Thread: Federal large primers

Originally Posted by Sr5dan

I normally use cci primers but due to the shop we use were out brought some federal primers.
Have had no issues with cci primers.
Loaded up quite a few went out last weekend and out of the 50 odd rounds shooting goats 6 rounds did not fire!
There was dent from firing pin and guns only had 100 or so rounds throu. Any one had issues with these primers.
Lucky these were goats and not reds

I have thousands of either brand of primers available

Generally the only time I've had dramas with misfires they have been CCIs not Federals.

The CCIs are harder in the cup & need to be HIT not tapped.

You can nearly get close to a Fed & give it a nudge & it will go off...

I would say you had another issue like head space or contamination, very strange for a Fed not to go.

I use tens of thousands a year & can't recall the last time I had a failure to fire