Nimitz Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 I was wondering if anyone has had any real-world experince with the Glockworx skeletonized striker and hard primers? Their marketing claims that this striker has better realiability with hard primers which would seem to indicate that I could could now get away with using CCI &/or Winchester primers and not have to stay with Federals only. I'm getting ready to make a large primer purchase and this would be nice since Feds are $26/1000 & the others are $20/1000 which adds up at 25,000+ rds/year. thx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthshine402 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 I just put that in my G34. So far, about 500 rounds of CCI with it, no problems. I now have a bunch of magtech primers to use. Previously, I hand-seated about 5k CCI with the factory striker and lightened striker spring. No light strikes. I went with a Dillon 650 (huge improvement), and had 2 CCI light strikes out of about 2k with this setup, but I chalk it up to me not seating the primers fully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 Great, thx. Is there any real difference between say the CCIs, Winchester and Tula? The reason I ask is that Tulsa are $20/1000 and the others are $26/1000 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 I meant Tula ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthshine402 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 I've heard that CCI's are hard. Some other shooters I've talked to like winchester, others with tuned revolvers and 1911's like federals because they are so soft. If you are using the stock striker spring in the glock with the stock striker, the CCI's should be fine. I came across a thread somewhere that mentioned if you use a lightened striker spring, a lightened striker will handle hard primers no problem. I don't know anything about tula or wolf, but for some reason prefer to stay away from those. I recently picked up 20k magtech from a site which no longer carries them, for $20 per thousand. I saw the deal and had to go with it. It was a bit of a risk b/c I had no experience and there is little online about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elchancery Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 I have had alot if problems with a titanium striker and Tula primers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizer67 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the hardest primer cup, silver colored Tula/Wolf are a 10. I'd rank CCI at a 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted May 30, 2012 Author Share Posted May 30, 2012 hmmmm ... sounds like I should probably stay away from Tula ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjts Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 I havn't had any problems with the Skeletonized Glockworx strikers and Wolf/Tula primers. I've also used Magtech and CCI primers without any problems. I have broken 2 pf the skeletonized strikers, probably from dry firing. Glockworx's customer service was great; replaced both within 48 hours. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 I can't get Mag-techs to light off with stock Glock parts. I expect ~3 misfires per local match when I shoot them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braxton1 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 (edited) I can't get Mag-techs to light off with stock Glock parts. I expect ~3 misfires per local match when I shoot them. Stock? As in full-weight Firing Pin Spring combined with a standard Firing Pin? If so, those Mag-Techs must be ridiculously hard! I ask because most of the issues that I've seen leading to these complaints are with a trimmed spring and stock FP. There's not enough spring pressure to accelerate the heavy Firing Pin fast enough to ensure reliable ignition. With "energy" being a very velocity-weighted formula compared to mass, a trimmed spring has a greater detrimental effect on a heavy pin than a very light one. Edited May 30, 2012 by Braxton1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig N Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 I get about 1 light strike out of a box of 50 with Tula. The only reason I use it is it's cheap and my G34 shoots it better than anything else I have tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted May 30, 2012 Author Share Posted May 30, 2012 Not sure it's worth it to save.6 cents per rd ... (2 cents vice 2.6 cents each) so I'll probably just stick with the federals ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizer67 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 (edited) hmmmm ... sounds like I should probably stay away from Tula ... If you were a little closer, I'd give you the ~3K or so I have left to try out, from back when I couldn't get anything else (Wolf SP). Edited May 30, 2012 by mizer67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted May 30, 2012 Author Share Posted May 30, 2012 Yeah, shipping them would be a problem... Thx for the offer though ... I'm about to put in a large order with Powder Valley with a few friends (25,000 primers and 35 lbs of powder) so maybe I'll just spend another 20 bucks to try them ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankge Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Just went throught this. Have the Glockworx/ZEV-4 Stainless skeletonized striker with the extended tip. All factory ammo completely reliable. All my reloads primed with CCI, Winchester, Federal, and Tula all run 100% unless I made a seating mistake. I DID use the Tula SP Magnum primers and those are iffy. Its more the seating the primer correctly. That said I use them for practice ammo and they run good enough with a light striker every 30-50. BTW, running a 4lb striker spring too. Now I run Federal primers mostly and I have no worries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted June 1, 2012 Author Share Posted June 1, 2012 thx for the info! Since Tula are $20/1000 vice Federals at $26/1000 why the switch? Do you have a cheap source for Federals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpd Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I use a glockworx skeletonized striker and lightened striker spring in my Gen4 G34 and almost exclusively use CCI primers with very very few problems. In over 5000 rounds about 3 light strikes and I'm not sure they weren't poorly seated primers. I've recently started to use Winchester primers as well and those have been reliable so far. I used the same setup in my G17 prior and can't remember any light strikes. Initially I tried the lightened spring only and the reason I bought the striker was to eliminate light strikes, it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted June 2, 2012 Author Share Posted June 2, 2012 My real interest is in undestanding if Tulas will be reiable as they are cheaper than then rest ... CCI, Winchester, Federal, etc all are $26/1000 so no reason to switch to them vice Federals but Tulas are only $20/1000 ... at 25,000+ rds/yr it adds up ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamikaze1a Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 (edited) I run the lightened striker and cut 1 1/2 coils off the standard spring and never had problems with all the pistol primers I have tried. Tried WW, CCI, Tula, Wolf but not Magtech. All small rifle primers light too until I bought a bunch of Tula 556 primers. 20% did not light in the Glock and half of those did not light with 2nd or 3rd strike. My SV did not like the Tula 223SR either. Those 556 primers are said to be harder than normal Tula/Wolf sr primers to prevent slam firing of the AR inertia firing pin... I would buy Tula SR or SP for Glock loads again but not the Wolf 556 SR. Edited June 3, 2012 by kamikaze1a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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