Thread: Winchester factory ammo, serious issue

Originally Posted by Tommy

Now, I've got 900 small rifle primers of theirs that I'm starting to look at sideways.. Only $50 worth, should probably just $1 reserve them with a 'buyer beware' or hand them in for destruction rather than worry about potentially blowing up my $2k gun and maybe blinding myself. It's a major issue and I'm steering well clear in the meantime

@Tommy

Why risk your ruining your expensive rifle with these substandard primers?

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

I've had exactly the same thing happen to me in my Winchester 94 44mag.

I noticed two ejected cases had burnt through the side walls almost the entire length of the case when I ejected them from the firearm

I immediately emptied the remaining rounds from the magazine and found one projectile had been pushed almost all the way back into the case.

This round had a visible split the length of the case

Upon inspection of the remaining 20 odd loaded cases in the packet of 50 I found three more with visible cracks down the length of the case.

These were new PMC rounds purchased from a local sports store.

on the advise of the store owner I wrote to the NZ distributor and sent them a couple of the rounds as evidence and asked how this could happen.

I'm currently waiting for their reply, however I'm not holding my breath as this occurred in 1984.

Cheers
Pete