"Don't use Federal primers with Lee......"

Have not been reloading that much. However, so far, it's been mostly Federal rifle primers going into a Lee single stage . Damaged like two of them, more of my own fault than anything else; but no incidents otherwise. I took the Federal primers are dangerous as what I think it is; BS.. Still think it's BS..

Then yesterday, I decided to try some .357 magnums.. Cases prepped, decided to use Winchester small pistol primers. In the house. 2nd primer goes BOOM. Can't really even tell the difference between the two; no indentations. Wife was, to say the least, unhappy.

So, now, have to stand back for a while; wait for her to leave before going at it some more; still not sure why the primer went off in the first place.
But so far, haven't had an issue with Federal primers. Now, Winchester primers, well, they aren't really off to a good start.
 
O.K. is it just me? or does the OPs brass look crimped?

Trying to seat a Federal primer in a crimped or otherwise tight primer pocket will definitely buckle the primer.

I don't think he has anything on his primer post.

I have a BHP with a reduced power main spring and after getting a few light strikes with Winchester primers, I use Federal primers on both my classic turret and Load master to get 100% reliable ignition.

Winchester primers do not have, ime, soft cups.
 
I guess your expectations are pretty low with a pistol anyway.
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These types of comments just don't make sense to me.

I don't sort headstamps in my pistol brass unless I'm loading something very specific and I want to differentiate them for whatever reason.

Why? Because for the majority of my shooting, it simply doesn't make a difference if the headstamps are the same or different. I still manage to put ragged 1 hole groups with mixed headstamps out of my 1911's....and that is plenty good for me when I'm out for some range time.

Not everybody must become absolutely OCD to be a good reloader - and the idea that you must is imply assinine. There are 100 ways to skin a cat, and some folks value their time differently than you do, so the consdescending remarks about somebody that has different priorities or different procedures when reloading is really counter productive to a good discussion about something we all evidently enjoy doing.
 
O.K. is it just me? or does the OPs brass look crimped?...Trying to seat a Federal primer in a crimped or otherwise tight primer pocket will definitely buckle the primer.
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You'd possibly have a good point if it weren't for the fact that there are multiple headstamps including Win and Blazer, and I don't think they crimp their primers.

Cases prepped, decided to use Winchester small pistol primers. In the house. 2nd primer goes BOOM. Can't really even tell the difference between the two; no indentations. Wife was, to say the least, unhappy.
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Up to this point, I'd never heard of primers detonating during reloading, and in the 10's of thousands of rounds of ammo I've loaded, I've never had it happen, despite a few upside down, sideways and crushed. Good reason to ALWAYS wear safety glasses.
 
Perhaps if I had said, "relatively low", instead of, "pretty low", would that have been more palatable? Compared to a rifle, I have much lower expectations from a pistol. My apologies, I did not intend to offend anyone or provoke such an unfriendly reaction.
 
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