Primers

poolm357

October 02, 2009 10:14

What is the big deal with primers? You drop the hammer and they go BANG. Why are Eley better than others? Any difference in function with rim or center fire?

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  poolm357

  October 02, 2009 10:14

  Have been using CCI 200 Large Rifle primers, WantTo switch to Winchester LargeRifle 8 1/2 any difference in size and preformance.

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  11b6r

  October 02, 2009 10:16

  Will bypass the joke about the primer police, and just say that you COULD have a problem. Rifle primers are frequently thicker, and could set up high enuff that you could have an accidental firing of a cartridge. Rifle primers are usually harder than pistol primers, and may fail to ignite.

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  beantownshootah

  October 02, 2009 11:10

  What 11b6r said.
  
  The biggest issue is to make sure they are flush (or beneath flush) with the primer pocket. "High" primers, that is primers that stick out even a little bit past the primer pocket can go off if the round is dropped, or even in cylinders not aligned with the barrel in a revolver!
  
  Also, rifle primers are generally "hotter" than pistol primers and can increase working pressures.
  
  That could be potentially unsafe if you are working near max pressures already. If you are going to do this, you have to back down the loads you are using.

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