Crimped primers in Win NT 45?

[damndirtyape]

I was being a brass rat at the local pistol range and picked up a bunch of Winchester NT 45 ACP brass, the ones with the small primers. I like these because I don't have to change primer assemblies on my press when switching from 9mm or 223.

Most were completely normal, but a few had crimped primers, which I haven't seen on this brass before. I ended up crushing about 12 cents worth of primers in these cases, that's a jacketed .45 bullet down the tubes! If these become more common, I might have to spend time swaging or chamfering pistol primer pockets, something very annoying in high volume world of pistol reloading.

Has anyone else seen these? Is this the way WinNT brass is going to be from now on, or did only a couple lots get their primers crimped?

 

[RePete]

Some are crimped but some aren't.

Treat them all as crimped and ream or swage.

My 1050 has a swageing stage.

 

[757Fixer]

I recently chucked out around a 100 .40 Federal NT cases that had crimped primers.

 

[WithoutWarning]

I was loading a pile of this brass last nite,
and noticed I had to 'tweek' the loading plate
on my press ever so slightly for a smooth primer
insertion. Not a big deal but you have to be aware of it.
I had some federal NT small primer brass also and it
was horrible. Didn't want to spend the time on'em,
I chunk'd the few that there were.