Changes in CCI Primers?

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When first reloading (40 years ago...), our local shop carried CCIs. They were tough to seat (even in an RCBS single stage), and on occasion made for misfires, even with full power mainsprings.
In the years since, I've avoided them, usually using Federals.
Then came the Great Components Shortage, and the biggest local supplier has only CCIs.
Ran 300 tonight, and found them easy to seat. I've read that they are also more sensitive.
Any opinions on current CCIs?
Thnx,
Moon
 
I don’t know definitively;

maybe it was your brass at the time?

Within the last decade I’ve loaded CCIs that were 40 years old, as well as new ones, and within each type (SP vs SP etc) they were dimensionally identical, and when it came to seating tension, the variable was always the brass
 
I have never had an issue with CCI primers - they are my preferred primer. I too have loaded older CCI primers and have seen no difference between ones from the 80's to current production. I do know that Lee prefers you not use Federal primers in their progressive presses.
 
CCI 500 are my preferred primer for everything except my tuned revolvers...which only work reliably with Federals.

I've found that they feed more reliably through both Hornady and Dillon on-press priming systems, as well as various powered primer tube fillers
 
I still have and use CCI primers from years ago. They all seem to seat about the same as new ones do to me also. The only difference is the cost keeps going up unfortunately.
 
No problems with CCI 500s. Always seat smoothly, never fail to go bang even in my primer sensitive Glock 17L or GP-100. (They don't like Tula or Rem 5-1/2)

I read an article that said all CCI primers changed in the '90s and that the 550 magnum is no longer as hot as it used to be and the 500 is not as hard as it was.
 
I can't remember having any issues using CCI over the years. I've only had one 550 not go off that I remember. They have always seated nicely on the press and hand priming. S&B were the only hard seaters I used. luckily I was able to trade those out during this shortage.
 
halfmoonclip said:
CCIs. . . were tough to seat (even in an RCBS single stage), and on occasion made for misfires,
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Almost certainly your brass and/or technique. I have brass that so loose it's leaking/scrap on Win primers, and perfectly fine on CCI.
 
Never had a problem with CCI primers , they are my most used primer brand . Their 450 SRP is the go-to primer for many when it comes to rounds like the 6 BR Norma , etc ..
 
No issues with "old CCIs" here either. Switched to CCI in the late 80s, but I've used some that were older.
 
I found some CCI SPM primers for $6/100. Packaging changed, but that's about it.
 
CCI or Federals is all I have ever used (mostly CCI) except the one time I tried Wolf I didn't like those.
 
I stopped using CCI primers in the late 1970's. Had trouble feeding them thru a Star reloader when loading 45 ACP during my competing days. Went to Winchester and stayed with Winchester until about 7 years ago. Bought a few CCI in various flavors and did not have the problems I had earlier. Somewhere along the line they changed. Don't know when. They always worked...were just harder to seat. Long story short I'm happily using CCI again.
 
edwardware said:
Almost certainly your brass and/or technique. I have brass that so loose it's leaking/scrap on Win primers, and perfectly fine on CCI.
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Probably not technique. I was loading mostly.38s back then, and was aware of high primers, so they got a firm shove on the RCBS loading lever. Still had to run my finger over the loaded rounds in the box, checking for high primers. Some went back in the press for another push.
If diversity is our greatest strength (as our lefty friends like to tell us), my brass is the strongest possible. There is every brand known to man, and non had special issues. Do have some S&B .45s that are hard to seat about anything.
I agree with 9mmephiphany; these seemed to run more smoothly thru' the Dillon primer feed, and they seated without drama....this last is why I asked the question here. ;)
Thnx,
Moon
 
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