You never grow old enough to have learned everything. I found Remington small pistol primers for $89.99/1000 and CCI 500 for $99.99/1000.
Ten bucks is ten bucks, right? It wasn't until I got home and put them away that I noticed they were Remington 1-1/2 small pistol primers, which were not the same as the 5-1/2 primers I've been using that also say "Small Pistol."
I did read the warning that the 1-1/2's should not be used in high-pressure cartridges like .357 Mag, .357 Sig and .40 S&W. www.Remington.com has a spec sheet that lists primers for various calibers and that, of course, agrees with the boxed warning. Some reloaders have considered 5-1/2 to be magnum primers, as they are the primers to be used in .357 Mag, .357 Sig and 40S&W.
The 1-1/2's are for 9mm Luger, .380 Auto, .38 Spec and other "low-pressure" cartridges. But this link: https://www.ssusa.org/content/remington-1-pistol-primers/ discusses all this and raises a flag that the 1-1/2 cups are thinner and even in high-end 9mm the pressure is in the same range as the .357, et.al. and can produce pierced primers.
I never knew there was a Remington 1-1/2; all I ever used was 5-1/2 because the box never said "magnum" primers.
Ten bucks is ten bucks, right? It wasn't until I got home and put them away that I noticed they were Remington 1-1/2 small pistol primers, which were not the same as the 5-1/2 primers I've been using that also say "Small Pistol."
I did read the warning that the 1-1/2's should not be used in high-pressure cartridges like .357 Mag, .357 Sig and .40 S&W. www.Remington.com has a spec sheet that lists primers for various calibers and that, of course, agrees with the boxed warning. Some reloaders have considered 5-1/2 to be magnum primers, as they are the primers to be used in .357 Mag, .357 Sig and 40S&W.
The 1-1/2's are for 9mm Luger, .380 Auto, .38 Spec and other "low-pressure" cartridges. But this link: https://www.ssusa.org/content/remington-1-pistol-primers/ discusses all this and raises a flag that the 1-1/2 cups are thinner and even in high-end 9mm the pressure is in the same range as the .357, et.al. and can produce pierced primers.
I never knew there was a Remington 1-1/2; all I ever used was 5-1/2 because the box never said "magnum" primers.