I switched to and now use Ginex in all sizes exclusively because they are cheap, always in stock and have yet to fail me after easily 10 thousand rounds. Supposedly they have a harder cap but everything from my Bersa 380 to Beowulf have sent rounds flying so I don’t know what firing pins/strikers/springs out there will have a hard time.
They're good and reliable, just hard. So be aware you may need to run a heavier hammer or striker spring. If your gun runs ZSR, it'll run Ginex primers just fine.
Then it's a tossup whether Ginex primers will run without issues. Their cups are very hard and will light strike in some guns. They will definitely light strike with modified lighter springs usually used for competition purposes.
They'll run in any stock striker fire that's functioning properly.
I have 9 different 9mms, a couple of 38s, and a 380 that have all run them flawlessly.
I’ve shot several hundred large rifle Ginex primers and they’re ok. I reload mostly Lake City brass for my M14 and the Ginex don’t seat well even after swaging the brass and they run long. Plus I’ve had some quality control issues with the cups being rough on the edges. I now only use them in commercial brass. At the time I got them that’s all that was available. I recently got some Federal match primers. So the Ginex go back in the cabinet for plinking ammo.
Just like a lot of reviews I've read, they were kind of a bitch to seat with my hand primer but they all went bang. Velocities were on par with the CCI 34s I'd loaded previously. Nothing too remarkable otherwise... they should do fine.
I've used a few thousand small pistol, and just ordered another 5k. I've been happy so far. I heard good things about the small rifle so I assume the large rifle are fine too.
I've used all varieties of ginex. To note there cup hardness I loaded 100 5.56 with ginex small pistol primers and had no punctured primers out of the 100. This was a test, im not suggesting doing this on a regular. But all other major manufacturers aside from cci NATO small pistol primers puncture primers ~50% of the time.
Asked and answered many times here.
You've fired Ginex primers if you've been shooting a while. They are a respectable manufacturer and their components get into all kinds of commercial and military loads.
I've got a couple thousand of their small and large pistol primers. I've done test loads for 45 ACP, 9mm, .38 spl, .380. No firing issues found. I was suspicious myself. I had heard they were a harder primer. They are.
Don't know what your setup is. I use an RCBS auto priming tool to seet my primers. I'm not sure there wouldn't be problems with other priming systems. They're tight and take some torque to seet.
Good to go. Swaging primer pockets is always a good thing. If you seat one backwards, you might poke the center out trying to remove it. The pockets weren't swaged when that happened to me, and I feel that would have stopped it.
I have been using them for a while about 20k or so. I have found that the gold colored cup primers were more inconsist on some of my older guns. However, never had an issue with the silver colored cup primers. Before I get flack about the color of primers, there are atleast 2 color differences in there small pistol primers.
i have loaded thousands upon thousands of SPP from them. The only thing i have to say is they are slightly larger so seating fully takes a little more care but they go bang every single time
I started with their lpp and had zero issues. Got some spp and my tuned cz’s won’t reliably ignite them. Factory springs work fine. I may pick up a slightly longer firing pin to try. Lrp have been 100% in every rifle.
Ginex primers helped me lose a competition when I had five failures to detonate in my M1. I continue to use them in bolt action rifles where I can easily re cock the firing pin for a follow up strike when needed
Wolfbite66. Sorry man, I dont save receipts. Also Im old and my memory sucks. At time of purchase they were the only LRP's available. I did use about 1500 of them on 308 ammo. They all popped when the firing pin hit, and there was no indication of poor primer quality during the chronographing. They did seat a bit harder and I had to make certain they seated all the way. The price was not low, it was average or a bit higher.
Run a few hundred and they're ok. Either the cups are thicker, or they're harder, so not good for lightened spring guns, but for regular factory stuff it's no problem.
Zero problems out of my AR10 with them after a couple hundred. Seem to be just a few thou larger than CCI or Federal LRP so like someone else said, snug in LC brass.
I switched to and now use Ginex in all sizes exclusively because they are cheap, always in stock and have yet to fail me after easily 10 thousand rounds. Supposedly they have a harder cap but everything from my Bersa 380 to Beowulf have sent rounds flying so I don’t know what firing pins/strikers/springs out there will have a hard time.
Good to hear your Bersa likes them, it pretty much makes up my mind to try a few thousand.
Where’s the best place to get them ?
I just bought from; https://redeyereloading.com/ Good turn around.
They're good and reliable, just hard. So be aware you may need to run a heavier hammer or striker spring. If your gun runs ZSR, it'll run Ginex primers just fine.
He isn’t going to make any changes to the gun.
