Reasonable Rate of Bad Primers

[Dave McC]

Last year I had two duds in the same batch of primers,Win 209s. I shipped them back to Winchester, who couldn't find anything wrong.

Those are the only two I can recall, out of close to 100K primers.

 

[l98ster]

I must have reloaded close to 50,000 rounds using Winchester 209's. I cannot recall a single "dud".

-George

 

[.300 Weatherby Mag]

I've had a factory winchester AA refuse to light a gun that has seen many thousands of flawless rounds since.. The bad ones are out there...

 

[TheKlawMan]

I finally called Winchester about the primers. A nice lady gave me another number to call for for the ammunition company and then I got passed from one person to someone else's voicemail. Needless to say no one has called back and I don't think I should hold my breath for a call back. The one at Winchester said it was very difficult to reach someone at the ammunition company (I think she meant Olin).