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How often do you guys test different primers to help with accuracy?
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<blockquote data-quote="Reloader222" data-source="post: 1204459" data-attributes="member: 25295"><p>Some people tend to criticize a primer as bad when they change to it, but what they do not realize is that you need to fine tune the load to the primer. It is like tuning the carburetor of an old car. When having a good accurate load in say Fed205 and you change to CCI400 you need to load a little more powder due to the fact that Federal is generally hotter than CCI. However, when changing from CCI400 to Fed205 you would probably have to lower the powder. I have found both CCI and Federal to be accurate, but I prefer Federal for the reason that I never had any misfires with them in the past 30 years. On the other hand I had some misfires with CCI400 primers in my Marlin .357Mag rifle, but to be objective I must say that CCI500 is the intended primer for pistol cartridges. The cup of the CCI400 is, as it seems too thick for the hammer of the Marlin to set it off properly. However I never had any misfires with my bolt rifles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Reloader222, post: 1204459, member: 25295"] Some people tend to criticize a primer as bad when they change to it, but what they do not realize is that you need to fine tune the load to the primer. It is like tuning the carburetor of an old car. When having a good accurate load in say Fed205 and you change to CCI400 you need to load a little more powder due to the fact that Federal is generally hotter than CCI. However, when changing from CCI400 to Fed205 you would probably have to lower the powder. I have found both CCI and Federal to be accurate, but I prefer Federal for the reason that I never had any misfires with them in the past 30 years. On the other hand I had some misfires with CCI400 primers in my Marlin .357Mag rifle, but to be objective I must say that CCI500 is the intended primer for pistol cartridges. The cup of the CCI400 is, as it seems too thick for the hammer of the Marlin to set it off properly. However I never had any misfires with my bolt rifles. [/QUOTE]
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