Alaska Al,
I don't remember ever seeing you quite so touchy. It must be getting real cold up there.
I do agree with your answer though.
Mr. Dog Fox,
Don't give up on us.
You might as well ask this bunch what kind of pickup is the best. You will get more answers than there are brands and every answer will be sincere.
You might ask this over on the long range forum. You might get better response if you ask something like, "What is your favorite primer?".
Concho Bill
Bill
In the immortal words of Dennis the menace, You just can't tell how deep a puddle is from the top!
How often do we see a post that asks a similar question and not once does the post state the intended use for the component? Nor are we asked how to find and answer.
In the past we have seen articles in the mags taken with strobe photos to show brioche (I never could find the spelling for that word), primer flash at the muzzle, velocities at different temperatures and primer effect with different types of powders and load densities. Type of powders, stick, ball or flake. The list of variables is a long one. We take all of this in and throw out answers to a question that is never asked.
I know my answer is a gruff one. I would like to see the question come from a point of reference and be one that has some point of reference.
Someone that is shooting a semi-auto in competition might have a different perspective than a shooter using a bolt gun in no matter the point of competition or field use.
When this question came up years ago, I took the step of first asking, what makes a match primer any different than a non-matched marked primer? I called FEDERAL and asked them this question. The answer I got was quite illuminating and made we aware that all statical data, in the end came down to a crap shoot at best.
Next we see folks weighing primers in and attempt to segregate, to achieve a better chance at uniformity. I would like people to ask themselves? How many Hall of fame shooters, Wimbledon, National Match shooters think about that, stood in the winners circle worrying about any of this crap?
I do know that in this crowd of shooters that can test any of this, most do not have the equipment nor a tunnel to test any of the factors that will influence by elimination of other factors to give positive information.
I remember setting next to the Late ED WATSON at a Super Shoot and talking about this same subject. ED had found the same results as I had using Winchester primers as we did shooting FEDAERAL Match primers for the PPC ctg.
So Bill, can you judge how deep the water is from the top of the puddle?
