BullfrogKen
Moderator Emeritus
The Great Primer Drought was terrible. I had a good supply before the shortages hit and kept using them, completely clueless as to how bad the situation was. Had I known I would have rationed myself a bit.
As my supply got low one day I decided to go restock. I was stunned at the bare shelves, and the price had more than doubled for what was in stock. I still had 1k bricks with $13.99 price stickers on them. I was happy to find bricks selling for $35.00 per 1k.
Regards to using small rifle in place of small pistol. Yes they will work. IPSC guys used small rifle primers in 38 Supers back in the 80's when making Major. I still use small rifle in my hot 38 Supers.
The only problem you might have is the cup is harder, so a weak hammer spring might not set them off. Or you could have gas leakage around the back of the primer. A rifle primer is harder to withstand the higher pressure, but it still expands to fill the primer cavity when fired and seals off the gasses. Pistol primers do the same thing, just at lower pressures.
FYI - Large pistol and large rifle primers are NOT interchangeable. They have different external dimensions.
As my supply got low one day I decided to go restock. I was stunned at the bare shelves, and the price had more than doubled for what was in stock. I still had 1k bricks with $13.99 price stickers on them. I was happy to find bricks selling for $35.00 per 1k.
Regards to using small rifle in place of small pistol. Yes they will work. IPSC guys used small rifle primers in 38 Supers back in the 80's when making Major. I still use small rifle in my hot 38 Supers.
The only problem you might have is the cup is harder, so a weak hammer spring might not set them off. Or you could have gas leakage around the back of the primer. A rifle primer is harder to withstand the higher pressure, but it still expands to fill the primer cavity when fired and seals off the gasses. Pistol primers do the same thing, just at lower pressures.
FYI - Large pistol and large rifle primers are NOT interchangeable. They have different external dimensions.