CoalTrain49
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Re those CCI mil-spec primers:
I had a GI carbine from Fulton Armory, very nice, looked new.
I bought a bunch of those CCI primers & loaded up a couple hundred with different bullet types in new carbine brass. Gauged the brass.
Maybe one out of ten lit up on the first try, several took two strikes, some would not fire at all.
After talks with Fulton & sending the gun back to be checked out, and then having my local guy check headspace, we concluded the primers do not work well in a GI M1 carbine, and I still have the leftovers sitting in the basement.
The gun functioned perfectly with commercial loads.
I would advise against the CCI mil-spec primers in an M1 Carbine.
Walt Kulek, after some discussions with him, thought the carbine's setup doesn't mate well with them.
Just an FYI, and not knocking CCI. Just saying they were a dismal failure in my gun.
Denis
Thanks for that information.
I purchased the 450's because there were no 400's available at the time.
I'm not sure if these are as hard as mil spec but I guess I will find out.