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Primer question for 243 winchester/115 jlk/n165
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<blockquote data-quote="CHARLIEDUECE65" data-source="post: 508678" data-attributes="member: 15083"><p><strong>Re: Primer questions for 243 winchester/115 jlk/n165</strong></p><p></p><p>You're right, the three rounds I loaded initially were to see if pressure was going to be an issue in the 2960-3000 fps area. I did this at home , not at the range, and shot into a dirt pile through the chronograph. I am going to start testing 5 rounds at 44 grains with the CCI 250 primer and work my way up to 45.5 grains. I might try the large rifle primer if I'm not having good results. Yes, it is a work in progress. Initially, I didn't want to test the difference between the primers, as I was hoping to avoid doing this. Maybe, I should have just tested this myself and not asked. I was hoping to get some free, first hand, knowledge, or experience. My question was do you "NEED" to use magnum primers with slow burning powders....I asked this to save me the time of testing and I also wasn't sure if you get a complete burn with this slow of a powder and large rifle primer. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CHARLIEDUECE65, post: 508678, member: 15083"] [b]Re: Primer questions for 243 winchester/115 jlk/n165[/b] You're right, the three rounds I loaded initially were to see if pressure was going to be an issue in the 2960-3000 fps area. I did this at home , not at the range, and shot into a dirt pile through the chronograph. I am going to start testing 5 rounds at 44 grains with the CCI 250 primer and work my way up to 45.5 grains. I might try the large rifle primer if I'm not having good results. Yes, it is a work in progress. Initially, I didn't want to test the difference between the primers, as I was hoping to avoid doing this. Maybe, I should have just tested this myself and not asked. I was hoping to get some free, first hand, knowledge, or experience. My question was do you "NEED" to use magnum primers with slow burning powders....I asked this to save me the time of testing and I also wasn't sure if you get a complete burn with this slow of a powder and large rifle primer. :D [/QUOTE]
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