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Old 11-04-2021, 03:26 PM
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Can you use small pistol primers and small rifle primer interchangeably?
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Old 11-04-2021, 03:37 PM
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Can you use small pistol primers and small rifle primer interchangeably?
Not really, there are some one of type scenarios where you can, but that’s waaaay off the well travelled path.
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Can you use small pistol primers and small rifle primer interchangeably?
No, small pistol primers will not tolerate the pressures created by the higher pressure rifle cartridges. And some pistols may not reliably ignite some rifle primers.
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Awesome, direct and to the point 👍
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There are exceptions as in using them for BP cartridges cartridges, but for modern cartridges for the the most part no.
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