Anybody tried this? Right now, I've got a lot more LP primers on hand than LR and, over the weekend, got to thinking (yeah, I'm aware that can be hazardous at the reloading bench) while I was prepping brass for a couple of my old milsurps. As I was cleaning the primer pockets, it came to me that my CB loads in those, for the most part, use pistol/shotgun powders and are shot at 'reactive' targets (like plastic pop bottles) on the 100-yd line. Now, I knew that LP primers are slightly shorter than LRs (.118 vs. .128, respectively) but went ahead and tried a few LPs in empty 8x57 and 7.62 Russian brass and they fired just fine. Next step on the ladder will be, of course, to load up some of my regular 'plinker' rounds using LPs to see how their accuracy compares with the same powder/boolit combination using LR primers. But, the idea seems so darn simple that someone else must have already tried it so, before I press on, can anyone suggest why it's not gonna work or why it's such a bad idea?
Bill