In today’s world, you are faced with two different types of smokeless powder: single and double based. the only real difference between the two is the makeup of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin. Single based consist of nitrocellulose and double based is made up of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin.

• Black powder.
• Corned powder.
• Brown powder.
• Smokeless powder.
• Serpentine powder.
• Double-base gunpowder.
• Low explosive.

1. Gunpowder is a chemical mixture which undergoes a chemical change when heated or struck while black powder is traditional gunpowder used in the early days of firearms. 2. Gunpowder is more refined and purer while black powder is coarser and less refined.

Yes. There are a variety of different brands and types of smokeless powder and each has its uses. For some cartridges, a specific weight and brand of powder may produce the most accurate results.

So yes, it IS possible. With regard to using volume measurement for shot and powder- of course that is possible. The Lee company marketed simple handload kits for rifle, pistol and shotgun that used a scoop for powder and scoop for shot.

Private. 8208 XBR is my favorite 223 powder. Varget is also great for the heavier projectiles, but 8208 meters more easily.

Benchmark, Varget, and 8208 work well BUT I still recommend H335 with 55 grain bullets. Varget works well for heavier 69-77 match bullets. Another popular powder for 55 gr. loads is Tac.

Excellent powders. I’ve used them for a few years now when they were going for $13/lb. They’ve become much more popular and most rifles I’ve used them in tend to have very accurate loads with great velocity.

223/ 5.56 rifles. The CCI #41 is a Mil Spec primer very similar to their #400, all of the Small standard primer types (pistol, pistol magnum, rifle, and rifle magnum) will fit in the . 175 pocket and you can find load data calling for each of their use.

308 cases come in large rifle and small rifle primer.

Registered. For decades, the standard primer size for . 45 ACP was large pistol primer. A few years ago, Blazer started to use small pistol primers in their brass, and Federal has also started to load of their cartridges with small primers; the Federal brass is marked ‘NT’ for non- toxic.

Primer size (large, small) Some cartridges require a large pistol primer (45acp, 44 special, 44 magnum, …) while others require a small pistol primer (9mm, 38 special, 357 magnum, …). Depending on what cartridge you are reloading, you need to buy the proper size primer for that application.

I’ve used Remington primers exclusively, all types, for over 20 years without a single problem. Medium burning rate powders such as Alliant Power Pistol Hodgdon HS-6, Alliant Herco and AAC#7 are, IMNSHO, the best powders available for the 9MM AND the 38 Special. AAC#5 and Hodgdon Universal are quite good as well.

Best, Small Pistol primers?

• CCI #500. Votes: 14 66.7%
• WINCHESTER. Votes: 7 33.3%

Surprisingly, the 1½ primer is also listed for the 9mm Luger, the 9mm +P and . 38 Super. These latter calibers are not low pressure. The 9mm Luger has a SAAMI (Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute) pressure limit of 35,000 psi, and the +P version’s limit is 38,500 psi.

45 ACP pistol primer pocket, which would be risky. If you are very determined to use them, apply a large rifle primer pocket uniformer which will mill down the bottom of the primer pocket a little and let them seat right. Small rifle primers work just fine in 9mm and . 38 Super.

Large pistol primers are used in 45ACP, 45 (long) Colt, 44 SPL and mag and larger pistol rounds. Generally, 44 and up use large, 40/10 mm and smaller use small primers. You don’t have a choice as the primer size is determined by the diameter of the primer pocket in the case.

So what’s going on here — why can’t you find primers? One reason is that primer producers such as Federal and CCI are using the vast majority of the primers they make to complete their loaded ammunition, which is flying off the shelves.

The scarcity of ammunition is the result of a perfect storm that initially formed during the first quarter of 2020 as the effects of a worldwide pandemic took hold. In one fell swoop, the COVID-19 outbreak and the restrictions that came with it put the brakes on a roaring US economy.

According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the reason for the shortage was due to hoarding by shooters and the same may be true with primers and other reloading components today.