Do you have a favorite brand of primers?

[Engineer1911]

The cheapest ones on the shelf

Mil 5.56 brass can be difficult to prime with CCI primers. I use standard primers for all calibers except 7 mm Rem Mag, 300 Win Mag, and 300 WSM that take Fed Large Rifle Magnum #215 primers.

Over the years, Federal, Winchester, Remington, CCI, Tula, and Wold have all given consistent results. I buy the cheapest primers on the shelf every time.

 

[Ohio AV8TOR]

Winchester and CCI is all that I have used, but with over 50k of rounds using CCI and never a failure (KOW) I have a hard time useing anything else.

 

[plattincreek]

Winchester primers seem to work best in my Dillon presses. Otherwise I like CCI and have used them for years and years. Got to say that the Federal and Remington primers I've used have all gone bang too.

 

[DWalt]

Actually, all domestic primer brands are manufactured to the same specifications and tolerances, so whoever first said "Cheapest is best" is correct. I don't know about foreign primers such as Russian or S&Bs. Someone mentioned using pistol primers in a rifle. While possible, it is not a great idea as the pistol primers generally have a thinner cup and may not withstand the pressure of firing a high-pressure load in a rifle. You do not want to have a primer perforation or blowout. For many years I have used small rifle primers in .38 Special and .357 Mag reloads. I cannot see any difference, and it simplifies logistics. Back at that time I had a friend who was a serious competitive Bullseye shooter who strongly believed that SR primers produced more consistent MVs in .38 Special than SP primers. That's when I started using them. You should not use a LR primer in a handgun case. LR primers are slightly longer than LP primers and when seated will protrude slightly out of the primer pocket. Not a good idea as your primer should be seated flush or slightly below the surface.