Recently, I received a shipment of Fiocchi Small Rifle Primers from Lucky Gunner. Up until this point, I had only used CCI #41's for the 6.8 SPC and had never even looked at the Fiocchi brand, so I was happy to try them out.
On Saturday, I took the 6.8 out for a spin with a whole box of ammo loaded up to try them out. I compared the ammo to several magazines of reloads using the CCI primers to see what differences there might be. My recipe for the 6.8 SPC was as follows
The primers themselves have a bright green color to them. Seating the primers required a firm pull on the press and felt secure. Seating depth appeared normal. I took 90 rounds with the Fiocchi primers, and loaded an extra 10 with the CCI's for comparison. I also had extra CCI primered rounds but they were in reloaded cases.
Unfortunately, I do not own a chronograph, so accurate speed differences could not be determined, however there was no noticeable difference in the recoil of the Fiocchi primer loaded rounds vs. the CCI rounds. Powder was completely burnt in all cases, accuracy was the same as the cartridges with the CCI primers. The only thing I noticed is that I did have a bit more flattening of the Fiocchi primers than the CCIs, but there appeared to be no noticeable setback.
All in all, the Fiocchi primers performed flawlessly. No misfires of any sort, and at a lower cost than the CCIs, I see no reason to not continue to use them.
I would like to thank Lucky Gunner for providing the Fiocchi primers for review.