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Is there such thing as a soft primer on .22?


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I know nothing about rim fire ammo. Is there any made that's notorious for being easier to touch off?

 

I'm getting a conversion kit for a 9mm pistol that's been worked over with lightened springs. I hear the kit doesn't work well with lightened springs so I'm hoping to find ammo that's more likely to fire from a lighter strike.

 

I have full weight springs on order,and they're easy to swap, but if I don't have to all the better.

 

Also, separately asking if there's anything in .22 that's utter garbage and should be avoided even with a normal set of springs. I don't mind paying a few extra cents a round if it means it's going to work.

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I've done some more reading on the kit. I've got a 13# hammer spring and a skeleton hammer on my host. Stock is a solid hammer and a 20# spring. The kit will work reliably with a 16# spring and the solid hammer. I'm fairly certain that I'm going to have to either install my 16# or the 20# spring when I want to shoot .22. Not a big deal, remove a grip panel, push out a pin, replace spring, re-assemble. Five minutes tops. Really only want to do this so I can shoot .22 when I'm teaching a noob...then I can move them up to 9mm on the same platform when ready.

 

I also read CCI and Eley were the only .22 to bother with which pretty much mirrors what you've all said.

 

 

Thanks for the guidance everyone.

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I agree with people here are saying...CCI really is the way to go, if you can get them. Since the absurd crunch of 2012, I've been running Federal Automatch .22 that comes in the 325 box...it's been pretty solid through both my M&P 15-22 and my Ruger SR22.

 

I got bit hard by Winchester offerings (X-Pert, Super X) and the complete garbage that Remington makes (Golden bullet, Viper, etc) that I steer completely clear of both of them now...the Golden bullets are such crap, I'd rather not shoot than waste my $$ on them.

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I just ordered 300 rounds of the 40 gr CCI mini mag type.

 

While on the website I checked my purchase history....Now I knew I shoot a lot, but dang man, I'm embarrassed at how much I spent over the last four years since I started buying from SGammo. Maybe if this .22 kit works ok I'll start shooting that more. Less than .10 per vs .18 per or higher.

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Hi,

 

Think about how a rimfire cartridge is constructed.

 

A tiny smear of primer has to be spread uniformly in a very small, shallow groove on the outer perimeter of the inside of a very small enclosure. Any irregularity or gap in that thin layer and the round may not ignite.

 

So to this old boy, the amazing thing is that manufacturers are able to get the reliability they do.

 

FWIW.

 

Rich Phillips

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well, you guys all had the right advise. CCI stuff went bang 96% of the time despite the light springs in the gun. That's perfectly acceptable to me. Remedial action drills are built in! Perfect first timer training gun. I've got like 7 people to get to the range now. Thanks for steering me the right way on this.

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