I bought some Winchester primers today for the first time. I tend to find good prices and buy several thousand. I wanted to try gallery loads in my shop so I put a primer in a few .38sp cases, topped it with a 000 buck ball (63 grains, .350") and fired it into a target trap. All was well except the cylinder wouldn't rotate or open til I really forced it. I repeated this with PMC, Rem, Federal, and old military brass. Same results. Switch to a new Rem. .357 case and same thing but to a lesser degree. All shells fell freely from the cylinder once it was forced open. The primers were all set back into the face of the frame of my King Cobra and fairly flattened. It seems they are too hot to get the gas into a too-small flash hole. I've used these brass extensively with CCI and Rem. primers and they still grip well.
Do these primers not grip the pocket well? They are the brass colored small pistol units that say " for standard or magnum."
I now have 5500 of these things and don't know what to do with them. Maybe they will work in an autoloader since they aren't likely to bind it up if they set back. Maybe I'll get a .357 barrel for my contender.
Any helpful ideas?
Do these primers not grip the pocket well? They are the brass colored small pistol units that say " for standard or magnum."
I now have 5500 of these things and don't know what to do with them. Maybe they will work in an autoloader since they aren't likely to bind it up if they set back. Maybe I'll get a .357 barrel for my contender.
Any helpful ideas?