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I do not think it is a change across the board.
The two main brands that use the small pistol primers in the .45acp are owned by VISTA Outdoors, Inc. Other than the Winchester "Non Toxic" line, they are the only ones I have seen. VISTA also has Federal under their corp. and all the Federals I have are Large primer. I would think that if it was an official mandate that every brand under a holding corporation banner would have switched.
The only problem I have ever seen was with some old, well worn, Colts. Sometimes the "tightening" process for a worn out parts box pistol was changing the barrel link so the barrel would almost bind when the pistol was in battery. This makes the firing pin hit off center and will not reliably hit the small primers. Modern machining, even on lower brands, holds better tolerance than the old days, so most of the pistols with the problem are long gone.
I like having both, except it adds sorting step on the reloading bench. When I could not get one size of primers, I could always use the other. Too bad supply issues make that a reality.
The two main brands that use the small pistol primers in the .45acp are owned by VISTA Outdoors, Inc. Other than the Winchester "Non Toxic" line, they are the only ones I have seen. VISTA also has Federal under their corp. and all the Federals I have are Large primer. I would think that if it was an official mandate that every brand under a holding corporation banner would have switched.
The only problem I have ever seen was with some old, well worn, Colts. Sometimes the "tightening" process for a worn out parts box pistol was changing the barrel link so the barrel would almost bind when the pistol was in battery. This makes the firing pin hit off center and will not reliably hit the small primers. Modern machining, even on lower brands, holds better tolerance than the old days, so most of the pistols with the problem are long gone.
I like having both, except it adds sorting step on the reloading bench. When I could not get one size of primers, I could always use the other. Too bad supply issues make that a reality.
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I buy all my brass once fired from a local range. I can get 100 45acp for $5, pretty cheap actually. The majority of the small primer brass was either Federal or Blazer, and there was all of it. What difference will I see between small and large primer, if any? Thanks again everyone.
None other than that hassle of sorting them and having to switch back and forth between large and small priming systems.
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