Brian in Montana
Well-known member
In my limited reloading adventures, I haven't given a lot of thought to primers. I read somewhere, I think it was in the Hornady manual, that Federal GM210M - match grade primers, were the most consistent they'd tried. I went, "sounds good to me", and proceeded to put those in everything I loaded for my 7-08 and .308. They seem to work fine as far as I know, but I assume different primers ignite hotter than others, or with more energy, or one thing or another, otherwise there wouldn't be so many different ones. I've done a pile of reading and research on powders, bullets, and brass, but not primers. So...
What's your favorite large rifle primer and why?
Any info or advice you might provide to a noob with regard to primers? I'm mainly just reloading for the calibers already mentioned, but I also have a 300WM, my wife's .270, and a couple of .243's I'd like to start loading for eventually.
What's your favorite large rifle primer and why?
Any info or advice you might provide to a noob with regard to primers? I'm mainly just reloading for the calibers already mentioned, but I also have a 300WM, my wife's .270, and a couple of .243's I'd like to start loading for eventually.