Loading Small Primer 45 ACP

#1 · May 11, 2016, 9:15 am

Hi,
I'm going to be purchasing some once fired brass in the small primer 45.

Which headstamps should I avoid in the 550B?

A while back I loaded a small amount and there was one particular headstamp that had a lot of issues with seating a primer. Kind of like the primer pocket was not lined up well. I tossed all those and didn't keep a note on which brand that was.

Thanks,
Dave

#2 · May 13, 2016, 6:04 pm

The US brands load well enough. Federal seems to be the most commonly available.

#3 · May 13, 2016, 10:21 pm

Thank you very much.
DF

#4 · May 22, 2016, 3:46 am

For information purposes I wanted to follow up with the topic.

I received 2000 pieces of once fired Win small primer brass. Winchester small primer pockets on the 45ACP cases are smaller / tighter than the Speer brass I use. I had a very high problem rate and gave the brass away.

QUESTION:
On Speer small primer 45ACP brass I am consistently having issues with the primer not being removed in the first stage. This happens 5% to 10% of the time. The primer is not removed and requires another rotation of the handle. The concern is having an accidental double charge.

The depriming pin is straight. I took the die apart and everything seems fine.

What adjustment do I need to make to the deprimer die?

Thanks,
Dave

#5 · October 21, 2017, 6:36 pm

Federal has a line of small primer brass with lead free primers that are crimped. Because of this I can all Federal small primer brass so I don't have to worry about it.