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Thank you for the tip on Wolf primers! I've read good things about them, never used them yet, but Powder Valley has them in stock and are out of stock on BR4s, so I will order some Wolf small rifle primers.

You are not a dolt. I've been equivocating about whether or not to use CCI 450 small rifle magnum primers in .223 for my AR, since Powder Valley is out of CCI BR4 benchrest primers and almost all other brands of small rifle primers (except Wolf, and recent digging on the Web reveals positive comments on those).

Further reading on the Web reveals that BR4 primers use the same pellet as CCI 450 small rifle magnum primers, with a different anvil.

So - here I'm worrying about using 450s instead of BR4s, and there are no 400s or WSRs available, and it turns out the pellet in the 450 is the same as in the BR4.

Long ago, a friend said (about me), "People with nothing to worry about, will worry about nothing".

Have fun, shoot straight.

Regards,
Andrew

My understanding is that magnum pistol primers are supposed to burn a little hotter / longer, for use with slow, relatively hard to ignite ball powders often used for full-power .357 and .44 magnum loads. This understanding could be flawed, but it is what I read in the Speer book more years ago than I wish to remember.

The book called for standard primers with VV N110, so that's what I use - very satisfactory. I think it calls for magnum primers for 296 and H110.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Andrew