First, what's the difference?
I seem to have thousands of small pistol primers and have run out of small rifle primers. Is it okay to substitute small pistol primers if being loaded into a small rifle round? I am currently loading .25-20 WCF, and have rifles only in this calibre (was a .25-20 pistol or revolver ever produced)?
I'm guessing that the small pistol primer may be less powerful than a small rifle round, so okay to fire a round with a small pistol primer in rifles and pistols, but only small rifle primers in a rifle???
However, what do commercial ammunition manufacturers load with? Last time I looked, loaded boxes do not state "for pistol use only" or "for rifle use only". A round such as .44-40 is just as likely to be used in a rifle as a revolver.
I seem to have thousands of small pistol primers and have run out of small rifle primers. Is it okay to substitute small pistol primers if being loaded into a small rifle round? I am currently loading .25-20 WCF, and have rifles only in this calibre (was a .25-20 pistol or revolver ever produced)?
I'm guessing that the small pistol primer may be less powerful than a small rifle round, so okay to fire a round with a small pistol primer in rifles and pistols, but only small rifle primers in a rifle???
However, what do commercial ammunition manufacturers load with? Last time I looked, loaded boxes do not state "for pistol use only" or "for rifle use only". A round such as .44-40 is just as likely to be used in a rifle as a revolver.