Small primer 10mm?

[Dakotared]

I just bought some 10mm brass from a guy on a different board When I opened the box there was a mall baggie with 41 10mm brass with small primers I did not know you could get 10mm with a small primer, any of you guys ever seen this? It has a FC head stamp so I assume federal cartridge.

[REDLINE]

Yeah, FC is for Federal Cartridge.  I can't remember what any reasoning may have been for it.  Seems to me though that they aren't and never were available to the handloader.  But yes, they do exist.

[Dakotared]

It also has NT on it what according to another board means non toxic. The NT is only available in small primer.

[REDLINE]

I was thinking it was for those loads specifically but couldn't remember for sure, so I didn't say.  Plus I was too lazy to look further into it.

[The_Shadow]

Yes it is a non toxic primer in small pistol primer format, basicly for Law enforcement indor ranges to keep airborne lead levels down.  I have used them before for reloading and they work well.  Just keep them seperated as not to mix them up especially if using progressive press.

[sqlbullet]

Dakotared wins the thread.  As soon as I saw the email with the subject I new non-toxic was the answer, but wasn't where I could take time to post.

I would be curious to see some worked up data with small primer brass versus large.  As I recall the long range rifle guys order small primer brass on purpose as they see smaller deviations with them.

[Dakotared]

I think it is pretty cool that small primer is there and hell if I could find a bunch of them I would probably take them. It would be nice to only have to get 1 kind of primer!

[gunforhire]

Do these small primer ones get loaded primarily with Frangible ammo as training rounds?  I have a buddy that runs a JIT line at FC, he says he don't see much 10mm go through, but I will ask him