Which Brand of Primer Do You Use Most?

Which Brand of Primer Do You Use Most?

  • Federal

    Votes: 33 17.5%

  • Winchester

    Votes: 90 47.6%

  • CCI

    Votes: 65 34.4%

  • Remington

    Votes: 7 3.7%
  • Total voters
    189
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Redneck2...I believe you have it backwards...My experiance using a chronograph has been that Winchester are a little hotter then CCI. I believe that 6,000 psi is a little steep too. No argument here...Just what I have observed across my chronograph...:)
 
Bushmaster,

You are correct; Winchester is the hottest primer and CCI's are the coolest primer. I'm currently playing with Russian primers which are hot like Winchesters, but seem to be extremely consistant resulting in ammo with low ES and SD's.

Don
 
I've got 55,000 primers in various sizes/strenths that I mostly use for pistol, shotgun and plinking rifle.

For my varmint setups, I only use Fed Gold Medal Match.


Ed
 
What's the difference? I've used them all, they all go bang, and I can't tell any difference in accuracy.
 
The primer does make a difference. I have rifles that prefer Winchester and some that like CCI. It is especially noticable with handguns out to 50 yards and less. IT does make a difference...As I said before. I use the two different primers in standard and magnum to fine tune a particular calibre or firearm...
 
USSR said:
Larry,

What distance you shooting at and what kind of groups are you looking for?

Don
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I have a Kimber Custom Defender .45 ACP that will routinely shoot 7-shot groups at 15 yards that I can cover with a quarter.My pet load is Win case, 5.1 gr Unique, 200 gr LSWC, and Win,Rem, or CCI primer.(This is shooting from a rest.)

My Ruger 77V will shoot sub .5" groups at 100 yards from a bench rest. My favorite load for it is Rem case, 23.5 gr Accurate 2230, Sierra 52 gr HPBT Matchking bullet (Catalog# 1410), and any of the above brand primer.
I'm in the process of working up loads for my CZ-550 Varmint .22-250 and my Ruger 77 in .243.

I'm sure to a serious bench rest shooter, primers make a difference, but I'm not accurate enough to shoot much better than I've described above. My eyesight is not what it used to be due to age and diabetes.
 
Can't speak regarding handgun loads, as I don't handload much for them anymore. Regarding rifles, certain powders seem to perform better with certain primers. At 100 yards, the difference may not be noticible. However, once you reach 300 yards, the difference will be apparent, and at 1,000 yards the difference is between a good score and a so-so score.

Don
 
Don, I agree 100%. The primer doen't make "that much" difference, but to a serious bench rest shooter, "that much' makes all the difference.
 
I'm niether a table topper or a dirt crawler and I can tell the difference down range on both the rifle and pistol ranges...Primers Do make a difference...:D
 
Bushmaster, I agree... I find that switching sometimes almost makes you feel like you bumped yer scope or something sometimes.
 
I mostly use BR-2s. My tests give them a sight edge over the GM-210s.
For normal hunting loads it probably doesn't make a difference.
 
On a handgun, revolver or auto, any change to powder, case or primer for a particular bullet can change the POI at 25 yards as much as one inch. Rifles are effected about the same only over greater distances. 200/300 yards or more. High/low/left/right or any combination there of...I'm talking about "Tuning" a load. Not just general loading. I am a stickler when it comes to the accuracy of my cartridges. If they are not performing to the best I can do. How can I expect to be any better then the mediocre rounds that I manufacture. Mediocre rounds...Mediocre shooter...:banghead:
 
believe that 6,000 psi is a little steep too. No argument here...Just what I have observed across my chronograph...
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I don't have anything to measure pressure, so this is just 2nd hand. I believe it was in Handloader, but I don't remember for sure. I'm pretty sure about the 6k psi thing

Somewhere I once saw a chart that had relative energy or burn rate of primers

I used to look at Steve's pages. He had an article about load development. Had a rifle that wouldn't group. Just changing to Winchester primers (in this case) cut group size maybe 2/3rds IIRC
 
USSR, I would never insult a mud crawler by calling him a table topper. Sorry. Crawl well and often.:p
 
Exclusively Federals. They feed well in my 550, seat well, and go bang every time, unlike the Winchesters I've used in the past.
Bronson7
 
Primers

handguns - winchester only -WLP-.44mag,.45acp,.45Colt
-WSP-.380 auto,9mm,.38spl,.357mag
very consistent , good pricing.


rifle - federal only - 210-std. & -215 mag.
the most consistent for my rifles between Win.,CCI,Fed
 
I use primarily Winchester for handguns,and primarily the harder cupped CCIs for rifles. If I vary from that, it's usually a box of cheap Winchesters for bolt rifle shooting or some cheap CCI's for revolver loads. Locally,Federals and Remingtons tend to go for $3-4 more per 1000 for some unknown reason.
 
I reload shotgun both 12 and 20 ga, so depending on the recipe, I use CCI, Rem and Win. Federal hulls are worth reloading, which probably explains why the Gander Mountain near me does stock Fed 209 primers.

Probably use Rem 209's the most, so that's how I answered.
 
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