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<blockquote data-quote="backwoods83" data-source="post: 1940158" data-attributes="member: 29890"><p>Yeah, primers play a much bigger role than most people think. They don't realize that all large rifle, small rifle, or their magnum variants aren't created equal. Of course, primers of different brands have a totally different flame path as well, like Federals pretty much shoot a straight flame, where as, Winchester primers shoot a fireball, but they were originally designed to ignite ball powder. </p><p>By drying powder, that means leaving it out for a couple days in a glass baking dish or actually putting it in the oven on a very low temperature. If you've never paid attention, powder is kinda sticky from the additives, or "wet", Retumbo clumping in a sealed container is a prime example, as Retumbo is famous for that, H1000 is known to do it as well. I do however recommend doing this before your load work up and starting low, if you decide to try drying powder, even though, when done correctly, it should have no effect on the burn rate of the powder. Typically it just gains a little velocity and sometimes more stability, and is ever so slightly easier to ignite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backwoods83, post: 1940158, member: 29890"] Yeah, primers play a much bigger role than most people think. They don't realize that all large rifle, small rifle, or their magnum variants aren't created equal. Of course, primers of different brands have a totally different flame path as well, like Federals pretty much shoot a straight flame, where as, Winchester primers shoot a fireball, but they were originally designed to ignite ball powder. By drying powder, that means leaving it out for a couple days in a glass baking dish or actually putting it in the oven on a very low temperature. If you've never paid attention, powder is kinda sticky from the additives, or "wet", Retumbo clumping in a sealed container is a prime example, as Retumbo is famous for that, H1000 is known to do it as well. I do however recommend doing this before your load work up and starting low, if you decide to try drying powder, even though, when done correctly, it should have no effect on the burn rate of the powder. Typically it just gains a little velocity and sometimes more stability, and is ever so slightly easier to ignite. [/QUOTE]
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