Federal 205? - 06/15/13
I tried posting this under Reloading, Varmint rifles and did not get a response, so I'm trying here. What do you think?
Been doing some loading for the AR and was digging through the primer inventory. For years I have used CCI 450 primers with BLC2 in my bolt gun. I experimented with Fed 205 Match primers and discovered they were hotter than the CCI 450s. I called them hotter because the created stiff bolt lift with (book) powder charges that the 450s performed fine with.
I just viewed the 205 Match primers as magnums and as such would not use them with small rifle cases or non ball powders.
Well, when digging around I found a red carton of Federal 205 primers I had forgotten about. Printed in the upper right hand corner is "NO. 205" and in the center of the panel is printed "SMALL MAGNUM RIFLE PRIMERS". I can find no information regarding Federal making a small rifle magnum primer. Plenty of references to 205M, meaning match.
This begs the question: are all Federal 205 primers essentially magnum in their composition?
Been doing some loading for the AR and was digging through the primer inventory. For years I have used CCI 450 primers with BLC2 in my bolt gun. I experimented with Fed 205 Match primers and discovered they were hotter than the CCI 450s. I called them hotter because the created stiff bolt lift with (book) powder charges that the 450s performed fine with.
I just viewed the 205 Match primers as magnums and as such would not use them with small rifle cases or non ball powders.
Well, when digging around I found a red carton of Federal 205 primers I had forgotten about. Printed in the upper right hand corner is "NO. 205" and in the center of the panel is printed "SMALL MAGNUM RIFLE PRIMERS". I can find no information regarding Federal making a small rifle magnum primer. Plenty of references to 205M, meaning match.
This begs the question: are all Federal 205 primers essentially magnum in their composition?