Tried some different primers...

[PhilB]

A friend of mine asked me to try some TulAmmo primers he got recently. They were $19 a thousand. My friend wanted some feedback on how they worked in revolvers as he was getting 2 FTFs in a hundred thru his auto pistol. I only had time to fire 50 of the hundred shells I loaded but so far the primers fire 100 percent in my GP100. If the other 50 rounds I have loaded work as well, I may buy some for my .357's. Might even try a few in my other handguns too. I've been paying $32 a thousand for the primers I'm using now so $19 is a big savings as long as they work. Anybody else have experience with this brand of primers?

 

[JoshuaW]

They are essentially the same as Wolf, which means they are hard. If you dont have problems with light striking in your gun, then you should be fine. I refuse to use them for that reason though. On the plus side, they always went bang on the second pull of the trigger.

 

[PhilB]

They are essentially the same as Wolf, which means they are hard. If you dont have problems with light striking in your gun, then you should be fine. I refuse to use them for that reason though. On the plus side, they always went bang on the second pull of the trigger.

I did notice that the TulAmmo primers were harder to seat than the others I use. I thought at first it was the brass I was using but when re-priming the fired cases with my regular primers they seated much easier.

 

[Slapstick]

Your friend may want to check that he is fully seating the primers. Sometimes when a primer isn't fully seated the first strike will actually push the primer the rest of the way in and then the second strike will fire.

I found it's easier not to notice a high primer on auto loader pistol rounds than on revolvers just because of the gun they shoot in. I also found that I seem to have a few high primers when using primers that take more pressure to seat.

I think people tend to blame "light strikes" and "bad primers" when in fact it's just that the primer wasn't seated fully.