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by jay524288
Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:14 pm
Forum: Reloading Forum
Topic: Small pistol primers vs small pistol MAGNUMS
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Re: Small pistol primers vs small pistol MAGNUMS

You will likely have problems with the primer hardness.

A few months ago I ordered a bunch of Wolf magnum small pistol primers since those were the only small pistol primers I could find. I did my research first and it looked like they would work fine. Unfortunately, they don't work all that well.

I used them in 9mm rounds for my Glock 17. Out of a few hundred rounds fired, I got almost 10% misfires. I tried another G17, and got the same result. Both pistols were clean and had clean striker tunnels.

Then, I installed a stronger striker spring. I fired about 100 rounds with 2 misfires, so there was an improvement, but not a great one.

Aside from the misfires, the primers work fine. I loaded a midrange load and didn't see any signs of excessive pressure.

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