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Steve, I just got back from the range where I was chronographing some Hornet loads. I had some loads primed with Fed 100 small pistol primers. I did notice when assembling the round that the primers felt soft when I "squeezed" them into the primer pocket with a K&M priming tool. What was most noteworthy, however, was I did have the firing pin pierce one round. Imagine that. I thought that was solid confirmation of your advice. Maybe Fed small pistol primer cups are softer than other brands. At any rate, the other rounds were loaded with Fed 205M small rifle primers and the results were 80fps average increase in velocity with a lower SD. WW brass, Fed 205M, 13grs. Lil"Gun, Hornady 45gr hornet bullet= 3035fps avg out of my rifle.

Not my party,but the "K" is the better mousetrap IMHO.

Make that WAY better.................

I searched the subject Hornet v K Hornet last night and found 6 pages of discussion about this from last spring. I understand the importance now of a properly cut chamber, an issue you emphasized. Who is the gunsmith that so many of you there use? Thanks.