cdn1canhunt
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I know BR stands for "bench rest" but would a guy notice any difference between a BR primer vs standard primer In say a hunting rig, for accuracy?
What's the difference between a br primer and a std primer?
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I know the cost is significantly higher for the BR's at least the CCI's are so maybe someone could point to a real advantage for BR users..
Nope, highly unlikely on a factory/hunting rifle, even with a good match rifle it can take a good bit of testing to find which one works best for that load combination and sometimes regular primers work better than the BR/match ones.
With the trouble finding BR'2s last couple years I'm just using CCI200's now for large rifle primers, I haven't seen any difference other than price. I did some measuring and weighing and both were in the same variation range.
That said if you can find and buy BR/"match" primers for a reasonable price and get that "peace of mind" that's no problem either, so long as it lights up the load properly, that's the most important part.
With the trouble finding BR'2s last couple years I'm just using CCI200's now for large rifle primers, I haven't seen any difference other than price. I did some measuring and weighing and both were in the same variation range.
That said if you can find and buy BR/"match" primers for a reasonable price and get that "peace of mind" that's no problem either, so long as it lights up the load properly, that's the most important part.
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They are made by the more seasoned and experienced technicians and boast greater consistency, this is from what I have read about them.Not as mass produced as the standard ones.
I use them, I feel they make a difference but may be just in my head as hitting 30ft camper trailer at 300 meters is tough for me.
In all honesty I would guess that maybe for 1/10th of a percent of members here may be able to tell the difference between them, me being in the other 89%
I use them, I feel they make a difference but may be just in my head as hitting 30ft camper trailer at 300 meters is tough for me.
In all honesty I would guess that maybe for 1/10th of a percent of members here may be able to tell the difference between them, me being in the other 89%
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I'd believe this and if a failure occured they would go into regular product if not it was premium grade..
PitBull1973
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BR primers are made by the more experienced techs that's all.
I had to make a batch of 40,000 rounds of match ammo once, but we could not source 40,000 Federal match primers. That is all we used in the past.
We could find 40,000 Winchester primers. We tested some from the same lot number as the 40,000 and found no difference in ES and SD. Velocity was 25 fps faster, on average. So we dropped the powder charge by 0.1 gr and used the Winchester.
To answer the OP question - use the appropriate non-match primer for your hunting ammo.
We could find 40,000 Winchester primers. We tested some from the same lot number as the 40,000 and found no difference in ES and SD. Velocity was 25 fps faster, on average. So we dropped the powder charge by 0.1 gr and used the Winchester.
To answer the OP question - use the appropriate non-match primer for your hunting ammo.
This is correct. The BR primers are visually inspected before packaging. That is the only difference.
cdn1canhunt
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Thank you for the replies. I suspected there wasn't much if, any difference. I'll keep using standard large and small rifle primers
That is a video I would like to see, as would many others here I am sure. Google didn't produce it for me.
