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However, many reloaders use US manufactured primers with no issues. Personally, I find Cheddite products not worth bothering with. Especially the primers, which have thin cups that tend to pierce occasionally in older double guns with more "robust" firing pins. |
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04-24-2020, 07:43 AM | #4 | ||||||
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I would avoid any supposedly oversize primers if I planned to use the case again.
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04-29-2020, 02:26 PM | #5 | ||||||
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I'd use Remington primers in a heart beat if only they'd be competitive with their prices. Last time I checked a brick [ 5000 ] was over $200 where as Win was around 135, Fed about 140 and Cheddites 120. Reloading at moderate pressures [ less than 8000psi ] I treat the Rem, Win, Cheddite, Rio, Nobel, all the same. CCI 209M and Fed209A are hot primers and maybe a grain less powder if subbing them in. Usually Rem primers have a bit lower pressures, but not always. But like I said, at moderate pressures a jump of 500, or even a 1000psi jump wouldn't hurt anything. I use to go through 30,000 primers a year, so prices made a difference. But then I started checking if any primers were getting pierced and one of my Parker and a Remington hammer gun were piercing the primers. No more Cheddites, no more problem.
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04-29-2020, 03:04 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Thank you Paul for sharing your thoughts on primers. I shot about 10,000 per year and 90% of those are in Brownings with Winchester primers. I save my Remington primers for my 2 1/2 shells either 12 or 16 gauges but Remington has become very proud of their primers. Hence my question about primers and now I believe I'll just use Winchester across the board.
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04-29-2020, 03:29 PM | #7 | ||||||
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I had an issue with win209 primers in my 2.5" loads. For some reason the firing pins would stick on make the gun harder to open. These were English guns. I switched to the cheddite primers and didn't have an issue.
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05-02-2020, 11:08 AM | #8 | ||||||
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The guys on other reloading forums claim guns with firing pins that hit on a angle are the ones that will pierce Cheddite primers. Some Brownings and the K or P guns. They can buy and replace their primers without much expense or trouble. I can't with the old guns made in the 1800s.
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05-03-2020, 11:59 AM | #9 | ||||||
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I've found that Win primers almost fall out of Cheddite hulls. Only hull like that I've used is Rio, but I had to buy a box of the larger primers to reload them. Don't think I've bought any Rio ammo since they started a factory in Texas.
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05-03-2020, 12:32 PM | #10 | ||||||
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I used to feel bad to put big primers in small primer pockets and discard the empties. However, I don't feel bad any more, because no one picks up empties any more, except their own.
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