Revolver primers

[fredj338]

Depends on your gun. I do not have issues w/ any primer in my revolves, even Wolf LP go bang in my tuned M625. The Federal does give you a margin of reliabilty in tuned guns, but in std actions, everything should go bang.

 

[fredj338]

The CCI primer is a good primer for general use. When I could shoot rifles I found that the WW primer and Federal were the best for a target gun. I most of the time use Federal Match Primers for everything .

All rifles are rules unto themselves. I find certain primers work in certain rifles. Everyone talks highly of Fed GMM, but I have rifles that don't like them & prefer a std RP primer. One rifle shoots good w/ all brands but load the identical load using CCIBR2 & the groups are 33% smaller & perfectly round. I try several primers in a promising load & sometimes it matters & sometimes it doesn't.

 

[Cyrano]

I have a 38 Special snubby (638), a Highway Patrolman and a 625 Mountain Gun in 45 Colt. All are cazrry guns, not gaming guns. I've put lighter rebound springs on all of them, and fiddled a bit with the strain screws on the 'N' frames. I use CCI primers for all my handloads, and have yet to have a misfire over several thousand rounds.

 

[palmetto99]

I have found the CCI primers to be "hard" for a couple of my revolvers that have had trigger jobs. I went to Federal Match primers and have had no problems since.

 

[AZ CHUCK]

MOST OF THE SHOOTERS THAT I SHOOT WITH--IPDA --USPSA -- ICORE
US FEDERAL PIMERS

 

[gregintenn]

If I had a gun that wouldn't reliably ignite CCI primers, I'd be working on it. I use them and have been very satisfied.

 

[Coaltminer]

I use them(and others) in my Python with no issues, even double action is fine. Also use them in Smith 9c, and have used them in numerous Smith 38/357 guns over the years.

 

[mike from st pete]

Every few years I buy a sleeve of small and large pistol primers. The last batch was Winchester and they have been working fine.

 

[palmetto99]

The only revolver that I've had problems with using CCI primers was my model 60 that's had an action job. All of my K, L and N frame revolvers have functioned fine with the CCI, BUT, I still went to Federal Match primers for my revolver reloads. Still use CCI for 9mm.

 

[Skip Sackett]

I find it extremely humorous to see in threads like this the words "always" and "never". How silly.

Every gun is an individual. Your M25 may light everything while mine may not.

Case in point: My M625JM. It came from the factory and wouldn't light off Winchester primers on a consistent basis. I did not send it back. I read! Now, maybe I read too much into it but, if you go to Midway and look up JM's springs, you will see that they say to use Federal primers if you use his springs. I guess I'm just not smart enough to doubt them. I figured that they used his springs in the model named for him so, I started using Federal primers in that gun. I put in an extended firing pin too, as I do with all of my frame mounted pin guns.

I ran thousands of Federals through that gun without a hitch. Then, Federal primers got expensive and I went to Wolf primers. Again, it would only light off about 80%, same as the Winchesters. So, I took a spent primer, suggested by Joni Lynn here on the forum, and put it under the strain screw. Haven't had a problem since.

Talked to other folks, they had to do the same thing to get their JM to run consistently. They were factory stock as mine was.

FWIW

 

[Spike12]

CCI for handgun and rifle loads. Never a problem (until I bought my wife that evil little BodyGuard)
For what it's worth: I shoot two different 45ACP pistols, 3 different 38/357 and what little AR I've shot up so far I use CCI "military primers" without problems too.

 

[bamacisa]

One good thing that I found is that CCI primers are sometimes sold for less money than Federal or Winchester. I guess that is because some people don't want to use them. I have been reloading since about 1975 and I have used thousands of CCI primers with no problems or misfires.