lizziedog1
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My son as an Asrtra Model 400. It is an old semi-auto chambered in .380ACP. We were out trying some reloads and here is what happened.
The gun would ignite rounds that had Federal primers without a problem. Non-Federal primed rounds took two trigger pulls to set off. The first would put a dent in the primer, the second would fire the round. The gun cycled just fine with either primer, but with the Federals you could just keep pulling the trigger until the gun was empty. The non-Federal primers were CCI's.
Are Federal Pistol Primers more sensitive? I am out of those, but I do have some Winchester small pistol primers. How do the Winchester primers compare to the Federal and CCI?
Thanks!
The gun would ignite rounds that had Federal primers without a problem. Non-Federal primed rounds took two trigger pulls to set off. The first would put a dent in the primer, the second would fire the round. The gun cycled just fine with either primer, but with the Federals you could just keep pulling the trigger until the gun was empty. The non-Federal primers were CCI's.
Are Federal Pistol Primers more sensitive? I am out of those, but I do have some Winchester small pistol primers. How do the Winchester primers compare to the Federal and CCI?
Thanks!