Mr_Flintstone
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A friend and I were talking the other day, and the topic of load development came up. After talking a while we came to the conclusion that some reloading component company should make a set of load development primers. Let me explain...
We all know that when loading hot loads we can get flattened primers; but by that time, we’re probably way over pressure in a lot of cartridges. It would be nice if someone made numbered primers that would flatten at a variety of pressures; to be sold only for load development and not for general use. For example, in loading .357 magnum, I’ve seen primers start to get a little flat, but I’ve never seen a .38 special primer start to flatten, even when loaded really hot. If there was a type of primer that would flatten out at (or around) a given set of pressures, you could develop your load, and switch to standard primers when you were done testing.
I know there’s probably a reason why this has never been done, but it seems like it would be a good idea... but maybe not.
We all know that when loading hot loads we can get flattened primers; but by that time, we’re probably way over pressure in a lot of cartridges. It would be nice if someone made numbered primers that would flatten at a variety of pressures; to be sold only for load development and not for general use. For example, in loading .357 magnum, I’ve seen primers start to get a little flat, but I’ve never seen a .38 special primer start to flatten, even when loaded really hot. If there was a type of primer that would flatten out at (or around) a given set of pressures, you could develop your load, and switch to standard primers when you were done testing.
I know there’s probably a reason why this has never been done, but it seems like it would be a good idea... but maybe not.