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.