IDescribe Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Winchester not quite as soft as Federal, softer than CCI. I have never assessed amount of priming compound. Primers I have not had detonate - - a couple CCI that werent fullt seated and detonated on second strike. Many S&B that werent fully seated but detonated on second strike. Two Federals with fouked compound - - dark brown. And never a Winchester. My preference is Winchester. The only reason I prefer Winchester to Federal is that Federal visibly deform during seating, and it makes me nervous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssanders224 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 4 hours ago, muncie21 said: Wow, interesting factoid. Yep, makes absolute sense now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKJD Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 I use Winchester SPP for my open loads and Fed SPP for minor CO loads. Different colors help identify different loads. Never had a problem with either although I prefer the Winchesters since they are cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novagunner Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 I find Winchesters are slightly out of round sometimes and flip/crush. they go bang well enough. I use them when i cant get federals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieDoc Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Stopped using Winchester primers (and everything else) after the LR primer fiasco of a few years back. Now use mostly Federal, never had an issue with those and I use well over 50K a year as the family designated reloader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klee Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 I switched to Win SRP when Fed SRP wasn't available. No issues with Win at all, not only on my open gun but every other gun that uses small primers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo86cj Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 I'm pretty sure the red is just a sealer and is colored to designate pistol primers. Winchester rifle primers have a green sealer. WSP's is all I use. Never had a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac_Menamy Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Honestly, never paid attention to what's inside the cup. have used Winchester since the beginning and haven't had any issues since iv been using them. Any issues have been caused because of my own accord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee loo Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 On 11/18/2018 at 10:55 PM, jlo86cj said: I'm pretty sure the red is just a sealer and is colored to designate pistol primers. Winchester rifle primers have a green sealer. WSP's is all I use. Never had a problem. I agree with you about it being a sealer and I have noticed the Winchester red sealant is sometimes uneven on individual primers. Maybe 20+ years ago I remember an article from American Handgunner, it was a debate article between Mike Dillon and Richard Lee. Part of the discussion was on why Lee only recommended CCI and Winchester primers and not Federal in there primer system without an additional blast shield. Lee and CCI have sealants that help to prevent a daisy chain explosion, so the plastic tray alone was okay. I've had a friend have a daisy chain explosion with Federal, thankfully it was in a Dillon where the explosion went straightup. I use all three and save the Federals for matches (Glock shooter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjaboot Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Ill pick them over Federals. I don't have a finicky gun so I can use anything. I tried federals once and I did crush a few loading them but that was on a LnL. Im loading on a Dillon now so that might not be a issue. Ive loaded primarily Winchester since then and haven't had any issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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