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Offline colorado kid

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« on: May 31, 2008, 07:43:34 AM »
hi all
 The question that i have is, I have a 14in 223 barrel and i want to know if i can use pistol primers when i reload my 223. OR do i have to stay with rifle primers.  :)
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Re: primers
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2008, 09:32:22 AM »
You should use rifle primers, as they are thicker/harder to withstand the higher pressure.

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Re: primers
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2008, 05:01:10 PM »
I 2nd RonF's statement .You should stick with SM Rifle primers.. The pressures are Much higher in the 223 than in most small pistol  cases.
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Re: primers
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2008, 04:40:11 AM »
thanks for the info RonF and sk330lc.  very helpful. one of the guys that i used to work with said that he uses magnum pistol primers when he reloads
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Re: primers
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2008, 06:28:32 AM »
I believe you'd be hard-pressed to find any published .223 load data using pistol primers, magnum or not.  Rifle primers will withstand more pressure than pistol primers will.


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