Small pistol primers
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Used thousands, sold thousands, everything went bang, and no one ever complained. As with many foreign primers (S&B, Dominion, Ginex, Fiocchi etc.) seating them takes a little more oomph; they don't slide right in like Federals. In fact, hardly any primers slide right in these days.
Same $hitty S&B case (I hate S&B brass, but I will use them for .38 +P) and you can see how the Ginex primer on top fills out the pocket ever so slightly more.
Same $hitty S&B case (I hate S&B brass, but I will use them for .38 +P) and you can see how the Ginex primer on top fills out the pocket ever so slightly more.
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I have loaded thousands of them in 9mm luger (Titegroup and BlueDot with Campro 115gr bullets). My 9mm pistol and PCC like them just fine. I believe I have only had one fail to go off.
In two of my 38 Special revolvers (S&W K-Frames) I get at least 1-2 not go "bang" per 12 rounds. I loaded up close to 700 of them previously for PPC League (Alliant Bullseye with lead 158gr SWC) and I have been disappointed. Once this batch is done I will only use other brands (Remington, Federal, Winchester) for my revolver.
I have not tried them in small pistol primer 45acp or small pistol primer 10mm.
YMMV
In two of my 38 Special revolvers (S&W K-Frames) I get at least 1-2 not go "bang" per 12 rounds. I loaded up close to 700 of them previously for PPC League (Alliant Bullseye with lead 158gr SWC) and I have been disappointed. Once this batch is done I will only use other brands (Remington, Federal, Winchester) for my revolver.
I have not tried them in small pistol primer 45acp or small pistol primer 10mm.
YMMV
Have you lightened the trigger on that revolver? My revolver will only ignite Federal. I use those +P in my new lever (5.4gr Unique under 158gr coated lead). It will also ignite that load when I use SRP. None of that works in my revolver.
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Pard shooting .38 Spl and .357 had a number of squibs in cold weather.
Charges were middle of the road min/max using Titegroup as well as CFE Pistol.
Lots of unburned powder in action after the squibs.
We'll try them again in warm weather.
Charges were middle of the road min/max using Titegroup as well as CFE Pistol.
Lots of unburned powder in action after the squibs.
We'll try them again in warm weather.
I personally have done nothing to these revolvers with respect to the trigger. Never had a problem in the past, but previously I used mainly Remington 1-1/2 primers or Federal SPP, depending what was on sale at my local store. During the zombie apocalypse I switched to the Ginex/Campro as that was all I could find. I have not done any "scientific" tests, just doing lots of reloading and shooting (Bullseye League, PPC league, Action Pistol, 2-Gun, 3-Gun, Steel shoots, etc). All fun!
I have loaded about 20k+ of them. I find in 9mm anything that had a crimp or s&b need to have the crimp cut out or chamfered slightly to make them seat easier. Running them on a xl650 as fast as I can pull the handle will crush a few here and there if I don’t give the case a slight chamfer. They are also harder to seat in a case. I have had one fail to fire but found it wasn’t in the case far enough. Once I pushed it in more round went bang.
Buy and use with confidence.
Buy and use with confidence.
They've been working fine for me, when I seat them all the way to depth lol. Like others have said, they go in a little stiff, so you just need to make sure you seat them all the way. High primers usually mean light strikes. A DA gun can just hit them again and usually set them off, but ideally they go bang the first time.
