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k_townman
Member Posts: 3,588
What is your favorite make of primer? Is your favorite primer also the highest quality primer? (in your opinion)
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W.D.
Rifle, CCI Small and Remington LR and LR mag.
Wolf. So far I have had zero problems with them and accuracy is as good as any other non benchrest primer I've tried, but at 2/3 the cost.
I was hoping someone would say something about Wolf Primers. I've been considering getting some.
Money is as scarse as hens teeth these days.
2. CCI Sm Pistol
I also have some Federal SP Magnums that I bought during the primer drought, and some Remington SP's from the same period. As soon as they were available, I bought the Win & CCI primers and have used them exclusively since. The rest of the Remington and Federal primers sit unused.
For .22-250, .243,.25-'06 and 6.8X43 CCI large rifle
CCI or Federal or Winchester for large and small pistol
CCI for large and small pistol magnum
I've had no difficulties with nonfunctional primers of any I have ever used. Luck of the draw?
Have noted guys I've loaded with that had questionable primer storeage, handling and technique with subsequent less than stellar primer function. [:(]
perry shooter - definitely has the best idea in procurring and using larger quatities of same primer lot number! [^]
Consistantancy, uniformity and repeatability.
CCI or Winchester...I steer clear of Federal
....but I did buy 1K of Federal when that was all I could find.
I've used WIN in LP and SP, and have had many misfires in SP, but the LP have been 100% good (about 3K used). The WIN SP has had about 1% misfires in my Bersa Thunder .380 and Walther PK380, consistently, after 3K or so used. I can count on 3-4 out of 100-150 rounds as misfires at the range. On the second or third attempt, most will go, but I usually bring one or two rounds home to pull and deprime, and try again. That's just not good enough.
I tried CCI many years ago and found them somewhat oversize/hard to seat.
Never had problems with any of them and don't do enough serious bench work to argue for one over another in my smoke poles.
Use most anyones small pistol primers in my Hornet and have found the velocity difference in my .44 mags between CCI 300 and 350 is close to spot-on the difference that 1 grain of 2400 gives me. (i.e. w/ 300's I use 22, and with 350, 21)
Other than that I probably pay less attention to primers than I do to brass, powder or bullets.
[:D]
and at my level of shooting
could never tell the difference.
Never a dud.
CCI Match.
+1[8D]
any reliable primer works for me.
Even when I was pin shooting,
same thing.
BUT if I had to shoot any
competition that required accuracy
I would work up a load with one specific
primer that fit the bill and stay with
that make (and lot).
Win for rifle