darthdively Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 i am using a gold custom for uspsa and my gun reliably sets off S&b primers(finally). i see that the general rankings for ease of set off is: 1. federal2.winchester3. s&b4. cci i see some posts say that the fiocchi is between the winchester and s&b. closer to winchester. have any of you found this to be true? i'm using factory hammer spring(16 lbs), PD firing pin + PD spring. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emjei Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Yes.....when I was living in PR I was using Fiocci and they are softer than CCI Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazhi Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Fed CCI & WIN SB I was under the impression WIN is softer than CCI until I ran 5k CCI with 0 issues. During that time I had 2 no-bang WIN, not even my gun issue because factory glocks and hammer could not set those off either I am now a firm CCI believer. I run Xtreme light hammer spring (13.8lbs). Had numerous DA light strikes with SB. SB is definitely harder than CCI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbu Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 17 minutes ago, Dazhi said: Fed CCI & WIN SB I was under the impression WIN is softer than CCI until I ran 5k CCI with 0 issues. During that time I had 2 no-bang WIN, not even my gun issue because factory glocks and hammer could not set those off either I am now a firm CCI believer. I run Xtreme light hammer spring (13.8lbs). Had numerous DA light strikes with SB. SB is definitely harder than CCI. My results were SB easier to fire than Cci. I think mostly because its hard to get the cci to seat uniformly deep. But newer SB primers do seem harder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FALAR Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 I love topics like this. I've seen the rankings too: 1. Federal 2. Winchester 3. Remington 4. CCI But also always wonder where S&B, IMI, Fiocchi, and even M882 primers fall. Depending on who you talk to these primers are all harder than CCI or somewhere in the middle of the pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Don't forget Tula primers, some of us still have a lot of them. I use SRMP for 9mm, .45 ACP and .223 but I only shoot the pistol rounds in 1911 guns. Have never had one not go off. Not sure where they place on the hardness scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike62 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 I bought 12K Fiocchi's a wile back when I could not find anything else. They are softer than cci and seem to be inline with Winchester. I had no problem lighting them off in my tanfo with a 14lb hammer spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Federal Fiocchi Winchester Nothing else....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthdively Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share Posted February 27, 2019 thank you all for your input! i'll get some fiocchi soon ans try them outSent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99mpower Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 CCI are definitely hardest.. cant find the article now, but someone scientifically measured amount of lbs required to light off each primer Federal Wins S&B CCI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngodwetrust21 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) On 2/26/2019 at 5:50 PM, zombywoof said: Federal Fiocchi Winchester Nothing else....... This is the correct answer. I would add a few more though keeping with the same order: Federal Fiocchi Winchester S&B CCI Edited March 18, 2019 by ngodwetrust21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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