Thread: Bad Primers?

Originally Posted by ElDax

No the primer was still seated firmly, I popped it out with a universal decapping die when I got home. I did ask him if they were old as I have some Winchester primers that are the silver ones that came with all my reloading gear. He said they were newer than those but didn't specify exactly how new. He did say he would only reload once every few years so it's entirely possible.

All good. He needs to change primers particular if he is not exactly sure of their vintage. I stopped using Winchester years ago. Not because of gas leaking (I dodged that) but because I perceived my ES opened up and groups were not as good as with the old silver primers. That was in my Omark target rifle.

I am sure though there are many happy users of later batches of Winchester these days.

Im a happy user. Ive done some tests with them over the years and i still prefer them as a good general all round primer. in terms of the flame there was no difference between the old silver ones and the new bronze ones. There was a crook batch of Win LR primers about 10 years ago which were gas cutting one of my omark bolt faces. I still have a box somewhere. Primers are very much a personal thing and if you find a good brand stick with them.
I've also had no issues with the Muron russian primers and found the flash on these to be similar to winchester