NormaUSA is selling small pistol primers for $46/K and free shipping over $50

[jeffreybehr]

Small Pistol Primers | Norma USA

NormaUSA is excited to have been able to secure a limited quantity of small pistol primers for our loyal customer base. Servicios y Aventuras, was the first company to manufacture components, supplies and cartridges for hunting and sports shooting in the prominent Argentinian Market. They are a...

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[Hino895]

Dang I just bought 5000 primers.

 

[bozo699]

Just ordered 5k I’ll give them a try, thanks for the heads up
Wayne

 

[RED DIRT]

I wish i needed them. Pretty good price at this time.

 

[tommeboy]

I will not use these anymore. I have had some bad ignition with them in 357mag using Herco. Had bunch of hangfires so I stopped. Went to CCI and no problems. And some weird velocities in 9mm for my AR pistol.

 

[NorCalMikie]

Maybe not as much of a "good thing" as one might think?
And free hazmat? You KNOW the price is jacked up enough to cover the Hazmat fee. Ain't NO SUCH THING as a free lunch.
If you can stand a hang fire, FTF and maybe specs being off on your reloads, go for it.
Me? I'll stick with CCI.

 

[SeabeeKen]

Vihtavouri is building a primer plant as I recall

 

[mmcu]

I bought several thousand of these a few months ago to try out.

The primer cups appear to be harder than the Federal 100's that I typically use. I have not experienced any hangfires / FTF in the striker fired, or hammer fired, 9mm pistols that I've used them in.

One item to note is that they are "sparky" in my 9mm's. What I mean is that I see visible sparks coming out of the barrel when fired. Accuracy has been just as good as my Federal 100 loads.

I've had good results with them in my S&W 586. They have proven to be reasonably accurate with my 125 grain Berry's "fun load". The attached picture is a representative 15 yard, 15 shot group shot off of a rest.

 

[alf]

I've gone through several thousand of these primers in a couple 9mm's.

Only issue has been the occasional dud, which usually fires the 2nd strike.

I wouldn't use them for CCW loads, but they're my go to for plinking.