Winchester large pistol primers ARE harder to seat than CCI!!!!

[Cobalt 60]

I mentioned this in a previous post, but confirmed it today. Seated 200 CCI's with nary a hitch. Then switched to the Winchesters that I still have left. Every one of them was more difficult to seat. Several times I stopped to make sure I did not have one going sideways, but it was just that freakin tight. I pulled several pieces of brass which brands I had noticed had been more difficult than others. Reamed the pockets just to be sure, and they were still crazy difficult.

I am convinced that they are oversized as compared to the CCI. I have yet to try any other brands, but right now think I will stick to CCI's as long as I can find them.

Anybody like Winchester primers and want to trade 4 1/2 trays for 3 trays of CCI?

 

[jeffdt]

Have you mic'ed them both?

 

[Cobalt 60]

Have you mic'ed them both?

Not yet. Was hoping someone else had already!

 

[Twitch2120]

Winny and feds are the largest diameter. CCI is second smallest

 

[Buckeye76]

I mentioned this in a previous post, but confirmed it today. Seated 200 CCI's with nary a hitch. Then switched to the Winchesters that I still have left. Every one of them was more difficult to seat. Several times I stopped to make sure I did not have one going sideways, but it was just that freakin tight. I pulled several pieces of brass which brands I had noticed had been more difficult than others. Reamed the pockets just to be sure, and they were still crazy difficult.

I am convinced that they are oversized as compared to the CCI. I have yet to try any other brands, but right now think I will stick to CCI's as long as I can find them.

Anybody like Winchester primers and want to trade 4 1/2 trays for 3 trays of CCI?

I'll swap with you Ryan. I haven't really had any problems seating them.

 

[PA4476]

I loaded a couple hundred 44 mags this weekend. The Winchester primers in Winchester brass was the tightest. I loaded Win, Remington and PMC brass, all with Win primers. the Win on Win was the hardest to seat. The other brass felt normal when using the Win primers. I have only noticed this with large pistol primers. After several thousand rounds of 9's and 40's, I haven't noticed any diff in them.

 

[Cobalt 60]

I'll swap with you Ryan. I haven't really had any problems seating them.

I'll bring them to the meet.