Thread: Winchester factory ammo, serious issue

Did they ever do anything about the primer issues?

Originally Posted by Gibo

Did they ever do anything about the primer issues?

+1, I would like to know what to do with my Winchester LR 1000 primers I brought before learning about this whole mess.

Throw away $90 worth of primers?
Fire them and risk damaging my eyes and rifle?

Contact the nz importer. They were more than happy to replace my LR primers with another brand a couple of years back. Never had a problem with Win SR or SP primers.

Originally Posted by NZShoota

Contact the nz importer. They were more than happy to replace my LR primers with another brand a couple of years back. Never had a problem with Win SR or SP primers.

It is not just replacing them, it is the damage to the rifle as well.

Originally Posted by stug

It is not just replacing them, it is the damage to the rifle as well.

That, and the fact that there's at least two quality issues that are being ignored. If there are two, I'd bet there are more, and they have said squat. That's two guns ruined, are they going to wait until someone has a face full of metal or worse before they at least issue a recall and check of what they are selling to the public?

Originally Posted by NZShoota

Contact the nz importer. They were more than happy to replace my LR primers with another brand a couple of years back. Never had a problem with Win SR or SP primers.

Who is the NZ importer?

Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

+1, I would like to know what to do with my Winchester LR 1000 primers I brought before learning about this whole mess.

Throw away $90 worth of primers?
Fire them and risk damaging my eyes and rifle?

@MassiveAttack

Donate them to ole P38 ................. I'll safely dispose of them for you one at a time.

Cheers
Pete