I've used plenty of small rifle primers, magnum and standard, in multiple Glocks, and never had a problem.
Small rifle primers can be substituted for small pistol, just not the other way around.
I've read of quite a few reloaders who only buy rifle primers, and load pistol and rifle with them.
Oh yeah. Glocks, at least, give a very solid strike, with standard factory parts.
Lots of folks have run Izzy subgun ammo through them, +p+, no problem.
I've used magnum pistol, and rifle, magnum and standard (often because it's all I could find), and they've lit off every time, indentation looks the same as it ever did with any other primers/ammo.
Last batch of primers I got from Sportsmans wharehouse a couple months ago, 3,000 of 'em all Federal Small Pistol Magnum.
They had a whole row of the big boxes. I didn't hesitate.
2 days later the rest were gone.
Was just shooting today, the P80 (Glock internals of course), and last weekend, the G19, those very primers in the loads. No different than any others.
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Someone from ArfTard contacted Federal years back. There standard small rifle and small pistol primers were reported to be the exact same product.
I've tried some Bosnian pistol primers in AR that would pierce and damage my firing pin. Wold SRM cups were too thick for reliable ignition in Glocks.
I'd be fine running WIN or Fed standard rifle primers for both pistol and rifle.
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I thought this was interesting given the interest in sealed/unsealed primers. Basically they conducted a limited test, including soaking sealed and unsealed primers in water and motor oil for 30 days. They noted no anomalies, sealed or unsealed.
https://www.ammoman.com/blog/do-seal...-a-difference/
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Im back:
Think I got a decent 556 load worked up, but want the forums opinion before I go and mass produce it. I cant post pics because of the shadow ban on imgur, but it is what it is.
Fed Primer, Win brass, 77gr SMK loaded to 2.260, Hogdon H335 powder
The two nodes I am considering is:
24.0 AVG 2671 FPS SD28 ES 54 This was a very accurate load.
24.3 AVG 2696 FPS SD 10 ES 20 This load looks great over the chronograph but was over 1.5" on paper
The other factor that I am unsure of is OAL. It seems at 2.260 some of the bullets are a little long and got hung up in my pmags. I exclusively use pmags in every gun so I would rather change the OAL than buy new mags. Would bumping it down to 2.250 mean I need to redo my ladder tests?
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I load my 75gr load (Hornady BTHP) to 2.250. No problems in my gen 2 Pmags.
I load those with 22.0gr of H335, will shoot MOA, no chrono data.
I think you'd be fine bumping them down to 2.250 without a workup (unless you're right at max.), I'd just confirm accuracy and as always look for pressure signs at the primers.
Whichever node you see best accuracy in is the way to go, I feel.
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