Sellier & Bellot Primers?

[SlippShodd]

Anybody got any experience with them?
Cabela's is advertising them as a doorbuster for Saturday, May 2nd, for $17.99/thousand. I've never used them, was wondering if they were an acceptable alternative to the usual suspects. I'm not a big fan of S&B brass, so my caution flag is up.
Thanks.

mike

[jmort]

I like them. I would love to get some S & B primers at that price.

[kfarm]

Heard some say they are larger in dia than others. I got 10,000 by fed up today. I miked them and they fall in with the others I had. The results are at my shop, I'll get them later and post the sizes.

[1johnlb]

As long as their not pulled mil surp their good at least the LR are. The cheapest that I've found them is $19/1000.

[williamwaco]

At that price, go for it.

If you find them not up to standard, use them for plinking ammo.

I have shot a lot of their factory ammo and had good results.

Their brass is NOT up to our normal quality standards. When reloading, I lose about 10% on each loading.

[gloob]

I have loaded 2k of their SPP. I have shot probably 1,500 of them so far. They have all gone bang. I feel like they seat the same as my Win and CCI primers.

[odfairfaxsub]

They are the bomb

[gloob]

I have loaded 2k of their SPP. I have shot probably 1,500 of them so far. They have all gone bang. I feel like they seat the same as my Win and CCI primers. They're not tight, like Russian primers.

Minor details: packaging is standard, about the same size as CCI packaging, except the only indication of what kind of primer is contained is a small print "SP" or "LR", etc, on the front of each box and sleeve (nothing on the ends/sides). So if you have more than one kind of SB primer, it might take awhile to find the right one! The primers are a mix of up/down in the trays, mostly with the anvils facing up, as is the case with Russian packaging. The cups are brass like Win, but they are polished and shiny. The radius of the cups is sharper than Win or CCI primers, kinda like Rem primers. This difference in cup is very obvious in assembled large primer ammo, making for easy visual identification between different loads. But it is not so obvious in assembled SPP ammo.

[khmer6]

i hear lots of rumors. but i think they are g2g. similar to the wolf branded primers a few years back when everyone was basically trying to hussle the importer and get free primers. at 17.99 i'd go for some. they were 24.99 a couple of weeks ago at cabela's. Is this nationwide ad or something special? I have primers for quite some decades, but large rifle magnum is starting to run low

[khmer6]

ha correction..... they are still 24.99

[khmer6]

Heard some say they are larger in dia than others. I got 10,000 by fed up today. I miked them and they fall in with the others I had. The results are at my shop, I'll get them later and post the sizes.

I think those that say that are usually the ones trying to load SB or WCC brass which have TINY primer pockets.....

[1911KY]

I just bought a box for $24.99 the other day, loaded up a 100 of them in LP but haven't shot any yet.

At $17.99 I would be buying several boxes!

[kfarm]

I measured the diameter of all the small pistol primers I had, here is what I found.

Tula. .17510"
Winchester. .17490"
CCI. .17490"
Federal (match). .17455"
S&B. .17445"

Looks like the S&B are a tad smaller.

[MrWolf]

I have used both small and large with no problems.

[SlippShodd]

Thanks for all the responses. I was a little hesitant because I had a few hiccups with Wolf primers... kinda put me off of anything not Win, Rem, Fed, CCI. For the price I might make the trek and put up with the crowds.
The ad is for a doorbuster sale Saturday, May 2, 8:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. Dunno why they mailed it out so early, but there it was in my mailbox today. They also gots basic 10-22s for $200, which isn't bad these days (no ammo though, lol).
Thanks again, y'all are great.

mike

[khmer6]

was it the SPP wolf primers you had issues with? or LPP?

[runfiverun]

Mike you talking about the Cabella's opening in Ammon? [I.F.]

if they are opening on the second I might make the trip up there to look the place over.

[khmer6]

awwwwww i knew it would be too good to be true. one store only for new opening i presume?

[ReloaderFred]

I've gone through 10,000 of the S&B Small Pistol primers and have had zero problems with them. In fact, I like them.

Hope this helps.

Fred

[firebrick43]

I measured the diameter of all the small pistol primers I had, here is what I found.

Tula. .17510"
Winchester. .17490"
CCI. .17490"
Federal (match). .17455"
S&B. .17445"

Looks like the S&B are a tad smaller.

what did you measure with? An optical comparator? Zeiss cmm?