Ginex primers hard to seat?

[Juma]

Use KnM 3in1 uniformer. Brilliant piece of kit. Worth its weight in gold.

 

[SeabeeKen]

Use KnM 3in1 uniformer. Brilliant piece of kit. Worth its weight in gold.

It doesnt help a lot with the ginex primers. I use one too. The SRP are a little easier but not by much. I seat mine with a ram prime. Cant do them with my hand primer

 

[jelenko]

Use KnM 3in1 uniformer. Brilliant piece of kit. Worth its weight in gold.

Does it take material off the walls of the primer pocket? If not, how would it help seat a tight primer?

 

[barefooter56]

Since these primers are made in EUROPE they have to be made to their CIP SPECIFICATIONS. Because of this they tend to be on the large end of the dimension scale. In their thinking this improves / adds to brass life. Same thinking goes with the EUROPEAN CARTRIDGE CASES. Smaller dimensional end of specifications adds to brass life. I have found that using a priming tool that locks the cartridge case in a straight line with the priming ram ( SINCLAIR, PMA , ETC) make priming cases when using European components ( brass / primers)
Much easier especially when the brass is new.
PS..

 

[mic2377]

I have also found the Ginex LR primers to be harder to seat, but none have been so tight that they refused to seat completely, or which could cause a reliability issue (IE primer remaining proud of the case head). I exclusively hand prime.

That being said, their consistency has been good, and the resultant ES/SD has been on par or slightly better than domestic primers.

For those who reload their brass for many firings, I consider a primer like this an advantage. They fit very well in cases for which the primer pocket has loosened a bit, but otherwise usable. I will often use domestic primers for the first few firings then transition to these.

 

[D-4297]

Been using the Ginex primers in my .308 Practice Brass for the cases that pockets got big on , somewhere around 25-30 reloads . Some of these cases now have over 40 reloads on them , and when the pockets get to big for the Ginex , they get trashed .
Haven't noticed any real difference in velocities , and they shoot the same average 197 - 198's I've been shooting .
Just bought another 5,000 for another "rainy" day . Or when that "OTHER" Political Party gets back in power again .

 

[Codyway]

Been using the Ginex primers in my .308 Practice Brass for the cases that pockets got big on , somewhere around 25-30 reloads . Some of these cases now have over 40 reloads on them , and when the pockets get to big for the Ginex , they get trashed .
Haven't noticed any real difference in velocities , and they shoot the same average 197 - 198's I've been shooting .
Just bought another 5,000 for another "rainy" day . Or when that "OTHER" Political Party gets back in power again .

I've been thinking about trying Ginex in some of my well used practice brass as well. My concern is I currently stick with cci 450's due to the cup being thicker and tougher than other srp's that I've tried. Ginex makes 2 versions of small rifle primers. Which one do you use, and how would you compare their resistance to blanking to a 450?

 

[46and2]

I've been thinking about trying Ginex in some of my well used practice brass as well. My concern is I currently stick with cci 450's due to the cup being thicker and tougher than other srp's that I've tried. Ginex makes 2 versions of small rifle primers. Which one do you use, and how would you compare their resistance to blanking to a 450?

Use the 556 4.5/3N. They have a thicker cup. I have blanked ( pierced) the small rifle.
IMPORTANT; call to find out which exact model they are selling!
I ordered form Tactical Shit.com. they clearly advertised 556 primers but sent a case of small rifle thin cup primers! No returns.

 

[Codyway]

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Use the 556 4.5/3N. They have a thicker cup. I have blanked ( pierced) the small rifle.
IMPORTANT; call to find out which exact model they are selling!
I ordered form Tactical Shit.com. they clearly advertised 556 primers but sent a case of small rifle thin cup primers! No returns.

Awesome info!
Thanks

 

[dantiff2]

I may have to try some as well. I have a ton of 300 BO brass that has been through the ringer and most (if not all) have very loose primer pockets. My loads require cci450 primers because of the ball powder charge and didn't realize Ginex made a comparable primer to the 450's.
I'd like the option of a snugger fit primer vs having to try the ball bearing trick to tighten up the pocket.
I have used Ginex larger rifle and they were very snug to seat compared to all other brands out there. I could not use them in my Norma XC brass because it required so much effort to seat the primer that it let an impression of my seater stem in the primer cup.
Dan

 

[D-4297]

I've been thinking about trying Ginex in some of my well used practice brass as well. My concern is I currently stick with cci 450's due to the cup being thicker and tougher than other srp's that I've tried. Ginex makes 2 versions of small rifle primers. Which one do you use, and how would you compare their resistance to blanking to a 450?

I use the 4 , 5/3-N for 5,56 primer from Ginex . It is the only one I have ever seen available in my area as a SRP .
As far as comparing them to a CCI 450 , I can't , since I don't use any CCI primers , Large or small .
I am shooting them in a Kelbly .308 Action , and have never had one perforate , or "Blank", and they have done well for me . @46&2 supplied all that beautiful data , so I'm sure he answered most of the questions with that .
My normal primer ; both Comp and practice for the last five years has been the Rem 7 - 1/2BR , which has a thinner cup , so it stands to reason that I would get pierced primers from them before it would happen with the Ginex . Hope that helps .