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Primers

mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
edited July 2006 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
I am a newbie to reloading so please do not laugh. I am going to reload for a 45 auto and a 380 auto. I plan on using Winchester primers. Large pistol for the 45 Auto? Small pistol for the 380 Auto? mttrapper[:)]
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  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i'm on the hunt for hulls that take a #57 and/or #157 primer. i can use 12/20/28/410 ga hulls
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  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just curious, if I do not have the exact primers that are called for in the recipe is it ok to use something different? Cases, same question? What if used Winchester cases instead of Nosler, FC, Remington, etc?

    Thanks
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  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hi; I'm new to reloading, and need an answer.
    I have a new LEE turret press, and i insert a new primer on the up stroke, after punching out the old primer. The manuals i read say not to touch the primers. My question is, How do I put the primer into the primer insertion piece without using my fingers? Thanks; Mike
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  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I spilled some large rifle primers on my bench, but there was some large pistol primers on the bench too, they look the same, how can I tell them apart. or what is the difference? many thanks, joe
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  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is it all right to use cci magnum large rifle primers in my 300 weather magnum.
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  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can anyone tell me what's the deal with the primer shortage?
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  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    are federals better then winchester for handguns?
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  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    How much difference is there in brands of primers? I haven't been re-loading long and used mainly WSP and some CCI. With the lighter loads I use, I find that CCI seems to leave my gun much dirtier than WSP.
    If I try a different brand, should I load a few and chrono them for comparison?
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  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am beginning to reload 40S&W. One of my manuals list winchester WSP primers and another list CCI 500 small pistol primers. I am loading 165 grns FMJ over power pistol powder. I want to know what is the different in the two primers and are they interchangable. Thank for any information.
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  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ok now guys i see all kinds of primers some have numbers behind them so do not like the rem small rifle primer 6-1/2 or 7-1/2 is there a chart somewere to see what the different primers fit what like 222 223 243 small and large rifles primers pistol primers would be a good tool to have on hand thanks
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  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have some magnum primers,never used them before.Whats the difference with them,I know they are more powerfull but when are they used and what sort of loads.
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  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I got a hold of a bunch of small pistol primers but they are for magnum loads. Can I still use them for standard laods and just adjust my powder or is there a danger i dont know about?
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  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Widener's has Wolf Small Rifle Mag primers for those with fast fingers that need em. Large pistol too.
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  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    how do you determine what primer to use??? Some say to use a small pistol primer for the 22 hornet. Why Not a small rifle primer??? I dont know and Iam just learning. I have all the newest reloading manuals from speer and hornady vol.7 but they dont tell you how to derive at a specific primer like they do powders or am I just not reading far enough.You guys seem to know your stuff and have helped me in the past. Thank you Oakie
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  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is there a chart with primer charger rates?

    as to which is more powerful in comparison
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  • PearywPearyw Member Posts: 3,699
    edited November -1
    I have handled primers with tweezers, but I have been handling then with my fingers for 45 years without any problems. I think they are being overly concerned. As long as you don't have wet or oily hands, I would not worry about it.
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  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Try to avoid touching the open side of the primer.
    Personaly I use the LEE hand priming tool, which holds 100 at a time. Simply place the primer packet over the tools tray, and slide off the sleeve. Shake to flip and that fell upside down, install the cover and go.
    LEE may (probably does) have a tube and primer feeder mechnisum for that press, what does your LEE press manual show?
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  • RustyNailRustyNail Member Posts: 803 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lee is dead set against tube systems for primers for "safety reasons." The tubes can somehow "detonate."

    Anyhow, you can touch the primers with clean/dry hands without ruining the primers or getting poisoned or whatever. I'm pretty well versed on the Lee systems and I can't recall any mention of not handling the primers. I'm thinking you may have read how to get all the primers upright by shaking the primer tray without having to use your fingers. If you find otherwise, please let me know[8D]

    Also, I had so many problems with the automatic priming system on my Lee Loadmaster that I now size/decap/reprime on a Lee Classic cast press. It sounds cumbersome but saves a lot of time and frustration in the long run.
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  • sandwarriorsandwarrior Member Posts: 5,453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    mikecarol63,

    Like the others have mentioned it is critical that your hands are clean when handling primers. Oil or grease or solvents can make the primer inert. Although today they have a light sealant over them that helps prevent saturation.

    I have found that using a Lee hand primer is much faster and you don't ever handle the primers. Two birds with one stone, if you will. They aren't expensive. Around 15-20 bucks for the priming tool and another 11 bucks for all the bases to go with it. One thing though. My hand primer won't take a WSSM/WSM base so I have to go back to the press for those. Everything else it will take. RCBS makes on also for a little bit more. I've heard good things about them but have never worked with them. -Good luck.
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  • rongrong Member Posts: 8,459
    edited November -1
    To prepare for handing
    primers I always wash
    and dry my hands thoroughly
    and never have had a problem
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  • rediceredice Member Posts: 1,550 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by sandwarrior
    mikecarol63,

    Like the others have mentioned it is critical that your hands are clean when handling primers. Oil or grease or solvents can make the primer inert. Although today they have a light sealant over them that helps prevent saturation.

    I have found that using a Lee hand primer is much faster and you don't ever handle the primers. Two birds with one stone, if you will. They aren't expensive. Around 15-20 bucks for the priming tool and another 11 bucks for all the bases to go with it. One thing though. My hand primer won't take a WSSM/WSM base so I have to go back to the press for those. Everything else it will take. RCBS makes on also for a little bit more. I've heard good things about them but have never worked with them. -Good luck.


    The rcbs hand primer works really well, you use the same shellholders you use in your press "I have used rcbs and lee holders in it" and it works great you can actualy feel wenever you have a problem so you cant screw up with it.
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  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks to all of you. I feel better now with the comments from people with experience. Mike
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