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Small shotgun primers?

grayingghostgrayingghost Member Posts: 131 ✭✭
edited January 2011 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
Am fairly new to shotshell reloading, have been doing 12 Ga. rather well and wanted to try 16 Ga. All manuals I have say they should use 209 primers, but those are too big. The spent primers from my cases are noticably smaller. These are older shells, got'em with the Win. M12 I bought maybe 30 yrs. ago (Gun ser. # traces to 1939)
They didn't have plastic hulls then did they? Heads mkd. Remington Peters 16 Ga. hulls mkd. Shur Shot Power Piston. Can I get primers for these or is it a lost cause?
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  • richardaricharda Member Posts: 393 ✭
    edited November -1
    Older Remington hunting loads used their smaller diameter #57 primer, a size also made back then by CCI as their #157. Don't know if either is available anymore.
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  • 20gabob20gabob Member Posts: 232 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Depending on how many you need and your location, i have some od the small #57 size primers.Contact me at bratterree@cox.net
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    I've got some once fired 16 gauge shells lying around... I THINK... yours for free if you want them, they're all less than 15 years old so should take the standard 209.

    email endofwork@netzero.net if interested, I'll see what I have.
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