Difference in Primers?

[xounlistedxox]

Since I started reloading I've always been curious what the difference in primers are...
Small Magnum vs Small Rifle vs Small Pistol
Large Rifle Vs Large Pistol etc

Anyone up to speed on the specific differences?

[J-cat]

Rifle primers are hotter and have harder primer cups than pistol primers. Magnum primers are hotter than standard primers.

[fairfaxjim]

This one says pretty much the same as J-cat, but uses way more words. Also gives a list of primer part numbers for different manufacturers.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/primers.htm

I don't have a link, but search around, there is also a web page out there that has some pretty good photos that show the fire trail given off by various different primers.

[Beelzy]

Since I started reloading I've always been curious what the difference in primers are...
Small Magnum vs Small Rifle vs Small Pistol
Large Rifle Vs Large Pistol etc

Anyone up to speed on the specific differences?

Somebody is either bored, or has no lawn to mow.

[Sunwolf]

nor woman to kowtow to.

[xounlistedxox]

When you reload these are things you want to know. Currently I have several thousand small rifle primers, but no small magnum pistol primers. I want to make some .357 Magnum, so knowing if small rifle primers will work would be great info to have.

[Beelzy]

Ah Grasshopper..........

A wise reloader knows that before Magnum Pistol Primers were born that reloaders used Small Rifle primers. The pioneer in this regard was the late
great Elmer Keith.

[xounlistedxox]

I've only been reloading for about a year and a half now, so I'm still in the picking up knowledge phase of reloading

[pdq_wizzard]

When you reload these are things you want to know. Currently I have several thousand small rifle primers, but no small magnum pistol primers. I want to make some .357 Magnum, so knowing if small rifle primers will work would be great info to have.

what kind of SRP do you have? I could trade you some Win SPMP for SRP. 1 for 1 trade.

[xounlistedxox]

My small rifle primers are Federal Match Grade primers. I think I will try 50 of them before trading.

[pdq_wizzard]

OK let me know, I have more than I will use anytime soon.

[bohoki]

there is a good article on primers in the newest shooting times

i read some article that had my head spinning somewhere

where the author i think was being purposly obtuse

explaining there is basically 2 yea 2 kinds of priming the large and small primer also there is shotgun primers
and of those 2 primers there is pistol and rifle and of those there is magnum standard and match match just being expensive standard or magnum oh yea there is also 50 bmg primers

so basicaly there seems to be i guess many different primers are there magnum match primers?

small pistol
small pistol magnum
small pistol match
small pistol match magnum?
small rifle
small rifle match
small rifle magnum
small rifle magnum match
large pistol
large pistol magnum
large pistol match
large pistol magnum match?
large rifle
large rifle magnum
large rifle match
large rifle magnum match
50 bmg
shotgun

then there are percussion caps
i know of #10 and #11