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Offline 300winman

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magnum primers in 450 marlin
« on: January 13, 2007, 06:11:10 PM »
I'm new to reloading, so don't beat me up too hard.  I was loading 400gr 450 malin ammo, I triple checked everything except the primers I was using.  From their website, hodgdon says to use winchester lr primers.  I used the winchester lr for magnum rifle.  Will this give too high of a chamber pressure or not.  I only loaded them to starting load--400gr speer fn over 48.0 grains of H322.  34800 psi pressure is low for the caliber, but I need alittle expert advise on whether tear these loads apart or go ahead and shoot them.
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Re: magnum primers in 450 marlin
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2007, 03:45:45 AM »
Winchester Large Rifle primers are probably the hottest large rifle primer produced.  If they are starting loads with a magnum primer they are OK to shoot.  While magnum primers can increase the pressure over using standard primers I doubt it is enough to go from 34,800 PSI to over the maximum of 43,500 PSI.
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Re: magnum primers in 450 marlin
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2007, 10:05:49 AM »
Thanks for the input.  I figured I was good, but better to be safe than sorry. Plus I get to shoot the ammo rather than tear it down.
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Re: magnum primers in 450 marlin
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2007, 12:24:52 PM »
Thats all I use in my 450 and 45/70 loads. I am using H-322 as a powder though and I get a much cleaner burn using mag primers over std.   KN