I have a couple different brands of shotgun primers.
I've mainly been using the Winchesters because that's what most of the load data books that I have call for.
But I'm wondering if the Federal primers would cause either high or low pressure issues or could be substituted instead of the winchesters.
I typically stick with the lowest powder charge load data and don't usually pack it with powder if I can avoid it for multiple reasons anyway, but figured that I would ask.
More specifically, if anyone knows if/which primers may be a little hotter than another if all else is equal.
Here are essentially 2 different loads, with the only difference being the primer, and obviously the powder charge.
Obviously I'm not going to be using the Figure 8's in these loads and am just trying to determine which primer would be best to use in tweaking my low recoil buckshot recipe and am just using this to get an idea of comparing two loads that are essentially the same except the primer and slightly different powder charge to achieve the same velocity.
I'm thinking the Federals may be a little hotter, or may do a little better job at lighting off the powder with a slightly less charge since I had to reduce my charge by a half a grain over what the load data called for because I couldn't get a good crimp and they were trying to open up on me after they sat there for a few hours.
The wad and load performed great with the load data that I used which called for 16 gr of powder, just I needed to make enough room for a better crimp so I dropped the charge to 15.5 and am going to use the Federal primer this time and see how it does.
I've mainly been using the Winchesters because that's what most of the load data books that I have call for.
But I'm wondering if the Federal primers would cause either high or low pressure issues or could be substituted instead of the winchesters.
I typically stick with the lowest powder charge load data and don't usually pack it with powder if I can avoid it for multiple reasons anyway, but figured that I would ask.
More specifically, if anyone knows if/which primers may be a little hotter than another if all else is equal.
Here are essentially 2 different loads, with the only difference being the primer, and obviously the powder charge.
Obviously I'm not going to be using the Figure 8's in these loads and am just trying to determine which primer would be best to use in tweaking my low recoil buckshot recipe and am just using this to get an idea of comparing two loads that are essentially the same except the primer and slightly different powder charge to achieve the same velocity.
I'm thinking the Federals may be a little hotter, or may do a little better job at lighting off the powder with a slightly less charge since I had to reduce my charge by a half a grain over what the load data called for because I couldn't get a good crimp and they were trying to open up on me after they sat there for a few hours.
The wad and load performed great with the load data that I used which called for 16 gr of powder, just I needed to make enough room for a better crimp so I dropped the charge to 15.5 and am going to use the Federal primer this time and see how it does.