Hay! I have a 454 Casuall super redhawk, I have been doing the reloding thing, But...When using cci primmers I have lots of primer feluers, I have heard that fedreal primers are better to use, has anyone had this problum happen to them, or something better??? I REALLY dont what this to happen when hutting seson comes arond!!! Thanks, Cosmo.:(

When someone tells me about primer failures, the first thing I think of is contamination...oil, grease, WD-40 etc... I use Remington 7 1/2 primers in my 2 .454 FA's and have never had a failure to fire in many thousands of rounds. On the other hand I don't recall ever having what was truly a primer failure with CCI or Federal primers in many calibers and many guns.
Failures to fire from time to time in one gun or another? Yes. And in ALMOST EVERY case the fault was with the gun.. too light a hammer fall because of changed springs, inadequate firing pin protrusion, etc. The only non-contamination primer related failure-to-fire incidents I recall seeing in centerfire guns were due to improper/ inadequate seating of the primer.

Hay! I have a 454 Casuall super redhawk, I have been doing the reloding thing, But...When using cci primmers I have lots of primer feluers, I have heard that fedreal primers are better to use, has anyone had this problum happen to them, or something better??? I REALLY dont what this to happen when hutting seson comes arond!!! Thanks, Cosmo.:(

Super redhawks "mostly" strike the primers well. I sugest that you give yours a real good clean and lube job.

My "other suspect" is about your "reloading thing". Quality control is what that is about.

Last "dudd" that I recall was a rimfire! Handloaders "can" make better ammo than the factory. Is up to the handloader to decide QC standards.

Just my view.

Cheezywan

I use cci 450 small rifle mag primers for my SRH 454 and have shot a thousand rounds or more with them and have never had a problem. Are you seating your primers flush with the case, or mabey just a bit under? I have used all brands of primers in 20 years and have never had a primer fail. Guess I'm lucky

As far as cleaning, the gun was brand new in April, and after shooting I clean the H out of it. I have heard that fedreal primmer are more sensative. Yesterday went to the range and shot about 50 rounds with the fedreal primers, not one feled. I used the same brass, after cleaning it, cleaned the primmer pockits. this was the brass that had the 29 out of a 100 primmer faluar with the cci primmers. I called the strom Ruger place and they told me that if the fedreal primers are more sentive and it they miss fired the gun would have to be returned, One thing I have noticed is that the CCI primmer that faled where not dented as deep as the ones that fired. I really don't know if its the gun or the primmers that I'm using. And yes I'm using small rifel primers with my casull, and almost new brass. thanks all, Cosmo.