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WESHOOT2 · October 21, 2012, 05:34 AM

I most highly recommend avoiding the use of the Winchester Small Pistol Magnum primer UNLESS igniting W296, or otherwise specified in the data.

That said, one can use magnum primers in the 380 if one ever-so-slightly reduces the charge, and starts low, and works up.

October 21, 2012, 05:34 AM	#6
WESHOOT2 Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 1999 Location: home on the range; Vermont (Caspian country) Posts: 14,324	safety worst I most highly recommend avoiding the use of the Winchester Small Pistol Magnum primer UNLESS igniting W296, or otherwise specified in the data. That said, one can use magnum primers in the 380 if one ever-so-slightly reduces the charge, and starts low, and works up. __________________ . "all my ammo is mostly retired factory ammo"