ogiebb Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Was able to buy a few boxes of Ginex Primers i received some in a Brown box and another in a white box labeled "Ginex Campro" anybody know the difference aside from the packaging?.. loaded up a few and shot great on my old Open Gun but had some light strikes on my new gun. both sporting a 17lbs ISMI mainspring, firing pin springf and same M2i ext firing pin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaterHead Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 I had similar light strikes with ginex in an svi with much the same configuration as you describe. Slightly high primers may have been part of the issue, but replacing the 17 lb mainspring, with 10k rounds on it, made all the difference. Maybe they are just a little tougher than the winchesters I have always used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogiebb Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 25 minutes ago, TaterHead said: I had similar light strikes with ginex in an svi with much the same configuration as you describe. Slightly high primers may have been part of the issue, but replacing the 17 lb mainspring, with 10k rounds on it, made all the difference. Maybe they are just a little tougher than the winchesters I have always used. Thanks, i loaded up a few hundred and adjusted the primer depth and buried it more. i will still use the 17lb hammer spring if it still gives me some light hits i will play around with a 19lb MS.. was yours the brown box or white box Campro Ginex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HesedTech Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 20 minutes ago, ogiebb said: loaded up a few hundred and adjusted the primer depth and buried it more Can't speak to the spring rate, however I've been using Ginex with great success in Shadow 2. Basically they must be seated as deep as possible, with some even "pre-flattened." I've loaded close to 25K of them so far. Most have been brass some have been nickel plated. The brass ones seem slightly softer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaterHead Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 I just put in a new 17 lb spring, not a 19. Primers where individual 100 packs, 50 in a brown case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogiebb Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 17 minutes ago, HesedTech said: Can't speak to the spring rate, however I've been using Ginex with great success in Shadow 2. Basically they must be seated as deep as possible, with some even "pre-flattened." I've loaded close to 25K of them so far. Most have been brass some have been nickel plated. The brass ones seem slightly softer. Thanks yes the nickle or silver primers were the ones i had light strikes on... i will open up a Campro box i believe those are the brass colored primers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 ...hunt brown box Ginex. got it. and thanks miranda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONY BARONE Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 4 hours ago, ogiebb said: Was able to buy a few boxes of Ginex Primers i received some in a Brown box and another in a white box labeled "Ginex Campro" anybody know the difference aside from the packaging?.. loaded up a few and shot great on my old Open Gun but had some light strikes on my new gun. both sporting a 17lbs ISMI mainspring, firing pin springf and same M2i ext firing pin. Try a 15# Wolff main spring it is heavier than a 17# ISMI and will last a long time. Your hammer strut has to be long enough also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogiebb Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 1 hour ago, TONY BARONE said: Try a 15# Wolff main spring it is heavier than a 17# ISMI and will last a long time. Your hammer strut has to be long enough also. Thanks Tony!!! Say hi to the gang in Rio for me.. its been a while my Friend hoping all is good with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rifleman777 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Just curious, what did they go for per thousand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogiebb Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 I bought them $275 plus hazmat,tax and shipping. For 5k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clw42 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 On 2/18/2023 at 9:19 PM, ogiebb said: I bought them $275 plus hazmat,tax and shipping. For 5k Where did you score that deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4n2t0 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 (edited) The CamPro's are Ginex primers originally imported into Canada. Your mainspring and proper seating of the primers are the likely culprits. These primers are a little oversized and make that wonderful crunching noise when I seat them. I push hard on my 650 to seat them really well. My modified 66 is the only gun that will not set these primers off (Federal only). P.S. $39 CAD ($29 USD) per 1K many years ago. I still have billions of primers, lol. Since they're not milk I just kept buying when they were cheap no matter the brand. Edited March 4, 2023 by 4n2t0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clw42 Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 I just received some and compared them to CCI. There was a few thou variance between both brands, but overall very close. These are SRP's that I use for open. Ginex is brass CCI is nickel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4n2t0 Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 (edited) The problem is usually in the diameter, at least in the SPP. I don't load rifle so I wouldn't know anything about rifle primers. Edited March 6, 2023 by 4n2t0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogiebb Posted March 6, 2023 Author Share Posted March 6, 2023 Adjusted the Dillon Rl1050 to seat the Primer deeper so far its been really nice and have been liking the Silver Ginex Primers. they go Bang all the time now and is very smooth on the RF100 Primer filler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clw42 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 On 3/5/2023 at 8:49 PM, 4n2t0 said: The problem is usually in the diameter, at least in the SPP. I don't load rifle so I wouldn't know anything about rifle primers. Looks like they've made some adjustments. CCI on top, Ginex on bottom: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4n2t0 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Good to know, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clw42 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 6 hours ago, 4n2t0 said: Good to know, thanks. No worries. I was a little nervous buying them after reading all sorts of forum threads and opinions online saying they wouldn't seat properly. I finally came across a relatively recent one that mentioned Ginex changing their dimensions to match up better with CCI, so I measured to confirm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakerjd Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Haha I LOVE Ginex SPP. Both the brass colored ones and the silver colored ones. I got about 20k I've used over the last year. All in either a CZC A01LD or a tanfo stock 2. CZ has a 13.5# hammer spring and tanfo has a 15.5# spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyScuba Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 I had one primer not go off, at a match!!! So I’ll be using the remainder for practice and I got CCI for matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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