Odd 38 Special case

[beemer]

I was sorting out a batch of 38 Special cases and found an odd one. It is a Peters case with a large primer. Seems I have heard of that but can't remember the when the change was made to small primers. Anyone have any idea ?

Thanks
Dave

[M-Tecs]

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?304442-38-Special-Brass-with-LARGE-Primer-Pockets!

https://www.starlinebrass.com/articles/Small-Primer-vs-Large-Primer/

[Guesser]

I have about 20 of them, some are new factory primed, the rest are new unprimed.

[beemer]

That was fast, Thanks. I'll throw it in my collection box. Speaking of collections I picked up a few rounds at the flea market today. Bought a 401 Win SL, 38 Long Rimfire and a 22 WCF. It started in '67, a neat old guy gave me a couple shells in 22 Hornet and a 25 Rem. I don't have anything really special just about a gallon of odds and ends. I guess most of us have a box of shells that we look through ocasionally .

[ReloaderFred]

I've also got large primer .38 cases in my collection. They were still common when I started reloading in 1963.

Hope this helps.

Fred

[jetinteriorguy]

Well, in all my years I've never encountered this. But, lately I keep running into these stupid cases with crimped primers. What, are they making machine guns in .38 sp now? I had two primers pop in my progressive press because of this so now I deprime and prime off the press and no longer load .38/.357 on the progressive but do it on my turret press instead. My wife gets concerned about the safety of what I'm doing when things explode while I'm loading.

[ReloaderFred]

I've had lots of Lake City crimped primers in .38 Special over the years.

Wives don't have much of a sense of humor when it comes to reloading............

Fred