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Federal 215M alternative
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty7mmstw" data-source="post: 1194912" data-attributes="member: 48043"><p>As far as es. all primers are pretty good, but the load as a whole- powder choice, case volume, primer, etc. will make most of the difference. You can use mag. primers in a lot smaller charge weights than 70 grains, and you can get away with standard primers at weights over 70 grains at times. I shoot slow burning powders and often in cold weather though, so I want as much fire in the case as possible and often use mag. primers in 308 and '06 size cases as well as bigger magnum cases.</p><p></p><p>I will eventually replace the 215 loads I currently use with wlrm primers. I have a couple of bricks of 215's left, but I have 6 or more bricks of wlrm primers. From what I've seen they are the closest. I'm not a fan of the sootiness of cci primers (I do have a couple of bricks of them and use a few though) and the rem mag primer sometimes has a rather rough cup stamping so you need to be extra careful so the cup doesn't catch the edge of the primer pocket. I do use a few of the remmy primers with commercial cases though... I won't use them in a milled out (crimp removed) case though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty7mmstw, post: 1194912, member: 48043"] As far as es. all primers are pretty good, but the load as a whole- powder choice, case volume, primer, etc. will make most of the difference. You can use mag. primers in a lot smaller charge weights than 70 grains, and you can get away with standard primers at weights over 70 grains at times. I shoot slow burning powders and often in cold weather though, so I want as much fire in the case as possible and often use mag. primers in 308 and '06 size cases as well as bigger magnum cases. I will eventually replace the 215 loads I currently use with wlrm primers. I have a couple of bricks of 215's left, but I have 6 or more bricks of wlrm primers. From what I've seen they are the closest. I'm not a fan of the sootiness of cci primers (I do have a couple of bricks of them and use a few though) and the rem mag primer sometimes has a rather rough cup stamping so you need to be extra careful so the cup doesn't catch the edge of the primer pocket. I do use a few of the remmy primers with commercial cases though... I won't use them in a milled out (crimp removed) case though. [/QUOTE]
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