Can I use large pistol primers in rifle?
- Thread starter Greybeard
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The answer to the title of this post is NO. There are very few exceptions. A 44 mag is a pistol cartridge. It will use pistol primers whether in a rifle or pistol. A 22 hornet can be exchanged and sometimes pistol primers work better than rifle primers. Using Large pistol primers for Rifle Cartridges is a definate no. First off the large pistol primer is thinner than a rifle primer and will not seat flush . Also the pistol primer cups are made of a softer alloy due to most pistol firing springs being lighter than those found in a Rifle. There is a real good possibility of pierced primers if you use them.
Stick with large rifle primers designed for large rifle cartridges.
Edited to clarify and correct.
Stick with large rifle primers designed for large rifle cartridges.
Edited to clarify and correct.
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blinddog
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Not so much what it is fired in as what catridge it is in 44 Mag is a pistol round so pistol primer work just fine. You could have a problem trying to shove a large rifle primer into a pistol case since they have some sligh dimensional differances (I think Rifle primers are a touch taller) You will be fine useing a large pistol primer in the 44 Magnum case although some powders (H110,WW296 Ect.) want a magnum primer to reliably ignite.