Thread: Defective Winchester LR primers

Originally Posted by headcase

Here is a Winchester Primer from two days ago. Hand load for a .260. Right cheek powder burn which matched nicely to the left from a suppressor bullet stike in baffles resulting in a lot of powder being ejected onto the left side of face. Lucky was wearing glasses in both instances.

Not a great week all in all considering also noted split cases on .17 CCI at a ratio of one to 10. That is the CCI A17 ammo designed for new .17 Savage Semi Auto.
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That does suck, I thought everyone had given up on those primers years ago.

How does the CCI A17 ammo differ from other 17 ammo?