is this correct certain manufactures are using small primers and others are using large primers. boy this could get ugly if one did not pay attention . I am new to the 45 cal and did not realize this .

Yes. All the blazer I have seen is small pistol. Some fiocchi is, some federal, and I'm pretty sure the winchester non toxic (NT) is. Oh yeah, and some speer. Some of the federal non toxic stuff even has crimped in primers.

 

That is my personal experience. You wont likely have a boom if you try to get a large into a small so dont be too afraid, but I seperate my brass and when I have enough of it I reload the small pistol stuff, too.

In my experience I have only run into this one time and it was with aluminum cased ammo. I would say 99.9% of .45 ACP is large pistol primer that I have ran into. As long as you stick with the common brass like Winchester, Federal, Remington, Starline, etc. you should be ok. I have run into some foreign .45ACP with berdan primed and that could get ugly if you were to try to deprime it. If you get that stuff just throw it in your scrap bucket. Good luck!

 

is this correct certain manufactures are using small primers and others are using large primers. boy this could get ugly if one did not pay attention . I am new to the 45 cal and did not realize this .

Seems like %15 of what I find at the range is small pistol stuff! You are lucky to not be finding it...lol

seems like this could be a pain in the a**. 2 diffrent primers . iwill have to pay attention to sort any smalls out . thanks

Speer has some brass that is small primer. It's a little disconcerting the first time the primer won't go in the hole...

You have to pay attention to it when you sort. But the good thing is with a supply of SP and LP you will be able to still shoot if primers get hard to come by again. You will not be limited to either or.

seems like this could be a pain in the a**. 2 diffrent primers . iwill have to pay attention to sort any smalls out . thanks

 

+1

 

Clean, inspect, seperate out the small primer brass.

 

Its a real disruption, with a progressive press when you try to seat a large primer in the small pocket.

 

I have found blazer, federal and winchester brass with the small prmer pockets.

At Shore Shot, Speer seems to be the main culprit. Strangely enough, Speer also makes 45ACP with large primers. 45ACP is not a high pressure, high powder volume round. A small primer does make sense in it. I have read (but cannot in any way confirm) internet chatter about better accuracy with small primers. I might hold on to that small primer 45ACP brass you find that's in good shape, and tuck it away in a drawer somewhere. They give you more options for the next Obama-shortage on ammo and reloading components.

At Shore Shot, Speer seems to be the main culprit. Strangely enough, Speer also makes 45ACP with large primers. 45ACP is not a high pressure, high powder volume round. A small primer does make sense in it. I have read (but cannot in any way confirm) internet chatter about better accuracy with small primers. I might hold on to that small primer 45ACP brass you find that's in good shape, and tuck it away in a drawer somewhere. They give you more options for the next Obama-shortage on ammo and reloading components.

I have about 2k SP 45 cases tucked away. For range use I could not tell the difference between using them or LP loads.

This is good info to share with everyone that is thinking about a 45 or already has one .

I believe that all the "green" .45 ACP ammo, from various manufacturers, uses small primers. This is because the priming compound must also be "green" (lead-free) and what they use in these tend to burn hotter, so only a SP is needed. The Blazer aluminum is another issue - these used to be Berdan primed, to make them unreloadable, not sure if that is still the case.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

I believe that all the "green" .45 ACP ammo, from various manufacturers, uses small primers. This is because the priming compound must also be "green" (lead-free) and what they use in these tend to burn hotter, so only a SP is needed. The Blazer aluminum is another issue - these used to be Berdan primed, to make them unreloadable, not sure if that is still the case.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

 

+1

The bane of my existence is when I am reloading 45acp and I run into NT/small primer 45's and amerc brass.