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Offline fffffg

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fiochi primer interchangeability??
« on: June 20, 2004, 12:21:47 PM »
i have 200 fiochi hulls for my 16 gauge 2 1/2.. im shooting it to darn much and now that i have a mec press i want to reprime some hulls. noone has fiochi primers here so can i interchange winchester w209 or cci 209 primers for for the fiochi loads ive been using.. the fiochi punch out at .242.. the winchester and cci are .240.. any one know what is ok to interchange... with fiochi loading data?? or will the primer fall out etc etc.. .. dave.
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fiochi primer interchangeability??
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2004, 06:22:54 AM »
I was loading some fiocchi 28 ga and was having the Winchester 209 primers fall out.  I got a primer pocket swage from Ballistic Products and now they hold the ww's no problem.  I may have to do the same with some .410 Fiocchi hulls I got from bp as well.

Another approach may be to use Cheddite primers.  I understand that they are just a hair oversized like the Fiocchi.  Reloading wise, I heard that the Cheddite and the Winchester 209 are about as interchangeable as can be done, but I have not seen this from a reliable source.
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