I typically use Winchester or CCI primers in my handgun loads. The last time I was in need, my typical supplier only had Remington 5.5's in stock. (their standard small pistol primer) I bought a thousand count and have encountered a dead primer at least once in every hundred. Today, it was four out of one hundred and fifty rounds. These were all well struck, no light strikes here. After this experience I'll never use Remington primers again. Everything else about Remington went to shit when they where bought by the Freedom Group. i guess their primers are no different.