nitesite
10-31-2008, 08:05 PM
I bought a some Rem 6½ rifle primers about five years ago because they were just $1.29/100. I briefly tried them with some .223 loads, but as I suspected they had some "issues". Remington suggests using them specifically for loading the .22 Hornet, and in my .223 loads there was an occasional primer that flowed around the firing pin. I even had four or five barely-pierced primers out of 100 rounds that I loaded. So that little experiment didn't yield good results.
I think I can use up the rest of them in .38 Special loads that are low to medium pressure. I'm sure that they will be okay for making a few hundred (really casual) plinking loads using a 158-gr LSWC and about 4.0-gr of Unique.
I'm just thinking of how to use up these primers in reloads used for casual shooting inside of 50-feet. Just range ammo for shooting at close-up stuph, nothing more.
None of my .38/.357 revolvers have lightened mainsprings so I think they'll fire just fine and not have any pressure issues if I keep the charge low.
Any reason you know of that I should back up and regroup?
I think I can use up the rest of them in .38 Special loads that are low to medium pressure. I'm sure that they will be okay for making a few hundred (really casual) plinking loads using a 158-gr LSWC and about 4.0-gr of Unique.
I'm just thinking of how to use up these primers in reloads used for casual shooting inside of 50-feet. Just range ammo for shooting at close-up stuph, nothing more.
None of my .38/.357 revolvers have lightened mainsprings so I think they'll fire just fine and not have any pressure issues if I keep the charge low.
Any reason you know of that I should back up and regroup?