Does anyone know if there is a .220 to .223 diameter large pistol primer?

Question

If not how would I find out the diameter of a large pistol primer so that I could know which one is needed

Actually I plan on adding pistol primers to a few pellets that I have. The pellet rifle I have is .22 caliber, so I know the tolerances are approx. .001 to .003 for my particular rifle.

I'm going to gently put them on the tip of wadcutter pellets, not as a booster, but as a squirrel spec.ops.tac. killer.:)

Answer 1

Won't work. Even if you are successful in securing a primer into the hollow point of a pellet, Hitting the soft target of a squirrel will not make it detonate. Hitting a hard surface (concrete, etc) might it make go off.
Since the primer would be facing into your hollow point the most that the minimal explosion would do is make the hollow point a little wider.
I know of only one person who tried this. He put primers into the hollow point of a 44 mag bullet. He used a dab of glue to secure the primer. He then fired rounds into slab of beef. None of the primers went off. He then fired the remaining few rounds at a concrete wall. Due to the noise of the impact, he could not tell if any of the primers went off. A comparison of the crater left by the "primered" rounds and standard rounds did not reveal any difference. So either they did not go off or the extra oomph of the primer was so small that it could not be noticed.

Answer 2

Huh??? Both the .220 and .223 are rifle cartridges, not pistol primers. Pistol primers come in two sizes, large and small. What do you need a pistol primer for? Unless you reload they are useless. If you were a reloader you wouldn't be asking the question? But to tell the difference, look at a .10mm shell and a .40S&W shell. The .10mm uses a large pistol primer. The .40S&W uses a small pistol primer.

Hope that helped.

Okay, I read your addendum. That sounds risky to me. I wouldn't do it. You'll damage your airgun, injury yourself or at the very least, lose you accuracy as the pellet will fail to fly true hampered by the addition of a primer.

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Answer 3

If you are attempting to use primers as boosters in a pellet gun, DON'T! ! ! ! !
If it will fire at all, the least you will do is screw up your gun; the MOST is blowing it up and possibly blinding yourself! !
All pistol primers come in two standard sizes, large and small, as well as two power ratings, standard and Magnum. Rifle primers are rated the same way. If you have cases with any different dimensions they are either Berdan primed, and are a total ***** to reload, requiring special tools and procedures(the great majority of reloaders won't even retrieve them, much less reload them.
The two types of brass primers are very easy to distinguish. Boxer, or standard, primer brass have one hole in the center of the primer pocket, whereas Berdan brass has two or more holes NOT centered in the pocket.
Bottom line, if you have a boxfull of Berdan brass, pitch 'em in File 13 and go to www.midway.com and start out with brand new brass to begin with.

Answer 4

i've got had no journey with their primers. i've got had no ignition problems with their ammunition (the two eco-friendly steel and brass). i exploit Winchester for .45ACP and CCI or Remington for each thing else. i'm unsure how lots extra much lower priced Wolf primers are, yet i don't experience the might desire to alter from what i know already works.