Match primers vs. regular primers.

El Rojo · May 26, 2000, 09:16 PM

I couldn't resist as I was at the reloading store. I bought some of the Federal Match Large Rifle Primers (freakin $28, any cheaper places?) along with some more CCI large rifle primers. Tell me, am I going to see some good results? I will eventually do some testing where only the primer is a variable, but some of your experiences will help me feel better about wasting my money at this time. Thanks.

Nukem · May 27, 2000, 04:46 AM

I'd like to hear about your results when you do your testing.

mcshot · May 27, 2000, 09:53 AM

My ol Win M70 wouldn't shoot for solids unless I used match primers. I never thought primers would make such a big difference and I use them exclusively now.
So in short you "done good". And Federals are among the best IMHO.

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"Keep shootin till they quit floppin"
The Wife 2/2000

REDMISTMD · May 28, 2000, 08:58 PM

In my experience,it takes a quality,probably a custom gun to tell the difference.One thing that I found with some of my factory rifles was they either liked them or they hated them.With my custom guns I could shave about 1/8-1/16 inch off of my groups.But my guns shoot 3/8 moa with either so I choose the cheaper ones.

El Rojo · May 28, 2000, 11:25 PM

You can find my test of Federal Match Primers vs. CCI Primers at http://www.thefiringline.com/NonCGI/...ML/001224.html .

I found that in my stock Remington 700 VS that it did make a difference.

May 26, 2000, 09:16 PM	#1
El Rojo Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2000 Location: People's Republik of Kalifornia Posts: 2,057	I couldn't resist as I was at the reloading store. I bought some of the Federal Match Large Rifle Primers (freakin $28, any cheaper places?) along with some more CCI large rifle primers. Tell me, am I going to see some good results? I will eventually do some testing where only the primer is a variable, but some of your experiences will help me feel better about wasting my money at this time. Thanks.

May 27, 2000, 04:46 AM	#2
Nukem Senior Member Join Date: January 29, 2000 Posts: 709	I'd like to hear about your results when you do your testing.

May 27, 2000, 09:53 AM	#3
mcshot Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 1999 Location: Over da bridge, Mi Posts: 754	My ol Win M70 wouldn't shoot for solids unless I used match primers. I never thought primers would make such a big difference and I use them exclusively now. So in short you "done good". And Federals are among the best IMHO. ------------------ "Keep shootin till they quit floppin" The Wife 2/2000

May 28, 2000, 08:58 PM	#4
REDMISTMD Member Join Date: May 17, 2000 Location: west jordan, utah U S A Posts: 55	In my experience,it takes a quality,probably a custom gun to tell the difference.One thing that I found with some of my factory rifles was they either liked them or they hated them.With my custom guns I could shave about 1/8-1/16 inch off of my groups.But my guns shoot 3/8 moa with either so I choose the cheaper ones.

May 28, 2000, 11:25 PM	#5
El Rojo Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2000 Location: People's Republik of Kalifornia Posts: 2,057	You can find my test of Federal Match Primers vs. CCI Primers at http://www.thefiringline.com/NonCGI/...ML/001224.html . I found that in my stock Remington 700 VS that it did make a difference.