CCI 500 vs. Fed 100 Small pistol primers

Reeferman · Jun 25, 2017

I have light Wolf springs in a 686 and though I mostly use Federal I also use CCI and Winchester and everyone goes bang.

Walkalong · Jun 25, 2017

Terryomsn said:
Currently (6/25/2017) the federal 100 small pistol primers are nowhere to be found. After reading all the great comments about hard/soft primers, 100 vs 500, what is your recommendation for an equivalent of the Federal 100 that is available?

Primer hardness according to ReloaderFred, who I trust.

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/primer-hardness.442921/#post-5516610

Small Pistol Primers in order of sensitivity, from easiest to ignite to hardest:

Federal
MagTech
Winchester
Remington
CCI

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Rule3 · Jun 26, 2017

Shootshellz said:
It would seem to me ATK would simplify matters and thus save money by consolidating the production line for both Federal and CCI primers. I have noticed both Federal and Blazer/CCI pistol brass seems identical except for the headstamp.

Kinda like General Motors :rofl:

Walkalong · Jun 26, 2017

I would hate to see them do that, because I like both simply because they are different and both work very well. I seriously doubt it would save anyone any money on primers, and likely hurt ATKs sales overall.

X-Ring · Jun 26, 2017

I would hate to see them do that also, having less options would likely not benefit anyone.

Dudedog · Jun 26, 2017

I shoot a lot of S+Bs from Cabela's. I wait until the price is right ($20-$25)k and they work well for me but I would call them a "hard" primer like CCIs.

CCI 500 vs. Fed 100 Small pistol primers

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