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Old 08-08-2020, 07:14 AM
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I have had multiple issues with Winchester cases, but that could be bad luck, the Winchester primer issue, is well known though, many people have had Winchester primers rupture , causing damage to bolt faces.
Strangely enough I have had ruptured primers with factory Federal ammunition in my 22-250 but no issues with handloaded ammunition that is moving 64gr Bergers at 3500fps. Just had a quick look, and I have a little over 13,000 WLR primers remaining. Will update if I ever have one fail.
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Old 08-08-2020, 07:32 AM
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I have had multiple issues with Winchester cases, but that could be bad luck, the Winchester primer issue, is well known though, many people have had Winchester primers rupture , causing damage to bolt faces.
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The worst quality that I have seen recently, is with Winchester, they used to sell good cases, but now I avoid them, like I avoid Winchester primers.
I have even had issues with Winchester factory ammo (bought for break in, intended to reload the cases after first firing). I had a box of 243 in which 3 wouldn’t even chamber. The necks and shoulders were misshapen badly. Same box had 2 primers suffer gas leaks around the primers, a small amount but noticeable upon inspection. To Winchester’s credit they did refund me for the box, but I haven’t bought Winchester ammo since.
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Old 08-08-2020, 08:04 AM
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Strangely enough I have had ruptured primers with factory Federal ammunition in my 22-250 but no issues with handloaded ammunition that is moving 64gr Bergers at 3500fps. Just had a quick look, and I have a little over 13,000 WLR primers remaining. Will update if I ever have one fail.
The link below includes a list of Winchester primer lot numbers that have produced issues with pinholes.

https://www.handloadersbench.com/for...-primer-recall
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Old 08-08-2020, 08:06 AM
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The link below includes a list of Winchester primer lot numbers that have produced issues with pinholes.

https://www.handloadersbench.com/for...-primer-recall
Thanks, I will have a look and see if mine are on the list.


Edit: All good, none on list.
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Winchester brass is horrendous.
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