Primers for BP ctgs.

[waidmann]

I've muzzleloaded and reloaded smokeless but never loaded catridges with BP. My initial interests will be .45 ACP for use in an altered Mark I Webley and a 9.3mm Sauer and Sohn, a variant of 9.3 X 72R

Cast bullets of course, FF or FFF as appropriate.

Standard primers? Magnums?

All help appreciated.

 

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Standard

 

[Prairie Dawg]

Gun writer Mike Venturino recommends magnum primers for BP, but I've shot it every week for many years and have always found standard primers work very well.
--Dawg

 

[Fingers McGee]

I've loaded .45 ACP with Grafs fffg, T7 ffg, and Pinnacle fffg using 160, 200 and 250 grain lead round nose and round nose flat point bullets. All ignited by a standard Winchester large pistol primer with no problem.

I also use standard large pistol primers in my 44-40 BP reloads and standard small pistol primers in my .38 special BP reloads.

 

[malpaismike]

Hello the camp! PD and FM have the correct skinny. I've tried both mag and std primers, to no apparent conclusion. Now, I've done only match bp loads; no long-range rifle loads. For rifle, I use std rifle primers. PD, you may remember this: in a trade back in ought2, I got a ration of primers. They range from rifle from Gander Mtn and Globe at <$1.40/c to a brick/1000 that say $6.52. Now, I have done a group of experimenting with these primers. Short story, they all work; Ishoot them for practice, where a failure won't cost me much.
I was really testing my Dillon 550. I took a bal of bottle of RedDot, and 20-yr-old primers, and ran until the wedge showed in the powdermeasure. I ran until I couldn't see powder in the measure, then took it apart and set powder smother

 

[45-70 Ranger]

Like the others here I use standard primers in my BP and BP sub loads. Shucks, I ran outta Lg. Rifle primers once and used Lg. Pistol primers in the .45-70 with no problems what so ever. Some might gasp thinking pistol primers in a rifle, but they worked just fine.

Wade

 

[junkman_01]

As a side note, I once used small pistol primers in reloading my 6mmBR. No problems.

 

[col.lemat]

primers

If fits, it works fo me. Cheepest way to go, save $ for extra bullets.

 

[BHP FAN]

cast your bullets, and save even more.

 

[waidmann]

Thanks to all. I have long possessed a .364 mould for the Sauer und Sohn. Initially I plan to try both my Ruger Old Army mould and store bought .454 Keith-style likely 250 grain as an intro to this world.