Primer showdown: WOLF vs. CCI #41

[markm]

I feel your pain

Bruno's (local dealer) had it in a recent shipment, but we went 20 lbs in on H322. I have more data on H322.

[hotrodder636]

I have 10-15k of the #41s so, I will be interested to see what you get.

[Bimmer]

I have both, too, so I'm curious to see what comes of this...

Based on this, I'll consign the not-so-good-ones to blasting ammo and the good ones to precision ammo.

[markm]

This would strictly be matched to the loading methods and components I'm going to run... especially the powder. Wolf should be the more accurate primer, but I wouldn't pass on a nice stash of 10k of the CCI 41s for loading ammo either.

[markm]

Annealment complete. On to sizing.

[MarshallDodge]

Looking forward to the results!

I had the opportunity to shoot over a labradar last year on a cool morning. Load was 23.2 8208- trickled and weighed, Lapua once fired brass, 77 TMK, and Federal 205 primers. Brass was sized with a Mighty Armory mandrel sizing die. Rifle was a trued up Rem 700 with an 18" Bartlein.

Two shots to warm up the barrel and then five for the record. 2720 FPS with an SD of 9.

[markm]

Two shots to warm up the barrel and then five for the record. 2720 FPS with an SD of 9.

That's exactly what I had in mind. I want to weight the charges on the A&D scale, but it's a pain to reconfig the set up from the 40ish grains it's set up to run now.

I'll, at a minimum, use the chargemaster for this comparison.

[markm]

I very rarely anneal 556 brass. But after FL sizing, I can feel a smoother pull on the press with the neck expander die. Not sure if it's the annealing or the Lapua brass. Just a smoother even pull.

[DG23]

It'll be interesting to see how CCI 41s stack up against the champ

You really ought to give the RCBS hand priming tool a shot. Will be a lot faster than having to pick them up and handle them one at a time like you do with that Sinclair tool. Same 'feel' as what you have but with a primer tray / holder off to one side...

[markm]

I know. This thing is slow. I'm just used to the suffering.