I use standard primers for 9 mm & 45 acp. Unique powder in both.
Sometimes standard primers are hard to come by. Can magnum primers be used in these two cartridges without problems?
I use standard primers for 9 mm & 45 acp. Unique powder in both.
Sometimes standard primers are hard to come by. Can magnum primers be used in these two cartridges without problems?
Yes, probably. Start 10% below your present load and work up. Your gun and load may not like mag primers. I have used them in 9mm but not 45.
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Bmi48219--back during the big primer and powder shortage of a couple of years ago our club's on site pro-shop was still able to get magnum pistol primers when they couldn't get standard small and large pistol primers. The revolver shooters reported no problems, but a couple of the semi-auto pistol shooters experienced cracked frames., both 1911-types in .45 ACP. I can not say as a certainty that the magnum primers were at fault, but I'd avoid them if at all possible.
17nut - Thanks for the post - excellent information on charges for the RWS primers
Regards
John
I have used CCI LPM's in place of LP's in .45acp 185 and 230 without any noticeable difference in POI etc... I never load to full power so no need to worry there.
Looking for Ideal mold 419181 (44 Evans Long)
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |