Post by sew on Sept 21, 2022 12:42:59 GMT -5
Interesting about the fouling with the Fed 215m.
In the early days of testing the Sav 10ML when we were trying different 209 primers, the Fed 209s would move our saboted 250XTPs a little farther down the barrel than any other mainstream primers. Maybe Cheddar went a little farther. We measured both how far the bullet went down the barrel and the breech plug (BP) fouling.
The Win 209s moved the bullets almost as far but with a lot less BP fouling. Therefore, I NEVER used Fed 209s in my testing nor subsequent shooting. I just stayed with Winchester 209s. Federal primers have just seemed dirtier to me.
For my “real” smokeless MLers, I’m using WLRM primers but see little difference with just plain WLR primers. Possibly, my lower powder loads, in some cases, faster powders, and using DI makes the ignition enough easier that the difference in regular and magnum is insignificant.
In the early days of testing the Sav 10ML when we were trying different 209 primers, the Fed 209s would move our saboted 250XTPs a little farther down the barrel than any other mainstream primers. Maybe Cheddar went a little farther. We measured both how far the bullet went down the barrel and the breech plug (BP) fouling.
The Win 209s moved the bullets almost as far but with a lot less BP fouling. Therefore, I NEVER used Fed 209s in my testing nor subsequent shooting. I just stayed with Winchester 209s. Federal primers have just seemed dirtier to me.
For my “real” smokeless MLers, I’m using WLRM primers but see little difference with just plain WLR primers. Possibly, my lower powder loads, in some cases, faster powders, and using DI makes the ignition enough easier that the difference in regular and magnum is insignificant.
