Dominion Primers (large rifle)
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I had a similar issue with two of my Remington Model 7 in 7-08 rifles witch has been heavily tuned. Very light trigger and a weakened firing pin spring. It wouldn't ignite any of the Dominion primers. The same thing happened with a Model 7 in 223rem. The 223 was stock.
This concerned me a lot so I tried all of the cartridges that failed to fire in other rifles. The 223 in a Tikka T3 ignited every primer. The Win Mod 70 in 7-08 also ignited every failed primer.
To say those primers are hard is an understatement. I only use them in milsurp rifles now and would never trust them in a hunting rifle. Especially on a hunt
I had a nice buck in the scope and just hearing the click made me pissed right off.
The primer was dented pretty deep but no ignition of the powder.
I was thinking that they had to be really hard. I reloaded some ammo using Federal primers and with the same rifle didn't have any problem. I wont be using those primers for hunting anymore.
The primer was dented pretty deep but no ignition of the powder.
I was thinking that they had to be really hard. I reloaded some ammo using Federal primers and with the same rifle didn't have any problem. I wont be using those primers for hunting anymore.
I've used an awful lot of Dominion primers in handguns and have not had a single one fail to ignite, even in a light action PPC revolver. Maybe the rifle primers are harder but the handgun primers seem to be very reliable.
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Been using Dominion small rifle primers without any problems.
They work fine for me in all of the Boxer types. The only issues I have had are as follows:
1. I had to polish the primer tube on my Dillon 550 to feed the large rifle primers.
2. Prvi Partizan 7.5x55 Swiss brass required primer pocket reaming to accept the primers, but this is not unusual.
I fully intend to buy more as my supply gets used up.
The same primers are sold under the Wolf brand in the States and seem to be well-regarded there.
1. I had to polish the primer tube on my Dillon 550 to feed the large rifle primers.
2. Prvi Partizan 7.5x55 Swiss brass required primer pocket reaming to accept the primers, but this is not unusual.
I fully intend to buy more as my supply gets used up.
The same primers are sold under the Wolf brand in the States and seem to be well-regarded there.
The Swiss gp11 brass uses a different size primer. I believe it's 0.215 and the Dominion primers are 0.217. They will fit, but with some work. The primers are meant for 7.62x39mm if I remember correctly. Henry from budget shooter has 7.62x51mm berdan primers.
I have somewhat similar experiences with Dominion SPP.
I had a couple out of 400 fired that didn't go off after 5 tries. Average failure rate for first strike is about 5%. Some of it may be contributed by primer seating. They are harder to seat. And if 'over seated' they don't go off either with 40% failure rate.
This is just mine and a buddy's experience.
I got 10K of them and will use them for practice only.
I had a couple out of 400 fired that didn't go off after 5 tries. Average failure rate for first strike is about 5%. Some of it may be contributed by primer seating. They are harder to seat. And if 'over seated' they don't go off either with 40% failure rate.
This is just mine and a buddy's experience.
I got 10K of them and will use them for practice only.
What brass were you using?
