New Age 209 Primers


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Re: New Age 209 Primers

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How do these cool primers fire compared to the hotter ones like Fed. 209A?

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Federal's 209A is the hottest 209 primer on the market.

The last I heard the hottest to coldest list was like this:

Federal 209A

Chedditte

Remington

CCI 209 M

Winchester

CCI standard

Exactly where the new primers fall, I don't know.

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Re: New Age 209 Primers

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T7.....are these going to be impossible to find like the Remington 209-4 primers where?

Maybe until mid-year because so many hunting stores don't re-stock their muzzleloader/blackpowder aisles until then. Rumor mill has-it that Hodgdon will also be packaging these primers in conjunction with their crusty 777 powder.

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I split 1000 of the 209-4 Rem primers from the link you posted last month, with my brother Scottyluck. I haven't gotten to try them yet. Will have to try the -4's before I go buy anymore primers.

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Re: New Age 209 Primers

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rem 700 50. cal.

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I had the exact same prob with my rem, using pellets. I could not get it to fire without it hangingsometimes it was almost instant, other times it took longer, between the primer going off, and the pellets firing. You could hear the lag every time.

I ended up getting rid of the Rem, and bought my encore.

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im lost??????.....are'nt you supossed to use the 209 because it burns hotter??? why would you use one that burns cooler???

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It seems the hotter burning 209 primers have a tendency to move the powder/pellet charge forward, as it ignites, before the powder/pellet ignites. This supposedly causes a loss of accuracy. Also with 777 the hotter primers cause a heavier crud ring.

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im lost??????.....are'nt you supossed to use the 209 because it burns hotter??? why would you use one that burns cooler???

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Actually, most burn too hot relative to the #11 musket cap which was standard. The guns do go off more reliably than the guns that use the #11 caps. What the manufacturers don't tell you is, they don't necessarily shoot the best groups that way.

I prefer musket caps over primers. They ignite reliably and have given me much better accuracy than the primers. I didn't think the ignition source would make that much difference but it does. My T/C Black Diamond and Rem 700 ML shot groups that were about 70% smaller with the identical loads after switching to musket caps.

Tripple Seven is harder to ignite and probably needs a 209 primer. But since I don't like the powder anyway, that's not a problem.

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