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Old May 20, 2009, 10:25 PM   #1
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Federal Premium Gold Medal Primers---

Was in a reloading supply store today & bought some small pistol primers
made by Federal-they were Gold Medal match type and I was wondering
if anyone has tried them in place of small rifle primers.
Wouldn't these be pretty good for .222 - .222 Magnum & .223 loading &
maybe the Hornet ?


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Old May 21, 2009, 09:18 AM   #2
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I don't know that I'd want to try it. If I understand correctly, pistol primers have a softer cup than rifle primers, and using pistol primers in a rifle could have the firing pin pierce the cup, and then Bad Things Could Happen.

If it were me, I'd stick with using rifle primers for rifle applications.

Just my $0.02,

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Old May 21, 2009, 09:19 AM   #3
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Old May 21, 2009, 09:31 AM   #4
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Do NOT substitute pistol primers for rifle primers in high-intensity cartridges like the .222 or .223!

You're just asking for a pierced primer and an action full of very hot, very potent gas.

You can generally get away with it for rounds like the .22 Hornet, the .25-20, and the .32-20, rounds that are low power to begin with, but you still have to be very very careful.
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Old May 21, 2009, 05:24 PM   #5
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Mike is correct dont do it. I would only go by what the manual calls for. Rifle primers for rifles, and pistol primers for pistols. I know things are tough to get but dont take any chances! Keep it safe!
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