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I have several thousand of the "new" Winchester primers and have shot many hundreds of the "new" ones as well. To date, I have had no issues whatsoever!!!

CCI normally.

Have used S&B without issue.

Used Winchester a few times but last time had an issue, no never risk using them again. Something wrong with their system if they allow defects to hit the market. With 50,000psi being generated right next to my face, any component errors are unacceptable.

I have a fairly large supply of CCI primers and use them with great success.....that said.....I've never had a problem associated with bad primers and that goes all the way back to the famous Herter's primers.

I think I have them all. Winchester, Federal, CCI, Remington, Wolf, S&B, RWS, and Magtech are current manufacture that come to mind right now. I have Alcan, Herter's, and a couple other obsolete primers somewhere's too.

I often buy out someone's reloading equipment and usually get a fair number of components to go with. I'll keep the components and sell the rest to offset my investment. I used to get some interesting components but not so much any more. Enough time has gone by that the oldies are gone and what is left is what is currently available.

I was given 35k Winchester primers a few years ago so I use Winchester exclusively. All orange and white box.

You're all set, those are from before the troubles.

Just ordered a brick of Winchesters.

About 1988, I decided that with all of the variables in reloading that have a direct affect on accuracy/velocity, I would choose one primer brand & stay with it. I chose CCI due to reliability & have not deviated since. Fortunately, when there was a primer shortage, CCI was normally easy to find. I have quite a surplus too.

So you made it past the big recall in 2004?



P

Good to know so many have found The Primer Answer.

I like to keep various LR primers on hand partly because of possible "panic shortages" (have seen a few over the years) but also because I've often found one particular brand will work better with some handloads. But testing various primers with handloads has apparently gone out of style....

If you’re asking me, yes I surely did. Did not even cut into my inventory to the halfway mark. I keep, at least, 8000 in my drawer & another 10,000 on the shelf of all the sizes I use. Scored a case of GM 210’s for a ridiculously low price recently.

Apparently so !! .... ???

I’ve been following this thread ALL the way waiting.........
and YOU are the only ONE to mention TESTING primers. wow.

I found out years ago that all primers are not the same.
All don’t have the same heat range and therefore all don’t ignite DIFF types of powders
the same.

Also using the SAME components, EXCEPT primers not only does velocity
vary but ACCURACY as well.

AND all primers don’t HOLD the velocity in COLD weather. humm, doesn’t most
Big game hunting happen in COLD weather ??

I guess things have improved in the primer department ! ??


Jerry

ADDENDUM ! !

Wow.... crickets are LOUD.



Really ?

Jerry

Many of the threads you post in go that way.

I use WLR and CCI 200s. I have some Remington LR primers but for some strange reason I never use them for my own handloads. There is no sane reason for this as I've used Rem 7 1/2 primers in my .222 without a single issue for twenty years. I use them for when I load for other people.

The Following was posted by Pappy in the " R 26 .270/ 160 temp issue " > thread. He said.....




Interesting Ain't It !!


Jerry

Thanks, MD for your posts. My somewhat modest retirement income does tend to cramp my "style" a bit. There's a lot of information available on this forum. Yours I trust to be mostly accurate. You're far more "rifle looney" knowledgable than I. Several others here are usually pretty much right on also.

I began this thread with the question, "I'm wondering what primers you like and why." Reason for the question was I had several misfires with 3 different rifles after recently reloading for them. Not the norm for me and the only component consistent in each rifle was the primes. I no longer shoot 1000+ rounds per year and mostly use my rifles for hunting the brushy Adirondacks. Pinpoint accuracy isn't so much my desire as the rifles going bang is. I'm willing to adapt to whatever minor idiosyncrasies may emerge by various primers if they will fire.

I appreciate the responses.
Thanks
Jim

Weeeeellllll, let's see . . . .



Nope, only a lonely box of Winchester 209's. Far right, next to the small pistol primers. Forgot I even had those.

RJ

i also use Remington,besides Federal ,Winchester ,CCI

Don't use many pistol primers. I use mostly new Winchester Large Rifle primers and with absolutely no problems!

CJ