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Originally Posted by Skeet 028
This suggestion really gives me a good idea. I have quite a few of the old No 57/157 size primers in the stash around here. Not much use these days...butM can use these just as stated above drilling the pockets smaller than for 209s. I fired up the lathe and made a breech plug for a shotgun primer fired muzzleloader using the 57 primers...but will take forever to shoot that many 57s in a muzzle loader. Wax bullet loads are much better...Plus I see 57 primers at gun shows all the time for5 dollars a thousand or so...yippee....Thanks for the suggestion BC38
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Cool, glad the idea was helpful. FWIW I don't know the diameter on the 57 primers, but the standard 209 primer is something like .239"- .242" diameter and a 6mm drill is .236"
That .003"-.006" undersized drill makes for a nice snug fit to keep them from backing out. So make sure you get a drill that is a couple of thousandths undersized.