Originally Posted by mathman
Originally Posted by Vic_in_Va
Originally Posted by Klikitarik
but I trust it more with a magnum primer on board.


Good advice, I've always felt better using mag primers with ball powder in cooler temps.


He mentioned it was a Winchester primer. The WLR is pretty strong among standard primers.

The mechanical issue made this moot anyway.


I don't particularly care for WLR primers after a go-round with them in my Garand. They kept popping at the radius and didn't do my bolt-face any good.

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That's a load only running 42 Kpsi, I wouldn't want to light up a 58.5 Kpsi load and admire the divot.