Small primer 44 magnum

[Mongo Safari]

My son and I picked up a handful of 44 mag cases at the range today. Four cases are marked S S and have small primers. Do you know who made S S cases?

Last year while policing my 45 ACP brass I picked up some Blaser, Speer, Federal along with my R-P brass. We found some of the FC, and all the Speer and Blaser had small primers. I tested a few rounds with my Bullseye load and CCI small pistol primers. They worked fine. I just need to keep the large and smalls cases separated. I'll save the small primed cases, cleaned and put away for a time when large primers go extinct for a while.

 

[TJm15.38]

I've seen small primer .45 ACP (Blazer and a couple of others), but I have never seen small primer .44 Mag. I don't reload .44 Magnum, but I do reload .44 Spl. These days I discard the small primer .45 brass; I would probably do the same with .44 Spl if it had small primers.

 

[robertrwalsh]

Silly & Stupid ??

I have never seen any large bore revolver small primer cases.

 

[Just another 22 shooter]

Silly & Stupid ??

I have never seen any large bore revolver small primer cases.

The 454 Casull uses a small rifle primer. always has

 

[sparkyvega]

Interesting...I wonder if these are SRP?

My son and I picked up a handful of 44 mag cases at the range today. Four cases are marked S S and have small primers.

 

[The Norseman]

Great Thread. Thank you for sharing your
find on the 44Mag with a Small Pistol/Rifle
Primer, and also taking the time to post a picture.

I find it interesting. In all my years reloading
I have never seen 44Mag with SPP. I've
reloaded brass, aluminum, and steel cases.
I also reload 45ACP SPP. This is intriguing.

I would definitely use them, for the logical
reason Small Pistol Primers and Small Rifle
Primers can interchangeably be used.

I read before and believe it; Small Primers
support higher cartridge pressure and the
same as Revolver frame mounted firing pins,
along with durability.

The Best to you and your Endeavors.