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Ammo Smith
- Mar 1, 2007
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I see Petersen makes brass that takes either small or large rifle primers. What's are the benefits and drawbacks of using brass with a small primer pocket compared to the standard large rifle brass?
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JarHeadTim":39alhgl3 said:SLIGHTLY off topic but hopefully illuminating...
We shoot pigs at extremely long ranges and push the speed / accuracy thing to the ragged edge with the 6.5 Creedmoor (similar enough cartridge for this discussion).
I won't talk specific brands, you can PM me for that info if you'd like, but we started by using highly popular cost effective large primer brass and found a load that shot a ragged hole and was super fast. Problem was it killed 80% of the primer pockets on the first firing and 80% of the remaining brass on the second firing. So from a cost standpoint (time to prep the brass the way we do it), and getting less that two firings from almost all of it we decided to try small primer brass.
We just finished our third firing with the SRP, and 80% of the brass gave up the Ghost. Things went perfectly the first two firings, and we had no problems through the third series other than primer seating tension is gone at re-load. There was no absolutely no visual evidence of gas leak at the primer but we sure loosened up the butt hole of the brass.
Feel free to ask any questions...
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