45 ACP Brass with Small Pistol Primers

[V-Tach]

There a special place in hell for the one(s) that came up with the idea....


That is all.....

 

[robertc1024]

Yep. Now I have to sort the damn brass a second time. My first experience was trying to shove a large pistol primer into that bastard.

 

[shortround]

As I recall, it all began with a new brass extrusion process pioneered by Federal. In the aim to save brass, they hit upon the bright idea that a smaller primer pocket and flash hole would save even more brass, thereby reducing the cost per round. I remember vividly the days when a box of 50 rounds of Federal cost less than ten bucks ($9.97) at Wally.

By golly, the experiment worked wonderfully with small pistol primers.

There you go ... the road to ruin is often paved by good intentions.

On the other hand, if you sort your brass by head stamp, clean it, and give it a quick eyeball, you WILL notice the small primer pockets.

That can be a PIA for range pick-up brass.

Be well.

 

[ROGER4314]

I like to sort brass by hand. For some reason, it's always been therapeutic for me.

I have stacks of baking pans purchased at the Dollar Store that I use in sorting brass and it really speeds up the process! I try to get all the same size and type of pans as nesting them together saves a lot of room when they're not being used.

For a long time, the small primer brass hit the scrap bucket but recently I began to lay it back for emergency use. Let's hope brass never becomes so scarce that we need to scrounge brass we culled as unusable!

Flash

 

[orbitup]

For a long time, the small primer brass hit the scrap bucket but recently I began to lay it back for emergency use. Let's hope brass never becomes so scarce that we need to scrounge brass we culled as unusable!

Flash

Me too.

 

[Wyldman]

The is a special place in Hell for the jackhole who decided this was a good idea.

Does it work? Yes, but it is an unneccessary PITA.

When sorting my .45 brass, I take a sharpie and black out the head stamp so I can quickly identify those cases and not worry about setting of a primer while trying to stuff a large pistol primer in a small primer hole, which has happened to me when priming brass.

Fortunately, I handle primers one at a time so I don't run the risk of another chain reaction of primers in a feed tube, which did happen to me years ago. I was not hurt, but it left irreparable brown stains in my shorts. Not something I'd like to experience again.

Crush, kill, mangle, maim, destroy.

 

[Maverick44]

Who ever did that should be forced to reload 10,000 pieces of 45 acp mixed brass on a progressive press, with about 1/3 of that brass being small pistol primer brass.

 

[vmax]

No biggie
I sort for primer size before i even clean

I usuually leave it aside for trading

 

[XinTX]

There a special place in hell for the one(s) that came up with the idea....

 

[Vaquero]

I reload it.
For ranges that won't let me pick up my brass.

 

[orbitup]

I reload it.
For ranges that won't let me pick up my brass.

Passive aggressive, l like it.

 

[sabot_round]

I reload it.
For ranges that won't let me pick up my brass.

I'm not trying to derail the thread.

Could you share the names of those ranges so that I don't have to waste my gas driving there?
Thanks!!
SR

 

[Charlie]

45 ACP Brass with Small Pistol Primers
Uh, why? Are they better???

 

[Younggun]

Are they smart?


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[tmd11111]

As I recall, it all began with a new brass extrusion process pioneered by Federal. In the aim to save brass, they hit upon the bright idea that a smaller primer pocket and flash hole would save even more brass, thereby reducing the cost per round. I remember vividly the days when a box of 50 rounds of Federal cost less than ten bucks ($9.97) at Wally.

By golly, the experiment worked wonderfully with small pistol primers.

There you go ... the road to ruin is often paved by good intentions.

On the other hand, if you sort your brass by head stamp, clean it, and give it a quick eyeball, you WILL notice the small primer pockets.

That can be a PIA for range pick-up brass.

Be well.

Actually the sp case crap started about 10 or so years ago when federal came out with its line of NT (non-toxic) primers. For some stupid reason they only make them is SP and not in LP.

 

[Younggun]

Lol.


Don't worry, he never posts in a thread more than once so he won't be back to make a counter argument.

Drive by misinformation.


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[benenglish]

Back a few years ago when no .45 ACP brass could be found anywhere, switching entirely to the small primer stuff was a viable option. Throughout that shortage, it was available in bulk at good prices.

Just trying to add a note of positivity...

 

[Dawico]

Back a few years ago when no .45 ACP brass could be found anywhere, switching entirely to the small primer stuff was a viable option. Throughout that shortage, it was available in bulk at good prices.

Just trying to add a note of positivity...

Trying to hold a turd by the clean end Ben?

 

[benenglish]

I've tried before.

 

[jeepinbanditrider]

I thought they came out with the small pistol primer pockets for the .45GAP ammo? I dunno I haven't reloaded .45 since about the time GAP was making it's go rounds. Infact I was inventorying my ammo today and found 350 rounds of probably 11 year old reloads in an ammo can. Guess I need to run that stuff though my S&W 1917 a bit and maybe try my hand at IDPA revovler.