea to periodically push a small cloth patch wet with alcohol through the tubes to clean them. Q-tips seem to work great for this. Every 10k rounds or so I'll cut q-tips in half, wet one with alcohol, push it through the tube (I use a the plastic primer follower rod), then push a dry one through. Repeat until no more yellow priming compound is showing on the q-tips. I do this with the magazine tube, as well as all the primer tubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 8k last year without any problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retread1911 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Current production CCI primers are fine. It is a good idea to periodically push a small cloth patch wet with alcohol through the tubes to clean them. Great advice. I have never cleaned my primer tubes and likely should. I clean everything else on a regular basis. Perhaps I have been in a cave for a decade but I just found the blue primer fill tube caps. Makes it much easier to fill the primer feed tube in the reloader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes777 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I seem to be the oddball here in that I have had lots of problems with CCI primers. I ordered 10,000 at a great price and have spent a lot of time regretting it. The issue I am running into is that the primers will cycle in the 650 just fine, but they hang up in the primer pockets on a regular basis. Have contacted Dillon and my primer punch is aligned correctly. I have had zero problems with Winchester primers and will gladly go back to using them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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