I recently purchased once fired brass, mostly blazer. Blazer Brass I've used in the past was inscribed "cci 45 AUTO". this reads "BLAZER 45 Auto". I mention only to accurately describe. My only concern is the primer; it's a small primer in all those I just bought. My shop says they don't know what to sell; standard or magnum or rifle. ANY IDEAS are greatly appreciated.
I reloaded those in the past, until it got to be a pain in the butt to load when they got mixed with the "normal" brass. Now I just throw them in my unwanted brass bin and don't mess with them.
To answer your question, though, you use standard small pistol primers!!
Welcome to the forum! The SP 45acp's have been causing all kinds of problems in the last couple of years. They're becoming more and more common too. I used to just toss'em in the scrap pile, but now I figure that they're still very capable of being useful. I could use SPP's in them if I ever needed to in a desperate situation. I have enough standard cases for the time being, so for now they just sit.
If you bought a large batch, I'd just keep all your standard brass seperate and load up what you have using SPP's. I'd suggest using Winchester SPP's as a first choice along with Titegroup or W231.
The other option is to see if you can get a refund; did the shop specify that these were non-standard primers? If they want to keep their reputation, they should give you your money back if you don't want them and didn't know they were SPP's.
Do a search on "small primer 45 ACP". This topic is making the rounds of reloading forums. In tests, the only difference in shooting/loads/functionng/accuracy is a velocity difference of less than 25 fps lower with small primers vs large pistol primers. Only problems arise when a batch of brass is dumped into an automated priming system w/o looking at the primers.
Use standard, not mag, primers. I hate the things, but I save what I scrounge and once, if ever, I have a hundred or two I'll go ahead and use them. Right now, I use the few I have to make dummy rounds as needed.
Thanks for all the response. The search netted a bunch of articles. I guess I'll keep these separate from large primmer 45 even though it's going to be a "pain in the butt" as many of you pointed out. Thanks Again
Its wise to keep brass in lots of 50 or 100 so you can recoerd how many loadings they go thru. Otherwise you mix weakened & strong casings. I don't toss old stuff but I do refrain from high energy loads in anything over 10 loads.
Lets hope not, but if they do, I will just adjust to the butt pain. . .
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