My buddy had an A5 that would only double with Cheddites. He also told me they would be a good primer for a gun with a weak mainsprings. I kind of shrugged it off since I used W209's exclusively at that time. Some years later I bought some Cheddites because they were so cheap. I had one go off in my Ponsness Warren. No other primer ever did that in that machine. I was getting some minor piercings in various guns. Just a little black smudge in the primer dimple. Then one day half way around the sporting clay course I heard a simultaneous bang pop and saw something fall to the ground to my right. It was the right side of my RBL stock made the pop when the pierced primer dumped enough gas in the box lock action to push that side of the stock out. I swore off Cheddites at that time but If things get desperate I'll go back to them and break out the Rem 1100. They are available in quantity, something that can't be said of other American brands. Never had a problem with Fiocchi primers. Thankfully they are building a new primer plant in Arkansaw and should come online in about a year. That should help greatly with the primer shortage. Fiocchi primers are lead-free. I also read that federal developed a new lead-free primer based off of nitro cellulose. Wonder what effects they will have on load data especially in rifle!
