I have read somewhere an article giving the pros and cons on major brand primers.
For example,interchangeability,some being know as soft primers and some being safer
with progressive loading equip and so on.
If anyone can direct me to some info on this it will be greatly appreciated.

I will tell you what little bit I know:

CCI made a 'hard' primer for military rifles, this had the anvil futher away from the top of the primer in an effort to reduce misfires.

I think Saeed did a comparison of the various primers and found them all to be similar.

Personally I use Fed for my magnum rifles and winchester for my std cartrdiges.

Thisis because they are diferent colors and I can tell them apart.

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Federal has a reputation of making the "hottest" large rifle magnum primer, and CCI has the same reputation for large pistol magnum primers.

As for military primers, they all have a heavier cup designed with the intention of reducing slam-fires.

Occasionally I have foudn that CCI-200 and Winchester WLR have cast some sort of magic spell on the right components (bullet, powder and case) that no other primer has been able to do.

I generally start with Remington primers in all my loads. Have to have a base point to work from. And 90% of the time I achieve the accuracy I am looking for with Remington primers. However, a few years back, when there was a "shortage" of CCI, Remington and Winchester primers, I stocked-up on Federal.

The Federal primers come in real handy in the BIG cases with LOTS of powder...

Bill'
Thanks for your reply,I will check the study by Saeed.

Dyno

ricciardelli,

Thanks for the helpful info on primers.
CCI primers at the moment are higher in price than anyone else. I found the best prices at TNT reloading,some primers at this sight are way cheaper than CCI. Since I use
large&small rifle,large&small pistol and large&small mag for pistol and rifle the price thing becomes important when one is going to order 25K primers to get the best price.
So, if all things are fairly equal,I guess I'll be going with the best price between Fed,CCI,Win and Rem.
Thank for the info,if any thing comes to mind please pass it along.

Best,
Dyno

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the only experience in different primers is in large pistol, both .45 acp and .45 colt. in both the federal primers were up to 6% faster velocity, with the same loads of same powder, loaded at the same time. in pistols that's an extra tenth or two of said powder, but in rifle it could make a larger difference. here fed. primers are 20-25% more expensive, and not worth it for small pistol loads. how can one find the study that was done? thanks, nate

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Nate,

Look for the study on primers in the "FAQS"
section on the opening page for accuratereloading.com

Best,
Al

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Here is another link that I have found useful in the past: http://www.prfelr0.f2s.com/prfelr0/

go to the pages primer 1 and primer2. HTH, Dutch.

Dutch,
Thank you for the helpful info,I'll be checking it out right away.

Best,
Dyno

Good luck. I tried a bunch of the topics and each came bac as "Not Found On This Server." Dead Soldier.....

Paladin

Paladin,

Well I feel the same way,fact is that at one time I had an article that reviewed different primers,and I can't find it to save my life.The only thing that I remember is that the article focused on two primers that were safer when using progressive reloading and CCI was one of them. So,when placing my next order it was CCI for all pistol and rifle needs . If I can't get anymore info than I have now I will probably be ordering an assortment .

Thanks for your help.

Dyno

Hi,

obviously standard primers wont work with ball powders.
For standard calibers I use W-W,for large cases CCI250.
For extruded I love the RWS ones,but I HATE all rifle primers of F-C!
Hirtenberger is producing a very sensitive primer for (older)Drillings,etc.
Hope that helps.

Markus

ML,
Thanks for the info,all information helps.

Best,
Dyno