Factory Second Primers ????

[Darrell]

One of the vendors I sometimes use, American Reloading, is offering factory second primers at what looks like a good price.  They're asking $360 for 5000 LR primers. BUT... they're factory seconds. According to the ad, that means that the primers have less than 0.01% low charge. I'm tempted to order 5K, as I'm doubtful such a small variation will cause much trouble for me, but I wonder what the other reloaders think. The only caveat they offer is that the primers are sub-optimum for very low temps.

That price includes shipping and Hazmat, by the way.

Edited September 19 by Darrell

[leroy]

I can't imagine em being a problem at 0.01 percent under.  

leroy...

[TNMTBik3r]

Those second primers are from a relatively new company, White River. At one time the seconds were listed as hard cups, then possibly missing compound, now listed as "Less than .01 % Low Charge"...

I've been very tempted over the past several months to buy some of the small rifle/pistol seconds and use for basic plinking ammo but haven't ordered yet. 

Personally for the Large Rifle primers I would pay the extra $3/k for the proven Fiochi primers if I was in need of them (note this requires buying 6k vs 5k). $3/k for me isn't worth the chances of getting a bunch of duds. The price differential is quite a bit different for the other sizes though.

Edited September 21 by TNMTBik3r