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Another Primer Question

calrugerfancalrugerfan Member Posts: 18,209 ✭
edited April 2009 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
I am just getting into reloading. I got an RCBS single stage press and a powder trickler for free. Everything else I have to purchase. Anyway, I am going to a gun show in Antioch, CA this weekend hoping to pick up primers (I will get other stuff if I have the money, but primers seem to be the hardest to find). I currently have a 44 magnum and a 45 ACP. I know that I need "Large Pistol Primers." What I want to know is: Do I need magnum primers for the 44? Also, is there anything that I should avoid? Or should I just get what I can?

Eventually I want to get into casting my own bullets but I figure I should take it one step at a time.
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  • PearywPearyw Member Posts: 3,699
    edited November -1
    If you are going to load full power 44 Magnum loads with slow burning powder such as Winchester 296, I would get some magnum primers. If you are going to load moderate loads with powders such as Unique, you don't need magnum primers.
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  • calrugerfancalrugerfan Member Posts: 18,209 ✭
    edited November -1
    I was thinking of AA#5 or AA#9. I don't remember which is suggested for 44 magnum and I don't have the book in front of me right now. But what about brands to avoid? And if I have the choice, which is the best? (Obviously, with experience, I'll find what works best for me, but starting out, I would like to rely on the experience of others.)
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  • dcs shootersdcs shooters Member Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I loaded 44mag for years with 2400 and H-110. The only primer I used was the Win. Large Pistol. Never had problems with them.
    Used the same ones for about 50,000 rd. of 45ACP.
    H-110 and 296 call for loads that don't give you much leeway in the data.
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  • Mort4570Mort4570 Member Posts: 472 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    IF all you can get is Magnum primers ,I'd buy them and just use mid-range load data with them.These days a guy has to buy what is available just about.
    and be prepared for MAJOR sticker shock. ie; fifty bucks or MORE per thousand i'm guessing.
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  • calrugerfancalrugerfan Member Posts: 18,209 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mort4570
    IF all you can get is Magnum primers ,I'd buy them and just use mid-range load data with them.These days a guy has to buy what is available just about.
    and be prepared for MAJOR sticker shock. ie; fifty bucks or MORE per thousand i'm guessing.


    So can any large pistol primers be made to work? It sounds like I should obtain primers THEN decide on the other components to coincide.

    For somebody with no experience, $50 for 1,000 doesn't seem bad at all. What SHOULD the price be?
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  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    A year ago they were in the $15/K range, and the big reloading suppliers around here (Williams Gun Sight and Guns Galore) are up to IIRC about $23/K now IOW a 50% increase in the last 6 months
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  • calrugerfancalrugerfan Member Posts: 18,209 ✭
    edited November -1
    I guess that it is sort of anything else. If you are used to paying $10 to go the movies, it's no big deal. If you are used to paying 25 cents, it's a little different. I know that that is an extreme as a lot more time has passed for that price increase, but it was the only example I could think of.
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  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    How about gas going from $2/gal to $3/gal ?
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  • XXCrossXXCross Member Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Keep in mind that no manufacturer puts a "bad" primer on the market.

    Any large pistol primer will work if you match it to the correct

    propellant.
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  • k_townmank_townman Member Posts: 3,588
    edited November -1
    Don't go to all that fuss and bother. Just buy standard large pistol primers. They'll make any load in either cartridge go BANG!!! [:D]
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  • calrugerfancalrugerfan Member Posts: 18,209 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by k_townman
    Don't go to all that fuss and bother. Just buy standard large pistol primers. They'll make any load in either cartridge go BANG!!! [:D]


    No offense, but simply going BANG isn't what I'm going for. I'd really like the round to be accurate and reliable as well.
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  • k_townmank_townman Member Posts: 3,588
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by callcameron
    quote:Originally posted by k_townman
    Don't go to all that fuss and bother. Just buy standard large pistol primers. They'll make any load in either cartridge go BANG!!! [:D]


    No offense, but simply going BANG isn't what I'm going for. I'd really like the round to be accurate and reliable as well.

    No offense taken. I'm just saying that a standard primer has plenty of poop to do what you need done. I think magnum primers are just a selling gimmick. [;)][:D]
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  • calrugerfancalrugerfan Member Posts: 18,209 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by k_townman
    quote:Originally posted by callcameron
    quote:Originally posted by k_townman
    Don't go to all that fuss and bother. Just buy standard large pistol primers. They'll make any load in either cartridge go BANG!!! [:D]


    No offense, but simply going BANG isn't what I'm going for. I'd really like the round to be accurate and reliable as well.

    No offense taken. I'm just saying that a standard primer has plenty of poop to do what you need done. I think magnum primers are just a selling gimmick. [;)][:D]


    Sorry for the misunderstanding. I thought you meant to just throw any primer with any amount of powder and put a bullet in. Obviously not what I want.
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  • k_townmank_townman Member Posts: 3,588
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by callcameron
    quote:Originally posted by k_townman
    quote:Originally posted by callcameron
    quote:Originally posted by k_townman
    Don't go to all that fuss and bother. Just buy standard large pistol primers. They'll make any load in either cartridge go BANG!!! [:D]


    No offense, but simply going BANG isn't what I'm going for. I'd really like the round to be accurate and reliable as well.

    No offense taken. I'm just saying that a standard primer has plenty of poop to do what you need done. I think magnum primers are just a selling gimmick. [;)][:D]


    Sorry for the misunderstanding. I thought you meant to just throw any primer with any amount of powder and put a bullet in. Obviously not what I want.

    Neither would I. I've been reloading since the 1960's. I've never used a magnum primer, in rifle or pistol.
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