Is there anything different about this brass? I have some range pickups and the primer pockets seem to be too small. Anyone else have any experience with this, and how was it resolved?
Thanks, Peter.

Standard diameter small pistol .175" , large pistol .210".
At one time Frankfort Arsenal made special .204".
I don't know of any others .

You have to watch all 45 ACP pickup brass. The vast majority of it is large pistol, but there are a few makers that had small primer pockets in theirs. Out of the last 1000 I got from my local range, probably 10% had small primer pockets. It just is.

Hmmm. I have never ever seen 45ACP brass with small pistol primers. I will deprime some and measure!
Peter

Well mete, you answered my question 19 minutes after I posted it!!! I deprimed one case and miked the spent primer....0.175! I have deprimed and primed all the cases with small pistol primers. Makes sense to me as I never understood why a case like the 45 ACP needed a LP primer.
Thanks, Peter.

Now that I think of it -- I'm no longer involved with bullseye shooting so I didn't remember all the changes.
Yes they sometimes are now using small primers for the 45acp !
Blazer aluminum cases can't be reloaded and to insure that you don't try they use an odd sized primer you can't buy !

I was in a LGS yesterday looking for some plinking ammo for a new Glock 30 and looked at some Federal 230 FMJ stuff. The clerk asked me if I reloaded and I said yes and then he pointed to a sign that was posted on the wall that indicated that this run of Federal ammo was primed with small pistol primers.

I thought that was the right thing to do. To some lads it might not make any difference but to others it could be a factor. I picked up a box of the brass Blazer 230 FMJ instead.

So apparently it is still out there and would be a good idea to look at the ammo before you buy if that's a problem for you.

Blazer changed their brass,it's now reloadable boxer primed brass case.

http://www.blazer-ammo.com/blazer_brass.aspx

I did send federal an email and received a prompt response. They did make a run of brass for environmental reasons and used small pistol primers. I did reload these and they worked fine. I did not adjusted the powder charge.
Peter.

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Originally posted by SmokinJ:
Blazer changed their brass,it's now reloadable boxer primed brass case.

I ran across range pickup blazer brass that has the small primer pocket.

Greg, correct! I have reloaded some and it seems to work fine.
Peter.