Interested in starting to reload

[B. Dudley]

What Primers are you guys using or would recomend? Any particular types to stay away from?

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

What Primers are you guys using or would recomend? Any particular types to stay away from?

Brian around here the best deal is the Fiocchi 616 (209 type). Not only the least expensive they generally provide lower pressures with the same load over other primers. HOWEVER, once you use the Fio's you have to keep using them as they are slightly oversize and stretch out the primer hole. If you use another primer after the Fio's your primers will fall out.

[Autumn Daze]

I just stick to using Winchester primers as they are the easiest to get around here. I will use Remington STS and Winchester interchangebly but the STS primers are a little pricey.

[StubTwist]

Brian,

Best advice to someone new to reloading is to make sure you follow the recipes exactly - hull manufacturer+ primer+powder weight+ shot weight.

I always refer to the powder companies reloading data since it is more current. http://www.hodgdon.com/basic-manual-inquiry.html

In a previous thread, you were thinking of using Remington STS's. A very good hull that I've had a lot of great results with.

Begin with the STS hull as a starting point and go to the link and start inputting information from the pull down menus and you can see how the different load combinations with different components effect velocity and PSI.

My load for skeet, trap, clays for my old doubles:

1 oz. Lead Shot
Rem. 209P primer
Clay Buster 1100-12 wad
23 grains of IMR SR 7625 powder
5,100 PSI
1150 velocity

Here you will see Winchester and Remington primers have the best loads for low PSI but Federals are higher. Federals are generally a hotter primer = higher pressures.