Winchester Match Grade Primers

[cfreeman]

Any body know anything about what looks like a new line of primers from Winchester? I wonder if they’re plating them silver like they used to. The old silver ones were great. New ones, not so much......

 

[1lnbrdg]

Where you seeing these?

 

[watercam]

I saw some advertised online somewhere. Can't remember where. Red box marked Match Primers. Have yet to see any.

 

[jsn]

Powder Valley shows them as a banner ad, with rebate offer.

 

[1lnbrdg]

When someone tries them and the corners don't split, let me know.

I've burnt a couple of bolts with the regular offering now, not willing to try more till they get a better rep.

Yes, I loved the old silver Win. primers.

 

[Dgd6mm]

When someone tries them and the corners don't split, let me know.

I've burnt a couple of bolts with the regular offering now, not willing to try more till they get a better rep.

Yes, I loved the old silver Win. primers.

Was this with both large and small?

 

[cfreeman]

The large leak and the smalls pierce

 

[watercam]

Or at least they did until...?

 

[oley55]

When someone tries them and the corners don't split, let me know.

I've burnt a couple of bolts with the regular offering now, not willing to try more till they get a better rep.

Yes, I loved the old silver Win. primers.

^^^^^ prezactly what he said. I all but gave away all of my WIN LR primers. I can not imagine my trying them again anytime soon. If ever..............

 

[Dgd6mm]

I quit using Winchester LRP some years ago because of said issues. I have not had any of these issues with the Winchester SRP.

 

[tomswede]

With the quality/lack there of from Winchester lately I will let other people try these.

 

[varget204]

Have shot tens of thousands of Winchester small and large rifle primers .ZERO PROBLEMS

 

[dolek]

Have shot tens of thousands of Winchester small and large rifle primers .ZERO PROBLEMS

+1

 

[Homerange]

Have shot tens of thousands of Winchester small and large rifle primers .ZERO PROBLEMS

And you won't have issue if your charges are no more than a just little above published maximums.

However for those that want/need to coax the most performance from their fav caliber and want also to stay using LR primers squeezing the last bit before sticky bolt or ejector marks appear then don't use Win LRP's.
There's at least a couple of guys that use my range with awful primer cratering on their bolt faces all of which was from Win LRP's.
Seen this only in 3 calibers and now a few years back only when pushed HARD for extended range performance, 6mm Rem, 270 Win and a NZ wildcat 7mm Practical that's based on a 7mm/300 Win Mag design.
Are their loads unsafe ? Not in my opinion. Are they hot, HELL YES !
Other brands of primers don't let go on the edge of the cup like Win LRP's that I have ever seen.

The guy that owns both the 6mm Rem and 7mm Practical is a meticulous and experienced handloader running top quality gear enabling impressive results. I tried to get him to enter in the 2019 LR world champs here in NZ but he is carrying a shoulder inquiry and can't compete.

 

[WayneShaw]

Have shot tens of thousands of Winchester small and large rifle primers .ZERO PROBLEMS

Same here, and I've pushed the loads quite hard before, no problems.

 

[dolek]

Same here, and I've pushed the loads quite hard before, no problems.

Same here, no problems at all .

 

[Lone Hunter]

I used to use their brass all the time. Not anymore. Until they can get the Quality Control problems worked out I will not be using them. They need to fix one problem before they create another. I will stick with CCI and Federal for now. Wish they would get Q C up. Always in the past liked their products.

 

[Mad_Charlie]

A few years ago, I read MANY complaints about WLR primers letting go at the edge and pitting bolts. It appears that when they stopped nickle plating their primers, the troubles began. In the past I used many thousands of WLR nickle plated primers, no issues, but I don't buy Winchester primers anymore.

 

[243Mendoza]

I would not recommend the Win small pistol primers; my Glocks pierce the primers.

 

[Baer45]

Odd, I read somewhere that Black Hills uses Winchester Primers exclusively and no one has complained about the quality or consistently of their ammo...maybe something has changed I don’t know about....