Thread: Mixing Primers
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Old 08-06-2020, 08:54 AM
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Been on this rodeo tour before when forced to use whatever was at hand to keep shooting during past panic buying/hording events. I can use what I like now, but here we go again.

I readily swap between pistol primer brands of the same type. If in the middle of loading a large batch of pistol ammo and need more sleeves of the same class of primers, I used what was available between the common brands.
Did not matter much for my pistol loads <40yrds. There were some exceptions for me with some magnum revolver loads, but everything else was so minimal it did not matter at practical USPSA/IPDA distances.
BE guys may notice the subtle differences though.

If your loads are near MAX you should test a primer swap by downloading and working up again.
I don't primer swap on my established rifle loads.
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