Thread: Winchester primers

I brought some of the above from the local gun shop. I loaded them and half of them work and half didn't. i tried the ones that didn't work in 3 different rifles. When I took the ones that didn't work back to the shop he told me that it was how I loaded them. Is this possible or is it the primers fault. I did nothing different when loading these ones to all the other ones that I have loaded. Any ideas? Thanks.

The only miss fires Iv EVER had was in a rossie single shot with issues, If you have never had this problem before i would be pointing finger at the primers.

Or they were contaminated somehow?

Originally Posted by R93

Or they were contaminated somehow?

Iv got some garage sale ammo I pulled and soaked under water for a month,not one has failed to fire yet.

The ones that didn't work were used in 3 different rifles.

Are the seated deep enough? Or even to deep?

Originally Posted by L.R

Are the seated deep enough? Or even to deep?

Too deep?

Hasn't there been a few "issues" lately with Win primers, thin & bursting etc ?

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

Hasn't there been a few "issues" lately with Win primers, thin & bursting etc ?

Yes I had problems with a batch of Winchester large rifle primers. Thought I was reloading to hot, bursting etc. Turned out I wasn't the only one having problems. I use Federal now...

Originally Posted by Nzgunner

Yes I had problems with a batch of Winchester large rifle primers. Thought I was reloading to hot, bursting etc. Turned out I wasn't the only one having problems.

Me too. Contacted the importer and it was the first they had heard of it. They wanted to know the batch number and any fired and unfired ones I had so that they could go back to Winchester to sort the problem. Replaced them with no problems what so ever. Great to have an importer that wants to help sort out any issues promptly.

there is a good dent in them

I find Winchester primers do tend to seat a bit deeper than Federal, probably because they are a little smaller in diameter and are easier to seat right home in the pocket.
I have had bad primers before that would not fire but they were Federal, so could be primer or could be seating.

The only primer manufacturer I have consistently heard of having problems are Winchester. I have not used them and I doubt I ever will.

Firing pin protrusion is limited, so if you pin protrusion is on the short side you can end up with light primer strikes if the primer seats deep. Some brass/primer combs will have the primer sitting well inside the case head.

ive always used cci but they had run out so gave me them and im having a lot of trouble with them