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What options are best

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:35 pm
by Cutanything
I now have lapua palma 308 brass what is primer options for 2208 powder

Re: What options are best

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:40 pm
by johnk
I'm a CCI BR person.

Re: What options are best

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:50 pm
by Cutanything
I look at cci br2 $125 per 1000

Re: What options are best

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 7:51 pm
by scott/r
That's probably a little dear for br4. Q store has them at $11 per hundred. You could try the cci small rifle magnum 450 primers ($7).

Re: What options are best

Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 7:46 am
by Jase PTRC
Im using cci450 in my Palma Brass

Re: What options are best

Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 1:11 pm
by Razer
I have been using Lapua Palma brass since it's inception and I checked every forum and site that I could find which was mainly US.
There was some comprehensive testing done by many and invariably the most consistent results were gained by using CCI 450 which is the small rifle magnum primer.
I have never had any issues with them and no cause for complaints so haven't used anything else.
You could always get a hundred of each type of small rifle primer and try them to see which one suits your rifle/chamber/reloading technique and delivers best accuracy.

Re: What options are best

Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 1:28 pm
by johnk
I guess in qualification, I should say that I use AR2206 & VV N550 in the Palma case - both relatively easily lit powders.

Re: What options are best

Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:16 pm
by Razer
johnk wrote:I guess in qualification, I should say that I use AR2206 & VV N550 in the Palma case - both relatively easily lit powders.


The worst thing that happened for reloaders was when ADI took 2206 off the market as it was an ideal powder for several calibres and 2206H is a very inferior substitute.
You must have had a good supply to still have some! Wish that I had laid in a big supply, but with reloading for two and looking at the empty 4kg 2208 containers laying around it would appear to have been an impossible task.

Re: What options are best

Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 6:35 pm
by Cutanything
Thank you every one for input looking like most people use cci 450