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Ian

Notorious member
A word of caution on the pistol primers. Powders on the slow side of H110 may not respond well to reduced brisance (except IMR 4198 and RX-7, but NOT excepting H4198, XMP 5744 or AA 1680) due to the nature of their deterrent coatings.

Where I see the most benefit of reduced brisance with low-node stuff is with flashy powders like Bullseye and Titegroup in case sizes up to .30-'06. I know Ben uses a lot of Red Dot and similar in .35 straigh walls, .30-30, '06, etc. and has also found an accuracy advantage to pistol primers in these situations.
 

waco

Springfield, Oregon
A word of caution on the pistol primers. Powders on the slow side of H110 may not respond well to reduced brisance (except IMR 4198 and RX-7, but NOT excepting H4198, XMP 5744 or AA 1680) due to the nature of their deterrent coatings.

Where I see the most benefit of reduced brisance with low-node stuff is with flashy powders like Bullseye and Titegroup in case sizes up to .30-'06. I know Ben uses a lot of Red Dot and similar in .35 straigh walls, .30-30, '06, etc. and has also found an accuracy advantage to pistol primers in these situations.
Gotcha.
 

fiver

Well-Known Member
1680 might even be a bit iffy with the colder primers.
it has done fine for me with large pistol primers up to like 33-34grs in some cases.
small primers are.... well they are small and you might see some position sensitivity at the least with it.
 

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
On primers- I'm still using primers from the 1970's. Kept in an sealed ammo box they seem to store well. Just in case anyone runs across some old ones, they don't seem to degrade when well stored.