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orionengnr · January 8, 2012, 08:35 PM

I think that putting small primers in a .45 acp case is wrong-headed. Forever (or at least in my reloading lifetime) anything under .40 was SPP, and .40 or above was LPP.

Changing this may save the OEM a few cents per 1000 rounds, but it is a pain in the balls for us reloaders.

I have no intention of swapping out the primer feed stuff to put together .45s with SPP.

I have to go through all the cases I picked up at the range (most of them mine, but some others as well), and then go through them again. I put all the SPP brass in one bag, and then give it away.

But it pisses me off that I have to go through all that for no good reason.

January 8, 2012, 08:35 PM	#16
orionengnr Senior Member Join Date: July 9, 2004 Posts: 5,173	I think that putting small primers in a .45 acp case is wrong-headed. Forever (or at least in my reloading lifetime) anything under .40 was SPP, and .40 or above was LPP. Changing this may save the OEM a few cents per 1000 rounds, but it is a pain in the balls for us reloaders. I have no intention of swapping out the primer feed stuff to put together .45s with SPP. I have to go through all the cases I picked up at the range (most of them mine, but some others as well), and then go through them again. I put all the SPP brass in one bag, and then give it away. But it pisses me off that I have to go through all that for no good reason.