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  1. 09-29-2011, 07:10 PM #1
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    Boxer primer dimensions

    Did boxer primers ever have different sizes than they do today?

    My son who challenges EVERYTHING I say about anything (he should have been a lawyer) contends that old time cartridges may have been of a different size than we use today. How do I know as I was not reloading over 100 years ago.

    Does anyone have a documented answer I can hand him?
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  2. 09-29-2011, 07:36 PM #2
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    Try THIS, Bill.
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    Thanks JIM that should keep him reading for a little while.
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    Bill,

    There have been a few article in Rifle or Handloader over the past few years about older reloading supplies. I remember seeing a picture of one box of I think Winchester primers that were flat out tiny, they made a small rifle primer look like a .50 BMG primer.

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  5. 10-02-2011, 07:50 PM #5
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    Don't know if this tells you much but it is an interesting box of primers.
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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
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