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Offline Sourdough

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Which Primer is Hotter?
« on: December 12, 2004, 10:10:24 PM »
See where a lot of people are wanting to convert from 209 shotgun primers to handgun primers.  I haven't tested them to see which is the hottest, but I personally think the shotgun primer would be.  When I pop a large rifle primer in the dark garage in my Handi I get about two feet of flame.  When I pop a 209 in my H&R 12 ga I get about six feet of flame.  Sometimes Pyrodex and Triple 7 are hard to ignite.  I want to use the hottest primer I can get.  Expecially since I hunt bears with my Huntsman.
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Re: Which Primer is Hotter?
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2004, 05:30:26 AM »
Quote from: Sourdough
...but I personally think the shotgun primer would be.  ... I want to use the hottest primer I can get.


The reason that folks seem to be moving away from shotgun primers to rifle/pistol primers are not to get a "hotter" primer - in fact pretty much the opposite.  
From my understanding is that the 209 primers are so hot/strong that they have a tendency to move the bullet in the barrel before the powder can correctly ignite.  This movement causes a decline in accuracy.  The primers from pistol primers gives all the ignition needed for the muzzle loader, without affecting accuracy.

Go to this site for a better explanation than I could give:

http://www.prbullet.com/hornet.htm
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