Guys,
In an effort to kick start my hand loading career, a few days ago, I visited a Gander Mountain store intending to stock up on primers.
Since my reloading manuals tend to specify CCI primers I decided to buy that brand. The plan was to buy 1000 primers for small pistol, large pistol, and large rifle.
What I did not realize was that most of the "recipes" for the powders I will use also call for regular (not magnum) primers for nearly ALL loads, whether these be .38 spc, .357, .44 spc or .44 magnum.
I ended up buying a box of large primers (not magnum) and a box of small magnum pistol primers. I wanted to buy regular small pistol primers but they were out of them.
Only after I got home did I realize that all of the recipes I intended to use called for regular primers.
So, tonight, I went back to the store intending to exchange the box of small magnum pistol primers for regular small pistol primers.
Unfortunately, the store was STILL out of regular SPPs in CCI so I bought a box of Remington primers.
The primers that I was returning were NO. 550 and were designated "small magnum pistol primers". As I was checking out I realized that the replacement primers were designated "Remington small pistol 5 1/2 primers".
The similarity in numbering (550 in CCI and 5 1/2 in Remington) caused me to begin to wonder if the Remington primers, even though the box did not say "magnum" were, indeed, magnum primers.
I have three pounds of powder - two pounds of Unique and one pound of Bullseye. I have both Lee and Speer reloading manuals. As best I can tell none of the Lee loads call for magnum primers even in .357 or .44 magnum. The Speer manual calls for magnum primers with some Winchester powders.
For the time being I do not anticipate loading hotter than the minimum published loads. I would appreciate it however if somebody would educate me about primers generally and these Remington 5 1/2 small pistol primers specifically.
It is important to me to color between the lines.
Thanks to one and all.
Vernon
In an effort to kick start my hand loading career, a few days ago, I visited a Gander Mountain store intending to stock up on primers.
Since my reloading manuals tend to specify CCI primers I decided to buy that brand. The plan was to buy 1000 primers for small pistol, large pistol, and large rifle.
What I did not realize was that most of the "recipes" for the powders I will use also call for regular (not magnum) primers for nearly ALL loads, whether these be .38 spc, .357, .44 spc or .44 magnum.
I ended up buying a box of large primers (not magnum) and a box of small magnum pistol primers. I wanted to buy regular small pistol primers but they were out of them.
Only after I got home did I realize that all of the recipes I intended to use called for regular primers.
So, tonight, I went back to the store intending to exchange the box of small magnum pistol primers for regular small pistol primers.
Unfortunately, the store was STILL out of regular SPPs in CCI so I bought a box of Remington primers.
The primers that I was returning were NO. 550 and were designated "small magnum pistol primers". As I was checking out I realized that the replacement primers were designated "Remington small pistol 5 1/2 primers".
The similarity in numbering (550 in CCI and 5 1/2 in Remington) caused me to begin to wonder if the Remington primers, even though the box did not say "magnum" were, indeed, magnum primers.
I have three pounds of powder - two pounds of Unique and one pound of Bullseye. I have both Lee and Speer reloading manuals. As best I can tell none of the Lee loads call for magnum primers even in .357 or .44 magnum. The Speer manual calls for magnum primers with some Winchester powders.
For the time being I do not anticipate loading hotter than the minimum published loads. I would appreciate it however if somebody would educate me about primers generally and these Remington 5 1/2 small pistol primers specifically.
It is important to me to color between the lines.
Thanks to one and all.
Vernon
