%$^$&& .45 ACP Small Primer Pockets

[Guest BobPayne44]

Loaded 200 Rounds of differnet loads for .45 ACP tonight and out of 225 or so Cases 25 of them had small primer pockets

its not easy to push a large primer into one of those small holes but i tried a few times lol Then i decided to go through the 1500 cases i have and sort the small ones out, primers cost to much to be wasting them that way Ha Ha

headed to maggie Vally & Bryson city in the am on a motorcycle trip for the weekend so looks like it will be next weekend before i can try my new 45 loads

[Dolomite_supafly]

If they are not crimped I will pay shipping for the small primer 45 brass.

Dolomite

[Guest BobPayne44]

If they are not crimped I will pay shipping for the small primer 45 brass.

Dolomite

Im gonna hang on to them when i get enough for a tray of primers i'll load them up.

[Raoul]

If its not small primer .45s it's that *@!^ nato 9mm...lol. I have a giant box of 45 to sort myself.

[Jonnin]

Don't push so hard, should be able to tell before you ruin a primer, then set them aside for a small primer run. Same for the crimped, if they won't go, stop pushing. I find that about 75% of the crimped cases will take a primer without excessive force, by the way. You shouldnt have to sort them by hand, let the press tell you.

[vballdust]

In my experience, I have had no issues reloading and shooting the small primered .45 acp. Just sort and load the small primerd ones seperate. I use the same powder charge for the large primered and small primered 45 acp.

YMMV

[Raoul]

Don't push so hard, should be able to tell before you ruin a primer, then set them aside for a small primer run. Same for the crimped, if they won't go, stop pushing. I find that about 75% of the crimped cases will take a primer without excessive force, by the way. You shouldnt have to sort them by hand, let the press tell you.

Exactly what I do too. I think de-priming will sometimes ream the pocket enough so that some of the Nato headstamp brass loads ok.

[dlm37015]

s & b is now loading some ammo with a primer that is neither large or small

[Guest The91Bravo]

Found some for ya here:

500+Pc ASSORTED .45 ACP Once Fired * Large Primer* : Supplies at GunBroker.com :-)

[MarkInNashville]

Just last week I was forced to stop my loading and sort my brass for the small primer crap. If I buy preloaded I usually get the Federal 230 Grain FMJ RN's (P/N: WM5233) from Wally World (the cheapest) - these all seem to be the small primmer ones.