Tell me about CCI primers

[claybird]

CCI A great primer. Wish I could find some for $30.00/1000. Last ones I bought Were $35.95 At Gander Mtn.

 

[Dragon88]

Winchester are generally considered the hottest of all primers, so you might lose a few fps if you are big on chronographing things. However with a small pistol primer it's almost not worth mentioning. I use many CCI and Win primers with zero problems, never had a FTF with a CCI either.

 

[bcramer1]

I have been using them in a Lee Loadmaster progressive, they have been working fine up till a week ago. My bud and I were at the range and we started getting rounds that wouldnt fire. Sent them around again in the M15 and they popped off. Next one that didnt fire we pulled out of the cylinder before we sent it back around. There was only a small dent. So it seems that 5-8 out of 100 pack seemed to be harder. I remembered back to when they were loaded (about 3 days) and recalled a change in the color of the white trays they came in inside the brick. Instead of being a nice pure white, they looked slightly yellowed. Perhaps they had been sitting in the wrong storage situation. I have another 3-400rds that was loaded that night with them, so I will be taking them back to the range to see how far back these (possible hard) primers are going to go. These were the older blue and white CCI boxes, not the newer style almost all dark boxes.

 

[aphelion]

I've used CCI primers for almost 40 years. Also all the other brands. For any given load, sometime a CCI primer gives the best results (accuracy), sometimes another brand will. The main characteristic with CCI I've seen that might be considered a negative (I don't) is that CCI primers invariably leave more residue in the primer pockets after firing.

 

[Wee Hooker]

CCI A great primer. Wish I could find some for $30.00/1000. Last ones I bought Were $35.95 At Gander Mtn.

Be gratefull you can find any at all. I havn't been able to get my hands on a single small pistol primer of ANY brand for 4-5 months now. I'd be happy to pay $35 if I could get some :-(

 

[deanodog]

CCIs are all I ever used until this shortage and now I use any I can find. Now I am using Wolf brand. Lee doesn't reccomend using anything but CCI and Win. in some of their priming equipment. I may stick with Wolf brand just because our domestic companies can not or will not keep up wih our demand.

 

[Eagles6]

Never had a problem after many thousands.

 

[T45Rex]

I've used them for ages with no problems at all. Price and availability on primers right now is tough. I'd buy up a bunch and $30/M. Especially small pistol.

 

[Marksman]

When I started reloading 35 yrs. ago, CCI was the primer most readily avialible in my area. I primed on the press then and everything was fine, when I switched to hand priming I noticed how much effort it took to seat CCI primers. By that time Winchester primers had become the most readily available brand and I switched, they seated with normal effort with a hand priming tool. This past fall I purchased some CCI primers as they were all that was available, they did not seem to seat as hard as in the past. Winchester will continue to be my primer of choice when I can get them.

 

[ncy54]

CCI primers are excelent for general use in semi auto pistols. In revolvers with lightened DA triggers their hard cup will cause inconsistent ignition - I reserve Federal primers for that application.

+1 to the above. In addition, I reload for my .32 Pardini with CCI primers, as the harder cup shows none of the flattening that Win and Fed primers do in this blowback target pistol (a look at the primers would give the impression of a hot load, but is a result of the blowback design...a number of other .32 shooters have also made the switch). The slightly snugger fit in my Starline brass is also insurance that no primer will push out in this gun.
I load on a Dillon 550 progressive, and despite the concerns of some, have never stuck a primer in the tubes. Just keep things clean.
For my revolvers, I use Feds exclusively, as they function flawlessly with my lightened DA actions, which isn't the case with Win's, Rem's, and certainly CCI's. I'll use Win's and Rem's in any other application (semi-auto's, etc.) with no problems.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

I try to use CCI almost exclusively and the work great. Hard to come by right now but I have enough of a stash to get me through till I can order them directly again. Good primers and they work well. Others have commented on the overall stiffness which is why I have some inconsistent ignition with my diamondback.

 

[mitchshrader]

I'm using CCI magnum small pistol primers and gleaned enough to get by on before the worst of the shortage hit.

What I'd like to see is enough +P 158gr .38 special on the shelves that I could buy SD ammo in 50 round boxes. It's not exactly my CHOICE to reload, the choice part is whether I have ammo or not. Shortages suck.