CCI primers - your experience UPDTATE post 34

Ya I had researched primers pretty well before jumping in to reloading and CCI were at the top. Stripped the pistol down and the firing pin looks good and drops through the channel beautifully so I'll have to be more careful on the priming the brass. I thought everything looked great and flush. Rounds dropped into the chamber nicely, maybe I'll make the OAL just a little more, I had everything set for 1.127 inches. Maybe if I go a little longer the firing pin will make better contact with the primer. I appreciate all the info so far.
 
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I have used thousands of CCI primers and would never use any other primer. Period. I would have to say that there must be an issue with seating or the glock needs cleaning to ensure that the firing pin is not sticking when fired. I had an issue with my Browning not firing occassionaly, but found that there was an issue with the firing pin. Fixed firing pin no more problems. JM2cents worth.
 
Nosler06 said:
I have used thousands of CCI primers and would never use any other primer. Period. I would have to say that there must be an issue with seating or the glock needs cleaning to ensure that the firing pin is not sticking when fired. I had an issue with my Browning not firing occassionaly, but found that there was an issue with the firing pin. Fixed firing pin no more problems. JM2cents worth.
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1 cents, 2 cents, 10 cents... I'll take it all.. Thanks.
 
Outcast said:
Ya I had researched primers pretty well before jumping in to reloading and CCI were at the top. Stripped the pistol down and the firing pin looks good and drops through the channel beautifully so I'll have to be more careful on the priming the brass. I thought everything looked great and flush. Rounds dropped into the chamber nicely, maybe I'll make the OAL just a little more, I had everything set for 1.127 inches. Maybe if I go a little longer the firing pin will make better contact with the primer. I appreciate all the info so far.
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First and only time I had a FTFire was about three months ago with a Federal small primer on 9mm reload. That's after 21 yrs reloading and tens of Ks reloaded. I use CCI Winchester and Federal and at this time have no preferred brand. Right now, my revolvers do not have reduced power mainsprings and my semis are generally box stock as well.

I don't really know why the FTF but I may have not seated the primer deep enough. Primers need to be seated a couple thousandths of an inch below the head. Primers that are seated flush with the head will usually fire too, but if your look at factory new ammo, primers are seated deeped than flush. I never measured primer depth previous to my FTF but am now more aware of it.
 
95% of my handload in the last 15 year were using CCI primers. I only had one FTF. I discarded the round and didn't examine if that was the primer or I didn't put powder in. That was my one and only dud in over 10,000 rounds.
 
i quit reading when i saw the word glock- certain models are notorious for light stikes and ftfs- esp the early ones- or at least that's what the stateside boards say- i personally don't have/wont have
 
The Glock issue is not the fault of the gun. To the OP I would venture to guess that the original owner took it upon himself to change the connector and springs. Worst thing to do unless you know the magic combination. While getting the light trigger you also risk the light strike scenario and increase the probablility of FTF's as well as AD's in the hands of an inexperienced shooter.
Hope u solve it but I can assure you the problem does not lie with the primers.
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daBear said:
The Glock issue is not the fault of the gun. To the OP I would venture to guess that the original owner took it upon himself to change the connector and springs. Worst thing to do unless you know the magic combination. While getting the light trigger you also risk the light strike scenario and increase the probablility of FTF's as well as AD's in the hands of an inexperienced shooter.
Hope u solve it but I can assure you the problem does not lie with the primers.
dB
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95% of the time this is it, in any gun.

After reading the primer article it left me scratching my head. The PPC shooters out here most always use Fed sp primers for there ammo. They have lightened there triggers to as low as 2lbs - 4lbs and shoot 400-500fps loads so muzzle flip is practically nil. CCI primers are no good here and in the field the fed's do work, so there must be something to the CCI being harder...no?

This is just my real life observation, CCI won't work, sub Fed 100 and they are good to go.
 
Update... Swapped out all the springs, from the trigger to the firing pin and I could feel and hear the difference before I shot the pistol. Went to the range and everything functioned like it should. Definitely not the primers or general reloads. Thanks everyone for their input , much appreciated. Can't wait for the first match.
 
Not to cut down CCI at all, as I usually only buy them first over Win or Fed.

We had lots of problems with a batch of them at one of my clubs lately (they sell reloads). All the same... putting a light strike on different makes and models and calibers (small primer) of guns that were known to fire almost everything before. I guess there was a bad lot that got shipped out which is strange for CCI to do.

They switched to Federal and the problem magically disappeared. I bought a bunch of boxes of CCI's from that batch and so far all my reloads have gone off... touch wood. Even my NT brass with my 1911 which has lighter springs.

Even with this problem, as it seems to be a temporary thing, I'll still keep trying to buy CCI first.
 
Had no bad lots with Winchester. CCI primers not bad except the last batch I got had a 30% misfire rate about a month ago. I do not use bullet lube on this cases. The gun used is a revolver and about a year old.
 
Any of the "Big Three" of primers - Winchester, CCI, or Federal, have worked just fine for my purposes. You should not have to resort to Federal primers to get reliable ignition unless you have a double action revolver with the sort of action work typically found on PPC guns. I prefer to avoid this sort of thing, as I would rather be able to use whatever is available, rather than being tied to one brand of primer.

One thing that should be noted with Glocks is that the striker channel should be kept dry in order to prevent light strikes.
 
I've had no CCI FTFs in my 9mm but had quite a few in a 357mag.
This is consistent with the "primer hardness"/weak spring issue discussed in this thread.
 
I load CCI 200's and 250's in all my guns, never once had a FTF, I took one tray out of a brick to load for a buddies .338 M77 He's had 4 or 5 now. It's just got to be the gun?
 
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