wrong primer size on factory brass?

riverratt · February 25, 2014, 06:00 PM

I buy once fired brass from a friend of mine for my .45 acp. The other day i got 500 brass from him. After cleaning and sizing i was cleaning the primer pockets and found that 150 of them were federal casses and had a small primer pocket? I have never ran into this before.

I shoot 5.5gr of unique under a 230gr lead bullet. Can these casses be reloaded? If so can i just use a small pislol primer and load as normal?

hodaka · February 25, 2014, 06:06 PM

Yep. A search of this site will provide several discussions.

riverratt · February 25, 2014, 10:19 PM

Thanks hodaka i did look a bit before i asked but aparently wasnt useing the right keywords. It took a few times but i found what i was looking for.

February 25, 2014, 06:00 PM	#1
riverratt Senior Member Join Date: February 21, 2014 Posts: 314	wrong primer size on factory brass? I buy once fired brass from a friend of mine for my .45 acp. The other day i got 500 brass from him. After cleaning and sizing i was cleaning the primer pockets and found that 150 of them were federal casses and had a small primer pocket? I have never ran into this before. I shoot 5.5gr of unique under a 230gr lead bullet. Can these casses be reloaded? If so can i just use a small pislol primer and load as normal?

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February 25, 2014, 06:06 PM	#2
hodaka Senior Member Join Date: April 23, 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 2,010	Yep. A search of this site will provide several discussions.

February 25, 2014, 10:19 PM	#3
riverratt Senior Member Join Date: February 21, 2014 Posts: 314	Thanks hodaka i did look a bit before i asked but aparently wasnt useing the right keywords. It took a few times but i found what i was looking for.