primer & powder question

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Hi Everyone; flexible here. I recently purchased a Savage #12 LRP in 6.5 Creedmoor and love it. I've been shooting Hornandy American Gunner and while I'm happy, it is expensive and I've started setting up reloading gear. I currently use Remington Bench Rest # 7 1/2 rifle primers for my .38 Super. The 6.5 brass I purchased is Lapua which takes small rifle primers - would these primers be a good choice for the 6.5 with Lapua Brass and Lapua Scenar 140 grain bullets and IMR 4064.
PLUS has anyone started loading the new Berger Match AR Hybrid Tactical bullets and what primers & powder are you using?
thanks
 
Congrats on your new gun and getting into reloading, or more correctly handloading.
Ive been reloading about a year or so and do 9mm and 223 so can't help ups on the specifics. But I can help you with the primers. As you know there are four types of primers, small pistol, small rifle, large pistol and large rifle.
If The brass uses small rifle primers then any small rifle primer e.g. Standard small rifle, small rifle magnum, or small rifle bench rest will work.

My understanding is that the bench rest primers are small rifle primers that go through a higher quality control to be a bit more consistent. So they're more expensive than standard small rifle primers. Hence you can use them, but unless you're a very skilled shooter, using the very best rifle, you may be paying for primers that aren't giving you much. In fact, I've even seen post of some competitive shooters using standard primers.

I mention this as I try to be frugal and don't like wasting money. So you can use those primers but you're paying a premium. And the last time I checked it seemed like a big premium. Personally, I'd save some $$$ and get standard primers until your groups are so tight that you can't improve them. At that point I'd try the bench ranch primers.

That said, you won't hurt anything using them. What's most important is to be safe, keep good notes and to be consistent in good practices. From that you can make ammo that works well for you, experiment and see what works best for your guns and get the most out of them.

I personally find reloading more fun than shooting. And I enjoy finding what works best for what I'm doing. In my case it's fining loads that are comfortable to shoot as I build my skills. I. Your case are you plinking, competing, hunting, or something else. Knowing that will determine what's best to use and what will help you get to your goals.
 
I use bench rest or match primers whenever possible unless a gun or load doesn't have too much accuracy potential. I really like Remington bench rest primers.
 
thanks everyone; I've been loading for years (decades sadly) but only with pistol rounds and this is my first venture into reloading/loading rifle rounds.
 
flexible wrote:
I currently use Remington Bench Rest # 7 1/2 rifle primers for my .38 Super. The 6.5 brass I purchased is Lapua which takes small rifle primers - would these primers be a good choice for the 6.5 with Lapua Brass and Lapua Scenar 140 grain bullets and IMR 4064.

In short, Yes.

Since you are already loading the Remington 7 1/2 primer and there's no reason why it would not be fully suitable for use in the Creedmore, continuing to use it with as many rounds as possible is a good idea and simplifies your housekeeping and inventory control.
 
Are you really using a SR primer rated for .223 ammo in an AR style rifle in handgun cases?

Remington recommends their 7 1/2 primers for the .223, you are good to go. Do not use their 6 1/2 primers in .223 ammo.
 
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