Those Wolf, now Tula, primers need to be hard seated to pocket bottom and properly smacked to detonate them consistently. They are popular in competitive circles but only with firing pin springs' cocked force at or a little above factory specs along with rifle firing pin protrusion from bolt face at least .055" to .060". Chambered cartridges with too much head clearance may not let the firing pin dent primers enough for uniform ignition.
I have used CCI for years. Had problems with the primer feed on my Dillon 550 using small primers. Tried Remington pistol and rifle and they work perfect. Now I am getting low on Remingtons. I have a few thousand Federals to try next.
LR Magnum CCI
.223/5.56 Tula KVB556M, CCI SR Mag.
LP I have used CCI, Rem, S+B, Win, prefer CCI and S+B
SP I have used CCI, Rem, S+B, Tula, Win, prefer CCI and S+B
Ok, so I saw Cabelas had the S+B's also, just picked up some CCI on sale, well their sale price, but when I researched S+B's website they have 4,4 spmp listed for the 40sw. So my question is has anyone else just used the 4,4 sp in 40 with any issues or can they be?
Since the early 80's I've used only CCI primers. For the heck of it I just bought 1000 Remington 1 1/2 primers at Cabelas. Going to use them in my 38 special loads and see how they work.
-mike
I started reloading at the tail end of 2013 (bad timing) thus was only able to find Wolf SP primers, but lucked into some Federal LP magnums, and lately CCI. I try to purchase CCI exclusively due to the stellar reviews from old timers on here and elsewhere. If I could find S&B within driving distance, I'd give them a try as well. Never had issue w/ Wolf. Just seemed hotter.
CCI for me. Available locally if I need them. And they are always cheaper than the others. I have some Remingtons as well. Haven't gotten around to using them because I don't feel like working up a load again.
Now I use mostly CCI primers, and some Winchester as well. The only misfires I've ever had came from what I think was a bad lot of Remington 7 1/2's... never bought any more Remington primers after that... and I still have a few thousand of those left.
For shotgun, I'll use whatever primer the recipe calls for.
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