Primers

[User00056]

Any signs of them becoming more available in your areas? Having struggled to find any for the last year or so, I finally managed to find some Magtech LR primers in a local Angus shop at £110/1000.

Federal seem to be impossible to find up here now, as do CCI.

How are things elsewhere these days?

 

[Dave_45]

Mag tech and rws

£13.50 per 100 Magtech

£21 quid for 100 rws

Glasgow field robbers/sports

 

[User00056]

£13.50 per 100 Magtech

I didn't think I'd ever see the day when I'd think £11/100 for primers was a good deal! I still have a couple of boxes of Federal priced at £4.30/100!

 

[Utectok]

What’s the story with magtech primers.. directly replacing cci 200 or br2???
I dunno seems to be all I can find what the story

 

[Dave_45]

What’s the story with magtech primers.. directly replacing cci 200 or br2???
I dunno seems to be all I can find what the story

Pass

All I’ve been told is they burn slightly hotter , have a harder cup.

Laurie Holland passed judgement on them as being competent but no more or no less.

Another chap that’s used them a lot says the worst he’s had from magtech is 3 primers out of 1000 being lemons

 

[Ronin]

Certainly pays to travel given some vendors appear to charge quite a deal more than others

 

[User00056]

Another chap that’s used them a lot says the worst he’s had from magtech is 3 primers out of 1000 being lemons

I've had misfires with Federal, in fairness

 

[Sandyb]

I've had misfires with Federal, in fairness

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And you’ve seated it backwards for attention

 

[User00056]

And you’ve seated it backwards for attention

It certainly got my attention when all I got was a click. I was developing a load, and it really surprised me as it's not like me to miss a mistake while at the reloading bench

 

[Rory]

Pass

All I’ve been told is they burn slightly hotter , have a harder cup.

Laurie Holland passed judgement on them as being competent but no more or no less.

Another chap that’s used them a lot says the worst he’s had from magtech is 3 primers out of 1000 being lemons

I believe Laurie said the Magtech SRP were OK, the LRP were 'meh'.

 

[Laurie]

It certainly got my attention when all I got was a click. I was developing a load, and it really surprised me as it's not like me to miss a mistake while at the reloading bench

It could have been worse. I was shooting on one of Diggle's covered bench equipped ranges some years back and another shooter a few benches down took a shot with a Sako 75. Instead of a load 'bang', there was a 'crack' that sounded like a HV .22LR being fired. No bullet downrange and the bolt handle would only lift a fraction before locking.

Later when we got to the rangehouse, a gunsmith had a look and immediately diagnosed the problem - reversed primer which had ignited and blew gas backwards, blasting the extractor loose which locked the action. Fortunately after a lot of fiddling, the bolt was opened, and sure enough, fired primer seated the wrong way and extractor blade detached from the bolt-head. The gunsmith said that often the only way to get the bolt and extractor blade out in such cases is to unscrew the barrel, so the guy was lucky.

 

[Laurie]

I believe Laurie said the Magtech SRP were OK, the LRP were 'meh'.

Not bad, just so-so (in 308 Win with N140). I'm currently about to use them in a newly rebarreled rifle with a 243 Win based wildcat for F-Class, so I'll have to see how they perform with 40 odd gn of slower burning powder. They might suit this set-up, or then again, they might be fine for barrel run-in but not match loads. One of these things about different primers models is one might suit some cartridges and some powders much better than others, or worse for that matter.

 

[Edinburgh Rifles]

Been loading magtech for best part of 9-12m
Not a jot of difference between federal cci and magtech in a”factory” load

They have all had misfires at one time or another

Buy what you can get
US brands wont be seen for a long time
Primers are Primers
Its not the reason you missed….

 

[Sandyb]

In my 15 years of reloading and using Remington (Magnum, large & small rifle), CCI (small rifle) and Federal (small rifle), and loading and shooting thousands of rounds, I’ve not had one not fire.. that could be down to the quality manufacturing, or my storage..

 

[User00056]

Been loading magtech for best part of 9-12m
Not a jot of difference between federal cci and magtech in a”factory” load

That's reassuring, thanks. I don't load for targets, only stalking, so I can't imagine a change of primer will make a massive difference to my reloads based on your experience

 

[25 Sharps]

Been loading magtech for best part of 9-12m
Not a jot of difference between federal cci and magtech in a”factory” load

They have all had misfires at one time or another

Buy what you can get
US brands wont be seen for a long time
Primers are Primers
Its not the reason you missed….

I’m about 600 in and I’ve had failures 4 times in different rifles. Could just be the batch, but I bought 4000 of them.

Will keep them for range use and use the others I have for when it matters.

 

[25 Sharps]

That's reassuring, thanks. I don't load for targets, only stalking, so I can't imagine a change of primer will make a massive difference to my reloads based on your experience

Don’t read my post above then .

 

[DesG]

I've been using magtech for years and the 38 ammo is the ammo of choice at the club with us going through many thousands.

The primers I've used in 38, 357, 222,223, 308, again in thousands and never noticed any difference between them and any other make except for the price. They've always been cheaper than the USA stuff and do the job.

The only magtech we found to be totally shite is the 22rf. Someone bought a brick of them last year and found them so bad that he gave them to the club. I've been giving them out to club members to try and every single person had some very good words to say about them, non complementary!

 

[Tikkat1x]

Magtech SRP are £75 per 1000 here. Plenty about. Got 4000 a while back for when I run out of CCI.
Whatever there like, they will be better than having nothing

 

[ASHCROFT9491]

Been shooting magtec in 223 for several thousand rounds now with no issue and know loads of lads who shoot CSR with them and have for a long time

Moved to LR for the 308 in the last 2 yrs and no issues with load accuracy, consistency ot mis fires so far