Another ML question - Primers

[dennishoddy]

Too bad there is not a coyote trap that is as simple to set, bait, and worked as good as those **** shackles

Coyotes are probably the hardest to trap because they are cautious, and any human smell drives them away. I've never had the patients to trap them. A buddy did, but he can't get out of bed early enough to run the traps before they chew their leg off and are gone. They certainly destroy the trap area.

 

[Okie4570]

My ML takes the 209 primers. My question is, does the primer brand or type make a difference in accuracy?

I ask because right now I have mine sighted in with 209A's (no clue what the A means) and I am almost out of them. My next two boxes are two different brands of regular 209's.

I know I can go to the range and find out but I am trying to avoid that if possible before season. I didn't realize I was so low on the 209As until now.

Am I good or do I need to go sight it in again? Thoughts?

There's so much variation in seating pressure from shot to shot with a ML it would be pretty hard to determine whether a the primer varieties made any difference or not.

 

[SBSATS]

I just tried to get percussion caps for my Hawken $112 for a little tin pack and out of stock. So I guess I will convert my Hawken to 209 nipple after I kill a deer this next week with one of my last 5 CCI caps. 209 replacement kit runs $40 at midway and 209 primers are about $20 a package.
I sighted in today with 385gr plains bullets over 85gr of Pyrodex so I should be good to go Saturday.

Are you talking about #11 percussion caps???

 

[SBSATS]

If you need 209 primers for BP season, let me know. I have plenty. Will give you enough to get you through this season if you're willing to come to Shawnee and pick them up.

 

[white92coupe]

The only 209 style primers I’ve ever had issues with were Remington Kleanbore, and that very well could have been due to how/where they were stored. They were given to me after being stored in an a-frame house that was used more as a hunting lodge and rarely occupied witting on a window sill for at least a few years.

Beyond that I can’t say brand or type has made a difference in point of impact for my CVA Optima Pro.

 

[Buck98]

I just tried to get percussion caps for my Hawken $112 for a little tin pack and out of stock. So I guess I will convert my Hawken to 209 nipple after I kill a deer this next week with one of my last 5 CCI caps. 209 replacement kit runs $40 at midway and 209 primers are about $20 a package.
I sighted in today with 385gr plains bullets over 85gr of Pyrodex so I should be good to go Saturday.

Where the heck are you shopping? Was that for a hundred? I changed to 209’s a few years ago and still have some #11 caps left that I would probably sell. It’ll probably be too late for this year though.

 

[GnometownHero]

Where the heck are you shopping? Was that for a hundred? I changed to 209’s a few years ago and still have some #11 caps left that I would probably sell. It’ll probably be too late for this year though.

I did not know that was a case price for 10 packs, hey I'm old......

 

[turkeyrun]

I bought a case of #11 caps for $20, on clearance at Wally, the Monday after season closed, 6 years ago.

I had nothing that used #11 caps, but at that price ......

2 years ago, I was at our LGS, a guy was asking about #11 caps. Shop had none.
I offered to sell him 100 for $10. He declined "because he didn't know me, or how the caps were stored." Hey, I offered, no skin off my teeth.

He left and shop owner asked how many caps I had? I traded the 10 boxes for 10 sleeves Win LRP.

2 weeks later, the guy comes in, sees the caps, "you got some in." $25 per 100. He bought 2. Looks at me, "glad I waited, I know these are good."

To OP, I have used Win, Fed, Rem, CCI 209s, as well as TC BP209 and can tell no difference in any of them.