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Small rifle primers in 9mm reloads?

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abbafandr:
I heard recently that it is acceptable to use small rifle primers in place of small pistol primers.  If this is true are there any load precautions that need to be taken? :-\

bkoenig:
Yep, works fine.  Just reduce your loads and work back up.  Most people consider SRP to be about equal to magnum small pistol.

abbafandr:

--- Quote from: bkoenig on April 21, 2013, 08:05:21 PM ---Yep, works fine.  Just reduce your loads and work back up.  Most people consider SRP to be about equal to magnum small pistol.

--- End quote ---
By roughly how much? 10 or 20%?

jonm:
I started using small pistol magnum primers in 9mm due to avilibility. I started working up a load and ended up right back where I was when I was on small pistol primers.

SS_N_NE:
Not an expert on this (at all). No practical use of rifle primers in pistol loads.

I was under the impression (reloading manuals) that the difference between rifle and pistol primers was the thickness of the primer cup with rifle primers being thicker/heavier material and pistol  primers being lighter/thinner material. The function being pistols have weaker firing pin/striker capacity.

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