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Scooter72 · 01-04-2006, 06:50 PM

Hi. I'm new to handgun shooting. I've fired 600 rounds through my SA XD-40 with mostly Winchester 180's and 165's. 150 of those rounds were from Walmart. No FTF like I've read about. Tonight I just picked up the Winchester 165 gr. 100 round box for $15.97. I get home and open it up and the first thing I notice is two rounds have very dark primers. Almost burned metal looking. Is this common? I have never seen this before. I plan on firing them this weekend. Will I see my first FTF?

Scooter72

ampleworks · 01-04-2006, 07:38 PM

The Winchester primers will tarnish a lot more noticeably than Federal or CCI, I'm assuming it is because it uses some type of a brass finish on the cap itself. I've opened up a box out of a fresh case that had dark primers and never had a problem before.

That's assuming its tarnish, though I don't see what else it could be. They should work fine, if not wait 30 seconds to wait for a hangfire to happen, after that, rack out the dud and keep on shootin.

01-04-2006, 06:50 PM	#1
Scooter72 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 19	Is this common? Hi. I'm new to handgun shooting. I've fired 600 rounds through my SA XD-40 with mostly Winchester 180's and 165's. 150 of those rounds were from Walmart. No FTF like I've read about. Tonight I just picked up the Winchester 165 gr. 100 round box for $15.97. I get home and open it up and the first thing I notice is two rounds have very dark primers. Almost burned metal looking. Is this common? I have never seen this before. I plan on firing them this weekend. Will I see my first FTF? Scooter72

01-04-2006, 07:38 PM	#2
ampleworks XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Communistic Ohio Posts: 1,159	The Winchester primers will tarnish a lot more noticeably than Federal or CCI, I'm assuming it is because it uses some type of a brass finish on the cap itself. I've opened up a box out of a fresh case that had dark primers and never had a problem before. That's assuming its tarnish, though I don't see what else it could be. They should work fine, if not wait 30 seconds to wait for a hangfire to happen, after that, rack out the dud and keep on shootin. __________________ *Ampleworks*

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