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Specific Primers

sf340flyersf340flyer Member Posts: 127 ✭✭✭
edited March 2002 in Ask the Experts
I'm new to reloading, and want to know if it is safe to use a different brand primer from what is listed in a reloading manual. (Assuming same size, small pistol etc and NOT using magnum rather than regular primers). For example if a load calls for Federal primers, would it be safe to substitue CCI primers, or will this change the pressures/velocities involved?
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    There could be a small difference, but yes, it is safe.
    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    Heck, I reduced all my loads and went exclusively with magnum primers. Of course I worked my way back up.
    There is no apology for self defense. will270win@aol.com ~Secret Select Society Of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
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