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Bad primers
12 - 15 years ago I must have gotten a bad batch of CCI's (large pistol), which had some failures to ignite, along with some that would not seat completely. I switched to Winchester about 10 years ago, have loaded 10,000 rounds with those, and had zero failures with them so far. To be fair, the CCI's I had were probably only one batch, as I have several thousand Large and Small rifle primers that I'm still using that have had no issues, so that one batch of large pistol primers was probably an anomoly. I also have a few thousand Remington large rifle I've loaded without issue yet, with just under a 1000 of those left (I don't shoot as much rifle as I do pistol). Considering the number made vs. fail, from all the makers, I wish everything that was manufactured had as good a track record.
12 - 15 years ago I must have gotten a bad batch of CCI's (large pistol), which had some failures to ignite, along with some that would not seat completely. I switched to Winchester about 10 years ago, have loaded 10,000 rounds with those, and had zero failures with them so far. To be fair, the CCI's I had were probably only one batch, as I have several thousand Large and Small rifle primers that I'm still using that have had no issues, so that one batch of large pistol primers was probably an anomoly. I also have a few thousand Remington large rifle I've loaded without issue yet, with just under a 1000 of those left (I don't shoot as much rifle as I do pistol). Considering the number made vs. fail, from all the makers, I wish everything that was manufactured had as good a track record.
