bluealtered
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I'll throw this out here on a jus cuz basis. I finally got to load up 10 .223 with rem 6 1/2 primers, this was a just grab some shells and put primers/powder/bullets in them and go shoot.
What i grabbed were some lc brass that had been shot more than a few times, of the 10, 7 of the primer pockets were on the lose side. I loaded 6 of the ten with 25grs of benchmark and 55gr vmax. The other 4 with 26.6grs of benchmark and 55gr vmax's.
Three of the 4 had lose pockets, 4 of the 6 had lose pockets, yes i should have used better brass but thats what was within reach, and it was use that or wait another week.
So anyway, I took the 4 hot ones first, loaded as sinlges just because. The first one shot fine, i did find the primer sitting on the ground, what quick a way to remove primers! (just kidding) The three with lose pockets blew the primers out, the normal pocket didn't. Non of the ten put a hole in the primer.
The next six with the 25gr load all did what they were supposed to, even the ones with the lose pockets. These were all shot through a bush predator ar, i had planned to take two other ar's with me but it didn't work out that way.
So for this ar, (predator) the primers look like they will work ok. How they will work for you may be different. blue
What i grabbed were some lc brass that had been shot more than a few times, of the 10, 7 of the primer pockets were on the lose side. I loaded 6 of the ten with 25grs of benchmark and 55gr vmax. The other 4 with 26.6grs of benchmark and 55gr vmax's.
Three of the 4 had lose pockets, 4 of the 6 had lose pockets, yes i should have used better brass but thats what was within reach, and it was use that or wait another week.
So anyway, I took the 4 hot ones first, loaded as sinlges just because. The first one shot fine, i did find the primer sitting on the ground, what quick a way to remove primers! (just kidding) The three with lose pockets blew the primers out, the normal pocket didn't. Non of the ten put a hole in the primer.
The next six with the 25gr load all did what they were supposed to, even the ones with the lose pockets. These were all shot through a bush predator ar, i had planned to take two other ar's with me but it didn't work out that way.
So for this ar, (predator) the primers look like they will work ok. How they will work for you may be different. blue
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