I was on ammo seek looking for primers and saw deals in Ginex primers. What’s everyone’s experience and what are they comparable to?
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Yay or nay for precision type shooting?They made in Bosnia, most say mil-spec, so the meet NATO ammo specs. From 50 BMG to 5.56 and 9mm. So primer cups should be similar to CCI mil spec. I've used them by the thousands, and they work fine, for any general purpose application.
You'll have to try them for your individual load and rifle. I did a limited test with a heavy target 308 rifle with premium Lapua brass & commercial primers...against random. Military primed LC brass the Lapua brass usually only resulted in .1" better 5 shot groups. You spend a lot of money on premium components for one tenth of an inch. So I run these primers in 223, 300 blackout, 300 hamr, 308, and 50 BMG most exclusively in autoloaders.Yay or nay for precision type shooting?![]()
@Gustav7 What issues did you have with them in 9mm? Failures to ignite? What firearm(s) did it happen in?I have not had good luck with them in 9mm, but have not used any rifle primers.
For the money, the Servicios Y Adventuras would be a better option for pistol.
@Gustav7 What issues did you have with them in 9mm? Failures to ignite? What firearm(s) did it happen in?
The one thing I've heard about Ginex and some of the other foreign primers is that they might not be the best for pistols with light hammer/striker springs and sometimes require a second primer strike to ignite. Guessing this is due to them being designed for military applications where firearms with reduced power springs aren't an issue?
I picked up 10k of the SyA small pistol primers after hearing positive reviews, but the Ginex being over 6 cents per primer and the little bit of negative reviews gave me pause on buying any yet.
They're slightly wider so they are for one, very hard seating, and two, some cases just won't seat them all the way. So its not light strikes as much as it is, the primer is not seated even close to flush. Of course, this is using range pick up brass and I run mine on a Dillon 750 or 550. The amount of force to seat them is annoying and enough for me to not use them. Then on top of that you have a couple out of every hundred that don't seat all the way.
Not unserviceable, but annoying as hell. I'll pay a tad more for easy seating and no issues.
The small primers are both a little larger diameter. I mostly have been using SR CCI, WIN for all of my pistols for the last 6 years. So I ordered a few 1000 of the SP and 5000 of the SR a few months back. Most all of the SR will crush in 9mm brass. And fit in some of my 38/357 brass that has been loaded over 5x's. But on new and 1x fired the SR don't fit right. The SP also seems very tight on all brass but does not crush like the SR does.
I will not order any more of these. I have not had any problems with them other than that. I have shot them out of 4 different handguns and revolvers without a problem. I have not shot any of the SR out of my rifles. But the ones I loaded in the handgun cases still went off without issue.
And it didn’t affect your SD or ES at all?I've loaded a bunch of the SRP without issues. Shot maybe 100rds of it without issues. Just bought 5K LRP and I'm eager to see how they do.
I have not had good luck with them in 9mm, but have not used any rifle primers.
For the money, the Servicios Y Adventuras would be a better option for pistol.
@Gustav7 What issues did you have with them in 9mm? Failures to ignite? What firearm(s) did it happen in?
The one thing I've heard about Ginex and some of the other foreign primers is that they might not be the best for pistols with light hammer/striker springs and sometimes require a second primer strike to ignite. Guessing this is due to them being designed for military applications where firearms with reduced power springs aren't an issue?
I'm looking for primers for my 6x47 and saw these on sale. not sure if it's worth buying them or just waiting till i can get some 205's or 450'sI don't use them for anything that I would worry about SDs. So haven't tested that. I'm loading 300BO and .223 blaster loads in mixed Headstamp brass. No issues on a 650. Or in the Dillon RF primer vibrator.
I suggest you buy 1K and try them. At worst you can use them for blasting ammo in something else or sell them right quick. At best you have a new supply of primers that no one else thinks of using.I'm looking for primers for my 6x47 and saw these on sale. not sure if it's worth buying them or just waiting till i can get some 205's or 450's
Thank you! around me, most places, if they have them, are like 120 per 1000I wouldn't bother as long as you can get CCI450's for less than $100 a thou and your goal is precision stuff.
I suggest you buy 1K and try them. At worst you can use them for blasting ammo in something else or sell them right quick. At best you have a new supply of primers that no one else thinks of using.
I go through A LOT of small pistol primers. During the covid freakout I decided to try anything that came to market. I had success with Murom, Ginex, and now Servicios y Aventuras. While other people where wasting time fretting online about these foreign brands or paying $150 plus per thousand for domestic primers, I never paid more than $80 per thou and shot without slowing down all the way through 2021 and 22.
My experience is with Ginex small pistol primers. I've run about 5000 of them in 9mm so far. A lot of my brass is 5x+ fired range pickup brass from IDPA and USPSA matches. If they are a little bigger and stiffer to seat as some of you have mentioned, it works out in my favor in 5x+ fired brass as I can load them more times before primer pockets are too loose.
I have run these Ginex SPP in my Glocks with 4 and 4.5 lb lightened striker springs with no failures to ignite. CCI magnums that I picked up by mistake a while back only light off about 2 out of every 3 rounds in the same Glocks.
That's not that cheap, I bought CCI 450's from midway January 2021 for $234. Six years ago they were under $200.I remember buying a 5K pack for $170 on sale at Midway 6 years ago. Now I can't stop regretting not buying 100K. It's not like they're going to go bad or you're never going to use them.