Gary Reeder
the only primer problems I have had thru the
Thursday, August 20, 2020, 12:28

years is with my 410 GNR and 429 GNR. Both use the 454 Casull brass. The problem is the 454 brass uses a small rifle primer which is a hard primer and if my revolver has an action job, which they all do, it sometimes has a misfire. If we use small pistol magnum primers the problem pretty much goes away. The Freedom Arms 454 Casull doesn't have the misfire problem using small rifle primers as it has a fairly heavy hammer fall. But any revolver with a light hammer fall as part of the action job can have that problem.

Recently Dick Williams brought me a small batch of 454 Casull brass with large primer pockets. I keep those for our test firing here. The problem is the guns will have a full action job and the customer will be using standard small rifle primers if he buys primed brass. In my red reloading manual I recommend the magnum small pistol primer and that pretty much eliminates the problem.
That is the main problem I have had thru the years with my custom guns and their primers.