Re: Are S&B primers harder?
The S&B primers are pretty hard, I would say on a par with Winchester.
The hardest primers I have found are the Russia Murom primers and the PMP are also up there.
A lot of factory ammo (high end types) use Federal or CCI, both of which are very soft
Re: Are S&B primers harder?
My experience as follows, based on use in a revolver very prone to light strikes.
Form soft to hard:
Federal
Winchester
S&B
CCI, PMP
Muron
Re: Are S&B primers harder?
I also get light strikes on S&B factory ammo in my J-frame. Sometimes they only ignite on the third try.
Having reloaded about 3k SPP and LPP, S&B primers, I have yet to experience one failure in my pistols. Aside from a primer that wasn't seated properly, but this has nothing to do with the OP's question.
Re: Are S&B primers harder?
all I know is I have had more fails to fire in 4 packs (400) S&B primers thn in 27 of reloading. I do not think I had ever had a rifle fail to det till the S&B packs
Re: Are S&B primers harder?
I am still 'new' to the sport, but I haven't had a single light strike or problem with S&B primers in over 1300 rounds. - But I have heard that a Glocks are apparently less affected by harder primers
Re: Are S&B primers harder?
Never had any issues with my Glocks on the S&B primers.
Re: Are S&B primers harder?
Out of about 1000 or so S&B primers I've loaded, I've had three or four soft strikes. They worked on the second shot though, so it's never been a dead primer. Just a hard one.
This with my P07, for the record.
Re: Are S&B primers harder?
my DPMS G2 punches perfect little holes straight through S&B LR primers.
Winchester and CCI runs like a boss.
for pistol, zero problems with S&B.
Re: Are S&B primers harder?
I've gone through about 400 SB small pistol primers so far, havent had an issue with them yet.
I have some LR primers which my .303 did not like at all, misses the anvil, then you need to rotate the round, then on the second hit, it smacks a hole into the primer.