New to forum / Primer Question

Howdy....I am new to this forum. It looks like a great forum. I am getting ready to develop some .44 Mag loads for my SBH Hunter. What primers do you folks use with H110 powder? I have a boatload of Winchester WLP's and was wondering how they would be for H110.

i use cci and federal MAGNUM pistol primers. magnum primers are recommended for slow burning pistol powders. can't say anything else will work ok............as i've only used magnum's in the 44.

........n welcome to the forum

I have had great luck with the WLP primer from Winchester.

I use CCI large pistol magnum primers, never tried any others, never had any problems

...they will work just fine...and actually, Winc primers are known to have a "higher" flash column than any other primer out there...

I have also noted that H4227 loaded in a 44mag pistol doesn't produce that blinding fireball that H110 does....and produces as good if not better accuracy than H110....

JRMoore

Ditto what Mr. JRMoore stated.........

WELCOME to the board!! I have only used CCI magnum pistol primers with H-110.

Welcome. I also am fairly new to this forum (or any forum for that matter) theres some awful nice folks here. I have never used magnum primers on anything rifle or handgun and have never had any trouble. I know that supposably that a standard primer will not reliably or consistantly ignite certain powders or cartridge powder combos but I have never experienced any problems. I am sure that many will disagree but that is my experience. joe

Primers are the subject more anecdotal "statistics" than probably any other element of reloading. Based on my exerience and what I've read in sturctured trials, the force of the primer flame varies considerably by brand, primarilly because different compounds are involved. So much so that the flame of a standard primer of one brand may be hotter than that of a magnum primer in another brand. Other factors, like the pressure produced by the powder and set-back, the uniformity and design of the bullet itself, case uniformity and cartridge concentricity all have a greater affect on accuracy than primers. And when a magnum primer is "recmmended" with a prticular the powder involved not just the size of the case but the ambient temperature under which the load will be used.
Type of primer can make a difference. For example, I seemingly get better accuracy using a mild-flamed (pistol) primer loading my Hornet than small rifle primers.Probably because the force of the primer may not blow the bullet out of the case before the Lil Gun powder fully ignites. But then, it could be becasue I started crimping thelittle buggers after I switched to pistol primers. (See, that's how anecdotal 'spit' happens!).
Primar thickness does vary between brands. I learned that when a gun with a defective short firing pin failed to ingnite one brand and not another seated with the same force. According to one article some primers are less stable (allegedly Federal) because of the compounds used and are more likely to go off while seating if too much pressure is applied.
All in all I find that brand of primer makes little difference as long as the same brand is used for a particular work-up. Apparently, the intensity of the flame changes the pressure produced by that particular powder burn but that's a function of powder amount used with that particular primer rather than primer per se. Will I convice someone that CCI's are better than his Winchesters? About as likely as convincing someone who drives a Ford to switch to Chevy.

Switch to a Chevy...NEVER!!! But I do like CCI and Federal primers.