MAGNUM PRIMERS FOR STANDARD PISTOL LOADS. What are your thoughts

[Opus X]

Magnum Primers for Standard Pistol Loads | Load Data Article

The ongoing shortage of reloading components has been forcing some handloaders to think about things they might never have even considered previously. The last pistol primers available in these parts were small pistol magnums. Conventional wisdom has long told us to use standard primers for...

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[Simple Man]

I don't see how it can hurt as long as you work your loads up. Just have to be careful about a squib if you start really low. I don't load 38 but I would start in the bottom 1/3 of the min to max scale and minus 0.2 grains using the magnums.

 

[contender]

It has been done often. Take your normal load,, reduce by 15%-20% & work up from there. Avoid the top end powder loads.

 

[Etruett]

I have used Federal primers for all my 38, 357 and 44 mag loads for many years since most of my revolvers have actions too light to ignite anything else. About 6-7 years ago the only Federal SPP available were magnum. I have only used magnum since and can’t tell one bit of difference. Never changed my powder charge. I had saved some Std SPP for 32acp and 32 Long but now I’m loading these with Magnum primers and see no difference.

 

[Beef15]

Loading for specific velocities I found the difference was about the same as 0.1gr of powder which is pretty well insignificant.

 

[ImYourHuckleberry]

"Standard or Magnum loads". I agree with the posts above. I did some testing with 357 magnum using different standard and magnum primers. I didn't see any difference over the chronograph.

 

[Opus X]

I use bullseye or vihtavouri n310? You see any issues. It seems like no

 

[Toprudder]

The only time I have seen a significant difference between magnum and regular primers was when I was using certain powders in small primer 45acp. Trailboss and PB come to mind. As a result of that, I only use small magnum or small rifle primers in 45acp.

For most powders, you won’t see a significant difference in velocity.

 

[georgel]

See the sticky on primers at the beginning of this section for a discussion on magnum vs standard primers.

Specifically, post #2...

The Primer on Primers

Due to the primer shortage and some confusion on primers in another thread, I did a little research and came up with this info from the SKSboards site. I thought it would be helpful here... PRIMER CHART & REFERENCE GUIDE Small Handgun Standard .017" cup thickness CCI 500 Federal 100 - Has a...

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[Desolo]

W296/H110 do Not tolerate standard primers in my experience.

Other then that, it seems alot depends on load densities and how consistent the ignition is.

 

[Simple Man]

See the sticky on primers at the beginning of this section for a discussion on magnum vs standard primers.

Specifically, post #2...

The Primer on Primers

Due to the primer shortage and some confusion on primers in another thread, I did a little research and came up with this info from the SKSboards site. I thought it would be helpful here... PRIMER CHART & REFERENCE GUIDE Small Handgun Standard .017" cup thickness CCI 500 Federal 100 - Has a...

carolinafirearmsforum.com

Why specifically my post?

 

[georgel]

Why specifically my post?

No, post #2 in the sticky.

 

[Simple Man]

No, post #2 in the sticky.

Oh... ok... I was worried so I looked up to see if I accidentally gave him catastrophic advice. lol

 

[303hunter]

I’ve used magnum primers in regular pistol loads many times, but always worked up my loads. In fact, I use small rifle magnum primers in my 357 magnum loads for my GP100, again worked up for my gun. This was done to reduce the amount of primer types I had to keep.