average_shooter
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Stupid question I'm sure at one point I knew the answer to.
Long story short, I've ended up with a glut of Magnum Small Pistol primers and only about 1,000 Standard SP left for my .38 reloads. What effects could loading .38's with Magnum primers have on burn rates, pressures, velocities, etc? If it matters I load with HP-38 as my primary .38 powder.
Longer version; I haven't been able to reload most of the year, just getting back to it. I went to Cabela's the other day (excessively long drive to get there, probably won't go again in the future) and thought it was Magnum primers I was short on so I bought a box, but when I went to put them in the supply cupboard I realized I got it backwards.
I just don't shoot that much .357, don't even have much brass for it, and the loading I do for .357 lately is black powder. So I've got something around 4,000 Magnum SP primers now. And very few Standards. Crap.
What do the reloading gurus on THR say?
Long story short, I've ended up with a glut of Magnum Small Pistol primers and only about 1,000 Standard SP left for my .38 reloads. What effects could loading .38's with Magnum primers have on burn rates, pressures, velocities, etc? If it matters I load with HP-38 as my primary .38 powder.
Longer version; I haven't been able to reload most of the year, just getting back to it. I went to Cabela's the other day (excessively long drive to get there, probably won't go again in the future) and thought it was Magnum primers I was short on so I bought a box, but when I went to put them in the supply cupboard I realized I got it backwards.
I just don't shoot that much .357, don't even have much brass for it, and the loading I do for .357 lately is black powder. So I've got something around 4,000 Magnum SP primers now. And very few Standards. Crap.
What do the reloading gurus on THR say?