Large pistol primers or large rifle primers for a 44-40
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Originally Posted by
Savvy Jack
Like I said, never trust anyone's information...measure your own
My measurement of my newly purchased Starline brass' primer pocket.
Measurment from the outside wall where the primer seats is .1235" deep
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CCI-200 Rifle Primer = .1275" Length
CCI-300 Large Pistol = .1205" Length
Remington 1 1/2 Primer = .1215 Length
Winchester WLP = .1195" Length
Starline = .1235" Deep
RP Brass = .119" Deep
Winchester = .119" Deep
If using my batch of CCI-300 pistol primers with my batch of Winchester or RP brass, you might get a primer extruding .0015" past the case rim.
If using my batch of CCI-200 rifle primers with my batch of Starline brass, you might get a primer extruding .004" past the case rim.
If using my batch of CCI-200 rifle primers with my batch of Winchester or RP brass, you might get a primer extruding .0085" past the case rim.
Just for kicks, my 45-70 Starline pockets are .131" thus using the CCI-200 rifle primers would result in a .0035" recess rather than any kind of extrusion.
Now that my brain is total corn mush right now, I am gonna go take a nap!!
Thank you for posting these measurements—it explains why my WLP primers were seated too deep in new Starline .41 Special brass. Had to pull 30 rounds apart and toss the powder (lead shavings in it from the cast bullets), then back them out gently with my universal decapping die. The first 3 went too far and had to be ingeniously re-seated flush again using my press.
—Griff
Large pistol primers or large rifle primers for a 44-40
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Originally Posted by
indian joe
Griff
Pushing out live primers would make me nervous - I wuz gonna say why not just fire em off but that didnt work - the whole thing is not making much sense - 41 mag gets my vote as a pistol calibre - starline has obviously formed these for rifle primers - why would they do that?
I woulda soaked that brass in water for a week then just deprimed and started over - woulda used federal rifle primers in that Starline brass I think.
You still got all yr fingers so its all good.
I think I will follow your advice if this ever happens again. Not worth the risk to save 90 cents’ worth of primers.
—Griff