Yeah, that’s pretty odd to me, considering how well the Norma made Prime is working for me. Now, admittedly, my load is lower at 41.8g H4350 w/Federal 210 primers, Lapua 136g Scenars going 2750-2800 (winter-summer). I bought 400 rounds of the original prime ammo and shot it and have been using the brass since. 13+ loads.
I admittedly only have about 240 cases left, but that’s only because I lose some at every match, no matter how hard I try to pick up my brass. I have not had a single split neck (anneal about every third load) or loose primer pocket. In fact, I just finished loading 100 cases and these were as hard to seat the primers using a hand primer as ever.
But, these are all shot in a bolt and all except the original factory load were only the medium load listed above.
I do have two more cases of original Prime ammo I bought just before everything went sideways between Prime and RUAG that I planned to use once I’m done with these. I do hope that the brass is of the same quality as what I’ve been using, since that’s the primary reason I bought them.
I admittedly only have about 240 cases left, but that’s only because I lose some at every match, no matter how hard I try to pick up my brass. I have not had a single split neck (anneal about every third load) or loose primer pocket. In fact, I just finished loading 100 cases and these were as hard to seat the primers using a hand primer as ever.
But, these are all shot in a bolt and all except the original factory load were only the medium load listed above.
I do have two more cases of original Prime ammo I bought just before everything went sideways between Prime and RUAG that I planned to use once I’m done with these. I do hope that the brass is of the same quality as what I’ve been using, since that’s the primary reason I bought them.