45 ACP Federal cases using small pistol primers?

[FROGO207]

I also sort by headstamp/inspect as a first step in processing my brass so sorting by primer pocket then is no big deal. I do not use SP 45 brass now but recently gave 2K away to a friend that started reloading 45 ACP and had no brass. I have in the past reloaded SP 45 brass to use where I will be loosing it with no chance of recovery.
I had heard about the small primer brass for about 10 years but none showed up locally until about six years ago.

 

[whatnickname]

I would sure like the name and phone number of the morons that decided to re-engineer the 107 year old case that has worked perfectly since 1911. These jerks do stuff like this because they can. They don’t care how much reloading equipment they destroy. Lead free primers or what ever. I could care less. Simply stop selling ammo to the socialist states that are demanding this. I would love to see the day that the manufacturers stop letting states like California push them around. When their police agencies can’t purchase any ammo they will either have to come around or start throwing rocks at the bad guys.

 

[338reddog]

I had a friend loading on my 650. I here a loud explosion. Small primer case large primer and a heavy hand. All the primers in the primer tube went off. Dillon sent new parts and said it happens all the time. Second time it happened Well similar to the first. It took a little time to find the plastic rod that pushes down on the primers. Dillon replaced that also, looked similar to a pretzel.
Jeff

 

[alfsauve]

I always thought the reason the ammo companies went to SPP for .45acp was cost saving. When you're pricing ammo in the 100s of thousands penny's add up.


And I bet you guys who spend all that time going sorting your cases also cl**n your guns every time you go to the range.

 

[Texas10mm]

I had a friend loading on my 650. I here a loud explosion. Small primer case large primer and a heavy hand. All the primers in the primer tube went off. Dillon sent new parts and said it happens all the time. Second time it happened Well similar to the first. It took a little time to find the plastic rod that pushes down on the primers. Dillon replaced that also, looked similar to a pretzel.
Jeff

That has to be a really heavy hand.

I sort the crimped 9mm cases on the press. If the primer doesn't seat I pull the brass. Same with the SPP .45 brass. I don't stand on the press handle.

 

[9mmepiphany]

Dillon sent new parts and said it happens all the time.

Yup, it isn't "if", it is "when"...hee, hee

Actually if you don't force the lever when there is unusual hesitation in the travel, it won't happen...but folks get impatient

 

[9mmepiphany]

And I bet you guys who spend all that time going sorting your cases also cl**n your guns every time you go to the range.

Why would I clean my gun before it stops working?...of course, I'm not shooting a 1911 either

 

[Blue68f100]

And I bet you guys who spend all that time going sorting your cases also cl**n your guns every time you go to the range.

Nope. I went too long between cleaning that my groups opened up 5 times than normal. Took a lot of Butches Bore Shine to get it clean again.

 

[hdwhit]

Every other pistol cartridge I have uses small primers, so I actually like small primer 45 ACP brass since it lets me standardize.

 

[hdwhit]

alfsauve wrote:
And I bet you guys who spend all that time going sorting your cases also cl**n your guns every time you go to the range.

I load on a single-stage press so the only time I sort my brass for primer size is when it enters the reloading stream. And since I'm normally dealing with small lots of brass, the time required is trivial.

And, yes, I do clean my gun every time it comes back from the range. The gun might be going back into the safe for 20 years (as happened before) so I want all the skin oils and other potential corrosives removed and a fresh coat of oil applied.

 

[Toprudder]

I load on a single-stage press so the only time I sort my brass for primer size is when it enters the reloading stream. And since I'm normally dealing with small lots of brass, the time required is trivial.

The first thing I do when I get back from the range is to sort and decap all the brass. I would rather do it every trip, so it does not accumulate and I can work with small batches. With 45, before I stick it in the press to decap, I check for primer size.

And, yes, I do clean my gun every time it comes back from the range. The gun might be going back into the safe for 20 years (as happened before) so I want all the skin oils and other potential corrosives removed and a fresh coat of oil applied.

Exactly. That is the second thing I do when I get back from the range.

 

[Dudedog]

And I bet you guys who spend all that time going sorting your cases also cl**n your guns every time you go to the range.

Nope, clean them every time I come home for the range.

My father was in the Army for 30 years and had a thing about cleaning guns.

I change the oil in my car every now and then to.

PS: my father's thing about cleaning guns maybe came about from being shot at during the Korean Conflict or one of his 3 tours in Vietnam. Bronze star other things as well.
Got a mortar fragment in his rear end so could have got a Heart but didn't want the citation to read wounded in the A ..