Picked up a brick of these, are they full magnum primers like CCl 250's or the Federal 215?
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Until the primer shortages of a a few years ago made any primer desirable, all I used were Winchester LR and SR primers. I never noticed any velocity differences, pierced primers or a higher failure rate with Winchester primers. I always felt that they were more reliable than the others.
Reloaders have to be careful that they do not let individuals lots of primers, powder or bullets colour their judgment. Just because a bad component lot may have been released and recalled, it doesn't mean that a product should be rejected for all time. Winchester primers flat out work.
The problem was, AFIK they weren’t recalled, they responded to complaints as they occurred, and pretty well I think, but I asked a couple of dealers and neither had any idea that there was a problem, and there
was a problem, no doubt. Once the range of bad lots were identified, they should have issued a recall of those lots and let the customer decide if they wanted to return them, or just take their chances.
A few months back I ran into more problem reports about WW primers, same as before. Didn’t chase down the details because I had moved on to others; it just confirmed my notions that Winchester the ammunition company had fallen off its formerly lofty perch. My most recent experience with their .22 LR ammo was also disappointing, and there are too many good choices to suffer crap, especially expensive crap.