Winchester primers

[Gary Laudermilch]

I use nothing but Winchester primers in every load and numerous guns and never had a pierced primer that I know of. However, the last sleeve of primers I used I did notice a few that appear to be missing the sealant over the flash hole. I happened to notice one when loading the primer tray and then started watching more closely. After that I found one tray with two missing the sealant. What effect does it have? I have no idea but does say something about quality control.

[J. A. EARLY]

I just had a hammer gun pierce every primer in RST shells (Cheddite) but the same gun never pierced a WW 209 primer in any reload no matter the load, from one ounce to one and a half. I would not suspect the WW 209s.

On the hammer gun I could see a sharp point and I took it down with "beauty shop" emery boards (600 then 1000) until the point was gone. which did stop the RST primer piercing.