I shot some steel through my RM380 and most of the steel ammo had to have a second strike. All of the brass ammo fired first time with no issues. Just curious.

In certain brands... a definite Yes ! Some have been known in certain firearms to take 2-3 strikes to ignite. Wolf for the most part, shouldn't give you too many issues.

Thank you!

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Originally posted by CandyMan.45:
In certain brands... a definite Yes ! Some have been known in certain firearms to take 2-3 strikes to ignite. Wolf for the most part, shouldn't give you too many issues.

Tula small pistol primers seem average (never had a bad one in 5k+ rounds. However, I have a case of Tula 45ACP that has had hard primers fail to ignite in three different guns.

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Are primers harder in steel case ammo?

There is some small-sample, anecdotal evidence for "it depends." I shot some Wolf .45 in the early 2000s that wouldn't go off, and the firing pin strike was shallow. (The gun was a Glock 30.) It didn't have any trouble with other brands. I don't believe the case material has anything to do with the hardness of the primers, however. They were just hard primers, period.

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Originally posted by egregore:
I don't believe the case material has anything to do with the hardness of the primers, however. They were just hard primers, period.

This.

Some ammo has hard primers. Some ammo has steel cases.

Therefore some steel cased ammo has hard primers.

Agreed. Some primers are harder than others. It is not related to the material in the cases.

Thank you, everyone.

Russian and former-commie-bloc ammo tends to have hard primers (and steel cases). It doesn't seem to bother the commie guns designed to shoot it.

I had more Tula to shoot. I also had more Remington UMC. I had to hit a few of the Tula twice. All the brass UMC was fine.

I have a P220 that shoots wonderfully with Monarch steel case ammo. No ignition problems.