My intent is not to start a war, go down in flames, called every name in the book or hear the tales from your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate about mushroom cloud expedited disassembly events. My goal remains to utilize the components I have available on hand to the maximum extent safely. I can obviously decide to put it all back on the shelf and not peruse this venture any further.
Here’s the basic question/theory- Are Small Pistol Magnum primers when used in .45acp SPP brass more or less equal in operation of standard Large Pistol primers in normal .45acp LP brass? I use the term “operation” loosely, pick your method of measurement- Brisance, heat, pressure and so on. This is one of those cases where industry has created a bridge where the absolutes of what normally goes with what does not seem to apply.
On my bench currently is a sleeve of Winchester Small Pistol Magnum (WSPM) Primers, a box of Blazer SMALL PISTOL PRIMER brass, a Lb. of Bullseye (though I have Red Dot and 700x and a couple others in the wings) and a pile of lubed up 542374 225g LRN bullets. I searched out and re-read Larry Gibson’s excellent posts/discussions and a couple others on using magnum primers in 9mm and 38 Special. But none seem to directly apply the combination I’m looking at.
I’m not even sure what Federal uses in these cases as standard primers, or are they the new Non Toxic type that has not been mapped out yet for operational parameters compared to other primers. The last couple of times out for this brass has been with Federal F200 Small Rifle Primers which I have been using in all my pistol calibers until exhausted (Darn shortages and high prices, but that’s a different post) with no issues.
Constructive thoughts?