Whoever invented the small primer 45ACP case....

[gregintenn]

....should be castrated with a dull butter knife! :mad:  That is all I have to say about that.

[221 Fireball]

Heh, heh...sounds like you also found some of those in a mix of regular .45 auto brass? :pleased:

[MarkInNashville]

Actually I like the idea because I load 9mm too. It wouldn't hurt my feelings not to have to switch primer sizes. But really - one way or the other manufactures!

[jb980]

I read in an article, I think in handloader, that spp cases produce smaller sd's than the lpp cases. I have no way of testing it but I have been separating them out for a time when I'm short on lpp's and have a surplus of spp's.

[Mechanic_X]

I find a few now and again. Seems like Dolemite likes them.

[MarkInNashville]

I read in an article, I think in handloader, that spp cases produce smaller sd's than the lpp cases. I have no way of testing it but I have been separating them out for a time when I'm short on lpp's and have a surplus of spp's.

What is a sd (cases produce smaller sd's)?

[Dolomite_supafly]

I will pay you for any small primer 45 you have. I use small rifle primers in them for my 1911.

[Westwindmike]

SD = Standard Deviation as in velocity.

[173rdABN]

I wouldn't mind taking the brass off your hands :)

[Guest TN.Frank]

Back when I was loading 45acp I liked the small primer brass since I could use the same primers for my 45acp as I used for 9x19mm and 38spl/357Mag. Since I load on a single stage press it's no big deal to sort them out for loading.
By the way, the Reason behind them is because they only make lead free primer in small right now so for Non-Toxic ammo you need a case that'll take a small pistol primer.

[Patton]

They have been appearing a lot more recently. Has anyone ever heard that the small pistol/rifle/magnum primers are the exact same dimensions but large rifle/pistol/magnum vary slightly?

[mikegideon]

....should be castrated with a dull butter knife! :mad:  That is all I have to say about that.

 

I throw them away when I find them.

[Guest StorminMormon]

I know the $30. per 100 Federal Champion .45 you can get a Walmart uses small pistol primers, figured it was one of the ways they sell it so cheap.

[Guest 6.8 AR]

They'll make your day when you have a couple thousand with seven or eight mixed in and you're flying along

at the press until that one illegitimate case stops you dead. I throw them away, also. One of the brands I've

noticed, with small primers, the case is concave. Don't know what that's about, but they don't decap easily,

either.

It's about like the few .380's I used to pick up when looking for 9's. I just pick up my pistol brass, now.

[gregintenn]

It would be fine were ALL the 45 acp cases small primer. One every now and again is a pita!

[mikegideon]

They'll make your day when you have a couple thousand with seven or eight mixed in and you're flying along

at the press until that one illegitimate case stops you dead. I throw them away, also. One of the brands I've

noticed, with small primers, the case is concave. Don't know what that's about, but they don't decap easily,

either.

It's about like the few .380's I used to pick up when looking for 9's. I just pick up my pistol brass, now.

 

That's why I go through and toss them. If I had a large quantity, I would probably load them and just keep them seperate.

[Guest 6.8 AR]

I already have that problem with Remington 6.8 brass next to Silver State and Hornady. If I had a pile of

Silver State brass set back, I would chuck that Remington crap. That's one tedious chore I don't care to

do.