Small pistol primer ?

kidcoltoutlaw · August 11, 2007, 10:09 PM

Does anybody make a small pistol primer that is plain brass ? I ran a bunch of max loads through my 357 SIG today and the firing pin channel got blocked by a small piece of nickle from a primer. Speer ran into the same problem and came up with the lazy s brass and went to a plain brass primer. I have Win, Fed, CCI and REM and all of mine are nickle. Some I may have had for a while so is anybody using plain brass on small pistol primers now ?

Thanks,Keith

joneb · August 11, 2007, 11:14 PM

I think Winchester is just brass, it looks like it.

kidcoltoutlaw · August 11, 2007, 11:28 PM

The only Winchester I have are real old so It looks like they changed to brass good. Thanks again.

armoredman · August 11, 2007, 11:45 PM

Winchester Small Pistol Primers are brass - just loaded my last ones, need more.

kidcoltoutlaw · August 11, 2007, 11:51 PM

I wonder if it is the War but primers are a little harder to find,

Thanks,Keith

FatWhiteMan · August 12, 2007, 09:23 AM

The last time I bought Remington small pistol they were brass. That was about 5 years ago though. I have been going through a large stockpile of CCI I have had for a while. Just saw how much they have gone up--OUCH--the price marked on my last box was $21.

kidcoltoutlaw · August 12, 2007, 04:42 PM

around here they want 32.00 a box for Federal small pistol 24.00 for CCI. Winchester I think is not to bad. I blame it on the war. I read that over a billion rounds of 9mm have been loaded for the war. What do they do with it build road blocks ?

amamnn · August 13, 2007, 02:39 AM

I've shot a couple tons of Federal gold medal primers over the years and not one has ever shed any plating. I shoot with a lot of other people who use them and never heard of anyone having that problem.

kidcoltoutlaw · August 13, 2007, 07:24 PM

Not Federal when it happened. I was shooting a 357 SIG at 1520 fps not my not load but close,

Thanks,Keith

Bottom Gun · August 14, 2007, 03:01 PM

I use small rifle primers to load .357.
They are a little harder than small pistol primers.

kidcoltoutlaw · August 15, 2007, 09:13 AM

Do you mean 357 SIG or 357 Mag but it does not matter the 357 SIG has more pressure. I was thinking the same thing. The old 357 MAG loads are nice but the new stuff is watered down. Speer dropped the max load for a 125 357 mag load with blue dot by 3.3 grains. I can beat that load with a 357 SIG round.

August 11, 2007, 10:09 PM	#1
kidcoltoutlaw Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2000 Location: bluefield Posts: 735	Small pistol primer ? Does anybody make a small pistol primer that is plain brass ? I ran a bunch of max loads through my 357 SIG today and the firing pin channel got blocked by a small piece of nickle from a primer. Speer ran into the same problem and came up with the lazy s brass and went to a plain brass primer. I have Win, Fed, CCI and REM and all of mine are nickle. Some I may have had for a while so is anybody using plain brass on small pistol primers now ? Thanks,Keith

August 11, 2007, 11:28 PM	#3
kidcoltoutlaw Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2000 Location: bluefield Posts: 735	Thanks The only Winchester I have are real old so It looks like they changed to brass good. Thanks again.

August 11, 2007, 11:51 PM	#5
kidcoltoutlaw Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2000 Location: bluefield Posts: 735	Me to and Winchester it will be I wonder if it is the War but primers are a little harder to find, Thanks,Keith

August 12, 2007, 04:42 PM	#7
kidcoltoutlaw Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2000 Location: bluefield Posts: 735	Primer are hard to get around here they want 32.00 a box for Federal small pistol 24.00 for CCI. Winchester I think is not to bad. I blame it on the war. I read that over a billion rounds of 9mm have been loaded for the war. What do they do with it build road blocks ?

August 13, 2007, 07:24 PM	#9
kidcoltoutlaw Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2000 Location: bluefield Posts: 735	I was shooting CCI Not Federal when it happened. I was shooting a 357 SIG at 1520 fps not my not load but close, Thanks,Keith

August 11, 2007, 11:14 PM	#2
joneb Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2005 Location: Central , OR Posts: 1,888	I think Winchester is just brass, it looks like it.

August 11, 2007, 11:45 PM	#4
armoredman Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,483	Winchester Small Pistol Primers are brass - just loaded my last ones, need more.

August 12, 2007, 09:23 AM	#6
FatWhiteMan Member Join Date: June 10, 2007 Location: Appalachia Posts: 96	The last time I bought Remington small pistol they were brass. That was about 5 years ago though. I have been going through a large stockpile of CCI I have had for a while. Just saw how much they have gone up--OUCH--the price marked on my last box was $21.

August 13, 2007, 02:39 AM	#8
amamnn Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2006 Location: WA, the left armpit of the USA Posts: 1,323	I've shot a couple tons of Federal gold medal primers over the years and not one has ever shed any plating. I shoot with a lot of other people who use them and never heard of anyone having that problem.

August 14, 2007, 03:01 PM	#10
Bottom Gun Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 1998 Location: Arizona Territory Posts: 1,092	I use small rifle primers to load .357. They are a little harder than small pistol primers.

August 15, 2007, 09:13 AM	#11
kidcoltoutlaw Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2000 Location: bluefield Posts: 735	I could ask Do you mean 357 SIG or 357 Mag but it does not matter the 357 SIG has more pressure. I was thinking the same thing. The old 357 MAG loads are nice but the new stuff is watered down. Speer dropped the max load for a 125 357 mag load with blue dot by 3.3 grains. I can beat that load with a 357 SIG round.