Ginex primers

[richhodg66]

I got myself in possession of quite a few today, small pistol and small rifle.

Anyope with experience with these, good or bad? I plan to load a few in things that are easy to pull bullets with an inertia puller until I know enough to trust them, but I'd like to hear from anyone who has used them.

 

[dannyd]

From what I read they work just fine. I have been using the Russia made Murom primers and they work same as CCI or Winchester loaded a thousand this month all shot without any problems.

 

[Snakeoil]

Where are you guys finding these, LGS or online. I need LRP badly. May be loading with LPP if I don't find some.

 

[popper]

Powder Valley. About 100$ with HM & shipping.

 

[Jeff H]

I've not used these and don't know where they're from, but I've used Wolf SRP "Magnum" (which, according to the supplier only means it has a tougher cup to prevent slam-fires) and S&B in recent years.

Even with the tougher cup, I have been able to fire the Wolf SRP "magnums" in all of the DA revolvers I've tried them in except for a DAO Taurus M85, 38, which is gone. I've only had maybe three failures to fire on the Wolf otherwise, and all have been traced back to the gun or the brass.

The S&Bs I've used so far are SPPs and have been great. I'd buy these as soon as I'd buy any of the brands I've used over all the years I've been shooting.

What I bought in 2020 was CCI and I've not gotten into those yet, but would expect they'd be as good as they've ever been.

I don't think I'd be afraid to try the Ginex, given my experience with Wolf and S&B, but the type of shooting I do these days (mostly pistol powders and cast bullets) wouldn't be as touchy as if I were shooting a highly-tuned varmint or target rifle at extended ranges.

 

[Joshua]

They are Bosnian in origin. I’ve never used them, but have read what I could about them that is printed in English. Bosnia has been a NATO member since 2006, my understanding is that their domestic ammunition production for military contracts has to meet NATO standards, the primers we are seeing here in the US are no different then those used in their military ammo.

Unis Ginex got modernized in 2013, with American made tooling, and management. Probably part of some US foreign aid deal.

So, good stuff, with a funny foreign name.

U.S. firm in deal to modernize Bosnian arms industry

U.S.-based Howell Machine will modernize the state-owned arms and ammunition industry in Bosnia's autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation under terms of a deal signed on Friday.

www.reuters.com

 

[richhodg66]

My brother got into a bulk deal on these that all four of us bought into over a year ago. He's out here this week, so brought them out to me. Kinda wish I had gotten large pistol ones now, but not sure that was an option.

 

[fiver]

they are a little tight in many pockets.
if one had any PPU brass i bet they are a good fit since most domestic primers are a slightly loose fit in them.

 

[richhodg66]

I loaded up 49 .357 rounds last night and shot them today, all went off as they should. Didn't do any accuracy comparisons. I think these are going to work out well.

They did seem to fit a little tighter in the pockets of this batch of brass, but nothing to be concerned about.

 

[L Ross]

These brand names though, obviously not run through Madison Avenue. I have a case of GECO .22 l.r. ammo when Dynamit Nobel was closing out the brand, and I paid 200 for a case. Here GECO immediately brings to mind that smarmy green reptile, with an Aussie accent, most folks would like to see get stepped on. The same ammo, as far as I can tell, was rebranded as Norma TAC a much better name at least for the American Tacti-Cool market.

Now GINEX, what the heck is that? Sounds like a feminine hygiene spray.

 

[richhodg66]

Made in Bosnia. Actually, Yugoslavia had a pretty good reputation for making guns and ammo.

I know one shooting session doesn't prove much, but I am looking forward to getting back to shooting a lot again. I was pretty well set for primers, but for various reasons, one of which some nagging worry about when I could get more primers, now I have enough SPP and SRP tp last a good long time.

I've been enjoying working my way through a big coffee can of SWCs and a half a keg, three or four pounds of Alcan-7 in a few .357 revolvers, it's gonna go a lot faster now.

 

[ChestnutLouie]

My local gun shop had some Ginex small pistol primers @ $70 per 1000 so I bought some. They OK for me but seem to be a little bit tight in the pocket

 

[richhodg66]

I haven't noticed the tighter in primer pockets, but to be fair, I have only loaded some pretty well used .357 brass and have used the press (Rockchucker) to prime on, so I may not me as sensitive to it.

The cups seem harder, the hammer strikes aren't as prominent as on the Winchester ones in the same gun. All in all, I'm happy with them.