Best primers to use for 777 pellets

[luberhill]

I have three different primers

I shoot the pellets …

Which are best ?

[suburbanfarmer]

Shoot 3 shot groups from each and see which works best.

CCI is supposedly the preferred one though.

Edited January 3, 2023 by suburbanfarmer

[airedale]

Of all the components needed for firing ammunition out of firearms I have come to feel that the brand of primers, percussion and musket caps are the least significant in the big picture, the manufacturers seem to have these particular component's production down pat and their reliability for me is flawless. I have probably used everything out there at one time or another and cannot begin to count how many shots I have fired out of handguns, rifles, shotguns and muzzleloaders, what stands out is I have had a primer fail only one time ever and I believe the cause was a light hammer strike.

For shotguns and muzzleloaders I have used all the shotshell primer brands you have shown and have had satisfactory and reliable results with  all, recently been mostly using the regular Winchesters in my sidelock converted to shotshell primers firing 777, but the CCIs and the 777 Winchesters worked as well but no better.

Like suburbanfarmer mentioned above, hit the range and try them all.

 

Al

[fasteddie]

I use 777 loose powder and use nothing but the Winchester 209 primers . The two work great together . No idea how much difference there is between using loose powder and pellets . 

[LET EM GROW]

Have shot the Winchesters, The 777 Winchesters and cci.. they all seemed to shoot the same.  OR not to where I noticed any difference. 

[sbuff]

You asked the same question on Sept 7th , my answer too will be the same . The one that gives you the best results 

[airedale]

When searching for the best accuracy out of my muzzleloaders it for me has always been the type of projectile and it's weight and matching it to the barrel twist that made my biggest gains for accuracy followed by powder charge.

Al

Edited January 5, 2023 by airedale

[luberhill]

2 hours ago, airedale said:

When searching for the best accuracy out of my muzzleloaders it for me has always been the type of projectile and it's weight and matching it to the barrel twist that made my biggest gains for accuracy followed by powder charge.

Al

Yea agree, I’ve tried all 3 primers I have , don’t notice much diff

Just wondered about fouling diff, again I don’t see much diff

Everyone says the CCIs are hotter , not sure if hotter is better 

[suburbanfarmer]

5 hours ago, luberhill said:

Yea agree, I’ve tried all 3 primers I have , don’t notice much diff

Just wondered about fouling diff, again I don’t see much diff

Everyone says the CCIs are hotter , not sure if hotter is better 

Hotter is always better

What I have read so far is that fouling is more of an issue when not all the powder ignites..

[DoubleDose]

7 hours ago, luberhill said:

Yea agree, I’ve tried all 3 primers I have , don’t notice much diff

Just wondered about fouling diff, again I don’t see much diff

Everyone says the CCIs are hotter , not sure if hotter is better 

Agree, I get the crud ring in my T/C Omega (with 777 pellets) no matter what.

[Untwisted Pretzel logic]

Didn't you have a successful test (dead ML deer) on December 31st?  Stick with what you know works/don't fix what ain't broke.

[luberhill]

41 minutes ago, Untwisted Pretzel logic said:

Didn't you have a successful test (dead ML deer) on December 31st?  Stick with what you know works/don't fix what ain't broke.

December 30th

Trouble is I don’t remember what primer I was using

Im sure any of the three would be fine.

Im just bored now the season is over

[suburbanfarmer]

15 hours ago, luberhill said:

December 30th

Trouble is I don’t remember what primer I was using

Im sure any of the three would be fine.

Im just bored now the season is over

Time to start shed hunting..thats what my plans are this weekend

[Daveboone]

The triple 7 primers were designed especially for use with ....777. That said, see what works. Regardless of what primers, I found though that I never got complete ignition of three pellets when shooting them. I would find them lying onthe ground smoking. Two pellets no problem, but much better accuracy, ignition and economy shooting powder. 

[luberhill]

On 1/6/2023 at 1:53 PM, Daveboone said:

The triple 7 primers were designed especially for use with ....777. That said, see what works. Regardless of what primers, I found though that I never got complete ignition of three pellets when shooting them. I would find them lying onthe ground smoking. Two pellets no problem, but much better accuracy, ignition and economy shooting powder. 

Do u crush the pellets ?

[sbuff]

Do not crush the pellets it will cause extreme pressure spikes 

[Daveboone]

No! Do not crush the pellets! T7 is available in powder form.