tiger49931 Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 can you use magnum primers in regular 9mm loads ?? if so how much do you down load the powder charge?? i cant find small pistol primers but found a few thousand small pistol magnum? didnt buy them for fear of blowing my gun up .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gng4life Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 I haven't tried them in Minor 9mm loads but in 9Major loads, I did not see any difference in avg speed/Power Factor. I would still back off a few tenths and try them but I doubt you will see much difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felt Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 If you search you should find the information you seek. There have been a few threads about this as of late. Here is a few to get you started.... http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=171635&hl=%2Bbreach+%2Bface#entry1899947 http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=173802&hl=%2Bbreach+%2Bface#entry1922481 http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=167265&hl=%2Bbreach+%2Bface#entry1860477 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougCarden Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 16 fps to your existing load for the most part. If you have a max load then reduce down and work up. Use them and be glad you have them... DougC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EngineerEli Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 I found myself in the same position, and I bought 200 Federal Small pistol magnum primers to test out. Interestingly enough, IIRC, I gained 12 FPS for both of my common loads with Federal small pistol primers. I did decrease my loads before testing so they were about 2/10's under what normally made minor in my gun. They were minor 9 loads of WST and Titegroup using Bayou 124gr coated lead bullets at 1.140" OAL. Hope that gives you another point of reference. Take into consideration though, I'm not sure exactly what happens to max pressures of the load, even if the FPS is in a safe range, so keep an eye on your cases/primers for pressure signs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent D Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 I use them all the time for 9mm minor and the work great!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superdude Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 See data with Winchester 231 here: http://38super.net/Pages/Primers.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvinc78 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I run them in my Open and Production loads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksonj Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I went through 5000 Wolf Magnum Small pistol primers last year with exceptional results. I initially reduced my loads by 10%, but eventually worked back up to my standard small pistol primer loading with no signs of over pressure and great accuracy. I actually prefer the Wolf Mags now and only wish I had picked up another couple of 5-10 thousand before this current madness. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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