I have shot thousands of hunting and target loads using them without a hiccup.

I have not heard they are prone to piercing, but have heard they are too big and once you use them you cannot go back to any American primer with the same hulls. That has not proven to be true either, though historically they may have had this issue.

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BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)
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