i use mostly cci and reload my .223 with them and never had any issues....i do use the hand press though
i use mostly cci and reload my .223 with them and never had any issues....i do use the hand press though
email...... stephenbarrow@ntlworld.com
Thanks for the reply and for going to the trouble of trying a primer in one of your cases. I appreciate your point about priming on the press but I genuinely don't have an issue with feel on it. My point about extra leverage on the press was just to emphasize that the primers were going to the bottom of the pocket.
I tried your test with a CCI primer and it came out the exact same size it went in.....However, see part 2 of the reply below..
Problem solved! I bought some Federal small rifle primers and they seated faultlessly. I primed 100 Norma cases and every one seated a perfect .004" below flush of the case head.
The problem in this case was the CCI primers. I don't know whether I bought some from a bad batch or what but they just would not seat properly
Following on from dicehorn's test above the Federal primers DID compress as he suggested. I de-primed one which went in at .120" and came out at .117".
Perhaps when the pockets wear a bit after a few firings I'll try the CCI again.
Cheers
Greg
Very interesting, thanks for posting the follow up.
"An infinite number of monkeys banging away at type writers for an infinite period of time will eventually reproduce Hamlet" Thanks to discussion forums we now know this to be untrue.
It might be interesting to have a few more people measure their CCI small rifle primers and post here. If your measurements are outside of what is expected from CCI, you may well have grounds for returning them, even if within SAAMI spec (which seems very broad).
I only use large rifle primers sadly - but out of interest I measured 3 random ones and they are all identical - 5.34mm x 3.17mm
I've never had a problem seating them in either PPU or Hornady brass. I have read about people with loose primer pockets using different slightly larger primers which were then able to seat much more firmly. Probably good for economy, but not ultimate accuracy.
will measure mine tomorrow night when home
email...... stephenbarrow@ntlworld.com
Blimey, well spotted. I used them for years with no issues but use all Mag Tech now.
I'm a maggot in another life you know