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I have a question for all of you who are seasoned reloaders ;D. I have a H&R 35 Whelen that I purchased used from a local shop. $150.00 for the gun with a scope was a deal too good to pass up. On the rifle thread there are a lot of guys who have had problems with mis-fiers. I decided to purchase some brasss, Remington bullets and load some with IMR 4064. I loaded 20 rounds to start and took it to the range and got the scope diled in. All of these were loaded with Winchester primers.
The next batch I loaded up with the same bullet, a half of grain more powder, (trying to find the best load). The only change is that this time I had CCI primers. About 1/3 of them did not go off when the hammer fell the first time. Some would go off if I dropped the hammer a second time and some would not go off at all. I cheded the length with the caliper and all are the same. Could there be a difference in the hardness of the primers? This is the only variable that I can think of. If I decide to dump the loads and start over with Winchester primers do I just fire the empty casings so I can press out the CCI primers? Never did this before and I'm not sure of the procedure. Brass is once fired Remington brass. Thanks for the assist.
The next batch I loaded up with the same bullet, a half of grain more powder, (trying to find the best load). The only change is that this time I had CCI primers. About 1/3 of them did not go off when the hammer fell the first time. Some would go off if I dropped the hammer a second time and some would not go off at all. I cheded the length with the caliper and all are the same. Could there be a difference in the hardness of the primers? This is the only variable that I can think of. If I decide to dump the loads and start over with Winchester primers do I just fire the empty casings so I can press out the CCI primers? Never did this before and I'm not sure of the procedure. Brass is once fired Remington brass. Thanks for the assist.