SunnySlopes
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Can I use them for Unique powder loads?
The load is 6 grains Unique, 158 grain plated bullets, 357 mag cases.
The load is 6 grains Unique, 158 grain plated bullets, 357 mag cases.
i gather from the guys post that that is what he is using. he is asking if they are compatible with a certain powder.my manual calls for magnum primers in a 357 mag.
Just because your manual, or the case head-stamp says Magnum, doesn't mean you need to, have to, or should use magnum primers with all powders.my manual calls for magnum primers in a 357 mag.
he is asking if they are compatible with a certain powder
usually give lower extreme spreads and better uniformity using standard primers
But pay more attention next time
They'll be fine. I've found in handguns using small primers, magnum primers are fine with any powder, but with the slow burning numbers, you need to use magnum primers. I was looking at an article over loading the .41 Magnum in Handloader the other day. He assembled some loads with Red Dot and used LP's in some and LPM's in others. Virtually no velocity difference at all.Correct. I'm old school. I remember when magnum primers were recommended for slow burning powders, like 2400. That was the combo I used to use.
But standard primers were recommended for faster burning powders, like Unique.
At some point they said it didn't matter. In fact, one company even discontinued magnum vs standard primers, and made one primer for both.
So I assumed the standard primer was good for both slow and fast burning powders.
These days I use Unique almost exclusively. I wonder if magnum primers are ok for Unique.
But they are ok, as in safe for shooter and gun?
The guy grabbed it off the shelf, scanned the bar code, put it in a bag & stapled it shut.
That must be a policy someone at that particular store came up with. Cabelas here just keeps them behind the gun counter and they hand you the box. They tape the package if you only buy a 100cnt.Sometimes that's not possible.
I went to Cabela's one time & I was never allowed to see the package up close.
The guy grabbed it off the shelf, scanned the bar code, put it in a bag & stapled it shut.
I didn't realize he sold me mags til I got home (75 miles away)
I suppose I should have demanded to see the pack before he bagged it.
Which is exactly what I do now.
That's a poor practice for the store. Keeping them locked up is alright but having them all jumbled together is just sloppy/lazy.Yeah, this was at bass pro. They've been having so many primers stolen that they now lock them in the glass pistol display case. They're just thrown in together.
my manual calls for magnum primers in a 357 mag.