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Can someone tell me the difference between CCI Brench Rest SR primers and their standard SR primers? Does one have an advantage over the other?
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CCI Brench Rest and Standard SR Primers
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Benchrest primers are supposedly held to higher manufacturing standards / tolerances then normal primers.
They are intended to provide more consistently uniform ignition from shot to shot for better accuracy.
And they probably do.
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They are intended to provide more consistently uniform ignition from shot to shot for better accuracy.
And they probably do.
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Thanks RC. I just picked up 1K by mistake. Glad I didn't goof up. I knew I could count on you to have the answer.
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R.W.Dale
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I've used both in my bench gun and to be honest I've never been able to tell a diffrence in accuracy
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BR primers are said to have thicker cup material and are safe to us in AR type gun with out fear of Slam fires. I have not measured the thickness, but it seem to be the consensus. I am using CCI BR in my AR right now because that is all I could find at the time. Seems primers are getting more plentiful. Powder Valley has CCI # 41 in stock just a few minutes ago, web site may not be up to date
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Do a google search on primer cup thickness, you'll find several pieces about primer cup thickness. Of the measurements that were tested the BR came up thicker by .002. Like I said I did not do the test, only read about them. Add a half cup of salt and ....
Jimmy K
Do a google search on primer cup thickness, you'll find several pieces about primer cup thickness. Of the measurements that were tested the BR came up thicker by .002. Like I said I did not do the test, only read about them. Add a half cup of salt and ....
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rcmodel
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By all accounts, CCI uses the same .025" primer cup thickness on the standard & BR primers it makes.
As for AR's and standard primers and perforated cups?
That is not a concern with any standard SR primer and the AR-15.
What is a concern is softer or more sensitive primers that may cause a slam-fire in a semi-auto rifle.
CCI makes mil-spec #34 LR and #41 SR primers that are harder & less sensitive then standard or BR primers.
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As for AR's and standard primers and perforated cups?
That is not a concern with any standard SR primer and the AR-15.
What is a concern is softer or more sensitive primers that may cause a slam-fire in a semi-auto rifle.
CCI makes mil-spec #34 LR and #41 SR primers that are harder & less sensitive then standard or BR primers.
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Go check this sit out and scroll down......
http://www.njhighpower.com/
http://www.njhighpower.com/
Black_Talon
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Try this URL, there's a "Primer Cup Dimensions" chart a bit down the page:
http://www.njhighpower.com/cart_tech.htm
Strongbad
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The thicker cups are used on the CCI mil-spec primers. The cups on the standard primers, BR or not are the same. Per CCI they basically do a production run with their most consistent operators on the most consistent machines and those are the BR primers.
P-32
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I like the Remington 7 1/2's but see no real difference between those and the CCI BR primers.
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