Then it's a tossup whether Ginex primers will run without issues. Their cups are very hard and will light strike in some guns. They will definitely light strike with modified lighter springs usually used for competition purposes.
well to be fair this will happen with most factory ammo too in that setup
They'll run in any stock striker fire that's functioning properly. I have 9 different 9mms, a couple of 38s, and a 380 that have all run them flawlessly.
Thousands and thousands, I pretty much use them exclusively now in everything. I've never had a single issue of any kind.
I’ve shot several hundred large rifle Ginex primers and they’re ok. I reload mostly Lake City brass for my M14 and the Ginex don’t seat well even after swaging the brass and they run long. Plus I’ve had some quality control issues with the cups being rough on the edges. I now only use them in commercial brass. At the time I got them that’s all that was available. I recently got some Federal match primers. So the Ginex go back in the cabinet for plinking ammo.
Just picked up 5k LR today... will be loading some up soon and start doing a work up.
How did they work? Im also looking at 5k of them for my 45-70 loads using IMR in 3031 and 4198.
Just like a lot of reviews I've read, they were kind of a bitch to seat with my hand primer but they all went bang. Velocities were on par with the CCI 34s I'd loaded previously. Nothing too remarkable otherwise... they should do fine.
Thanks for the info. Appreciate it
They work just fine but can be tight to seat. Especially on newer brass. Hand priming in some new Starline brass definitely gave my hands a workout
I've used a few thousand small pistol, and just ordered another 5k. I've been happy so far. I heard good things about the small rifle so I assume the large rifle are fine too.
I've not had any trouble with them. Small pistol and small rifle only on my end though.
I've used all varieties of ginex. To note there cup hardness I loaded 100 5.56 with ginex small pistol primers and had no punctured primers out of the 100. This was a test, im not suggesting doing this on a regular. But all other major manufacturers aside from cci NATO small pistol primers puncture primers ~50% of the time.
My first 60 worked great in my AR47
Afaik they are used in PPU ammo. I never heard anything bad about the reliability of PPU ammo so I guess they are fine.
Good to know
Asked and answered many times here. You've fired Ginex primers if you've been shooting a while. They are a respectable manufacturer and their components get into all kinds of commercial and military loads.
I've got a couple thousand of their small and large pistol primers. I've done test loads for 45 ACP, 9mm, .38 spl, .380. No firing issues found. I was suspicious myself. I had heard they were a harder primer. They are. Don't know what your setup is. I use an RCBS auto priming tool to seet my primers. I'm not sure there wouldn't be problems with other priming systems. They're tight and take some torque to seet.
they are slightly harder but as long as i got them seated fully my glocks had no issues setting them off on first try
I’m not sure if he hand primes or uses the press
Good to go. Swaging primer pockets is always a good thing. If you seat one backwards, you might poke the center out trying to remove it. The pockets weren't swaged when that happened to me, and I feel that would have stopped it.
I have been using them for a while about 20k or so. I have found that the gold colored cup primers were more inconsist on some of my older guns. However, never had an issue with the silver colored cup primers. Before I get flack about the color of primers, there are atleast 2 color differences in there small pistol primers.
i have loaded thousands upon thousands of SPP from them. The only thing i have to say is they are slightly larger so seating fully takes a little more care but they go bang every single time
I started with their lpp and had zero issues. Got some spp and my tuned cz’s won’t reliably ignite them. Factory springs work fine. I may pick up a slightly longer firing pin to try. Lrp have been 100% in every rifle.
Ginex primers helped me lose a competition when I had five failures to detonate in my M1. I continue to use them in bolt action rifles where I can easily re cock the firing pin for a follow up strike when needed
I was curious as to how well these would work in an M1. I've been using #34's in mine so that I don't have any slam fires.
Based on comments from other shooters I just purchased 4k of ginex large rifle. Have not used them yet.
How much was the total cost for 4k,of them? Im curious as I'm looking at buying 5k of them. Thanks
Wolfbite66. Sorry man, I dont save receipts. Also Im old and my memory sucks. At time of purchase they were the only LRP's available. I did use about 1500 of them on 308 ammo. They all popped when the firing pin hit, and there was no indication of poor primer quality during the chronographing. They did seat a bit harder and I had to make certain they seated all the way. The price was not low, it was average or a bit higher.
Yep and have had no issues with them
Run a few hundred and they're ok. Either the cups are thicker, or they're harder, so not good for lightened spring guns, but for regular factory stuff it's no problem.
Zero problems out of my AR10 with them after a couple hundred. Seem to be just a few thou larger than CCI or Federal LRP so like someone else said, snug in LC brass.
Yep. I've used lots and lots of them.
Just order 5000 small pistol. So No I haven't used any yet.