Patriot
NES Member
I have some small rifle primers (Rem 7.5 Bench Rest) and loaded twenty of them in
.38 Spl cases with WST and 148gr DEWC's. Shooting them out of a S&W 642 it
was an interesting experiment. The 642 has had a 'trigger job' which definitely
lightened the hammer strike and most would not fire in it. It barely dented the
primer. (Rem 7.5 BR primers are excellent for .223 rifles BTW, very hard) In
my M28 it was much less of an issue. In fact I only had one that did not fire
and I believe that primer was defective as it had a really good ding in the primer.
There was a noticeable difference in the recoil of the 642 but the M28 is
such a beast the difference wasn't perceptible. My guess is that the cup
on the bench rest primers are much harder than the small pistol as I have
no problems using CCI or Win small pistol primers in the 642.
I am going to use some of these in my M28 with .357 loads next.
.38 Spl cases with WST and 148gr DEWC's. Shooting them out of a S&W 642 it
was an interesting experiment. The 642 has had a 'trigger job' which definitely
lightened the hammer strike and most would not fire in it. It barely dented the
primer. (Rem 7.5 BR primers are excellent for .223 rifles BTW, very hard) In
my M28 it was much less of an issue. In fact I only had one that did not fire
and I believe that primer was defective as it had a really good ding in the primer.
There was a noticeable difference in the recoil of the 642 but the M28 is
such a beast the difference wasn't perceptible. My guess is that the cup
on the bench rest primers are much harder than the small pistol as I have
no problems using CCI or Win small pistol primers in the 642.
I am going to use some of these in my M28 with .357 loads next.