Ginex SPP hardness?

[TomJ]

I was at the range yesterday shooting my reloads in which I used Ginex SPP. I had no issues other than one light strike in my P365XL. Are these primers harder than average? I’m trying to figure out if it’s a primer or gun issue. My other guns had no light strikes.

 

[Hockey7711]

To me they seem softer. I have one gun that gives light primer strikes with CCI but works fine with Ginex.

 

[EricBu]

I was at the range yesterday shooting my reloads in which I used Ginex SPP. I had no issues other than one light strike in my P365XL. Are these primers harder than average? I’m trying to figure out if it’s a primer or gun issue. My other guns had no light strikes.

They are slightly larger and require more effort to seat. Make sure you seat them ~ .004 below flush or so. That said, some striker guns, and some light da only revolvers may light strike ginex spp.

 

[JimGnitecki]

Primers that are not FULLY seated can cause a failure to ignite. When the hammer or striker hits them, a good chunk of its energy is used up seating them "the rest of the way". If the Ginex primers are slightly larger than North American primers, they ARE harder to seat, and therefor more likely to be only partially seated unless you really pay attention to seating them FULLY.

Jim G

 

[9mmepiphany]

Are these primers harder than average? I’m trying to figure out if it’s a primer or gun issue

I have not found them to be harder...I've just finished my first carton of 5k. I'm actually inclined to believe that they are a bit softer than CCI...that is what they have replaced in my inventory.

I loaded some in .38Spl for my competition revolvers who's actions are tuned for Federal SPP and I was only getting a 10% failure to ignite...but it may have been due to not fully seating them. They are metric primers and are slightly larger in diameter and require a bit more attention to insure that they are fully seated.

When they first came on the market, you had a choice of nickel plated ones or brass ones...the brass were about $25 less per 5k. The brass ones seem to take a harder strike to set off...as reported by CZ shooters with really light actions

 

[Rat-Man]

I have the brass colored ones and loaded 100 test rounds for my .357 Python, which has had a few light strikes on other than Federal, and didn’t have a single one that didn’t go off the first time shooting double action.

I am happy with them in all my pistols. They are harder to seat fully using my Dillon 550 though!

 

[TomJ]

Thanks. It sounds like seating them deep enough may be the issue. I'll check that.

 

[FROGO207]

I found all the foreign (metric) primers are harder to seat due to being a smidge larger diameter. This has happened with CBC, Wolf/Tula, and S&B primers in my ammo at times.