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Title: Has anyone ever seen this?
Post by: CJS3 on July 06, 2009, 08:12:21 PM
I was at the range Friday, and as always picked up some range brass before I came home. After sorting and cleaning, I decided to load some .45ACP to replenish what I had shot that day. One of the Winchester cases that I tried to prime wouldn't take a large pistol primer. When I compared it to some of the other .45 brass, I discovered that it took a small pistol primer. I'd never seen that before. The head stamp reads; WIN NT 45 AUTO.

Have anyone else seen this and have you reloaded this case? How did it work out?
Title: Re: Has anyone ever seen this?
Post by: Timothy on July 06, 2009, 08:21:04 PM
Sound like their "Super Clean NT" ammo but I can't help on the loading info.  They make it for non-toxic indoor use.
Title: Re: Has anyone ever seen this?
Post by: tombogan03884 on July 06, 2009, 08:26:04 PM
 Tim beat me to it I ran into the same thing a while back. The primer pocket is quite a bit smaller than standard. I suspect it is because the components in the primer are different, so you can only use non mercuric primers which they probably do not sell.
Title: Re: Has anyone ever seen this?
Post by: 1911 Junkie on July 06, 2009, 08:59:08 PM
The only primers made that are lead free are small pistol primers. Anybody wanting to make a completely lead free round round must use small pistol primers, even in .45. It makes sorting brass that much more of a pain in the butt.