Indian made O.V.F military spec large rifle primers

[Peterla]

Hi All

Looks like we have a big batch of these Indian primers hit Australia.
Its finally made its way to South Australia!!

What has everyone found that have had a chance to use these in 284 , 7mm RSAUM or 300WSMs
I usually use CCI BR2 but running down on these and keen to hear what others have found on these Indian primers.

Pete

[Pablolig]

Hi Pete I've got 2000 coming...
I'm itching to get them tested
Cheers. Pablo

[Lachlan]

At what point after reading Indian, and then military, did you still think they’d be good enough for F Class?

[ajvanwyk]

[Pablolig]

[Pablolig]

[ErrolW]

Just clean your barrels extremely well using them primers. If the ex military stock from from.india could be mercury based primers

[Pablolig]

[MattyG]

These are NATO spec. primers specifically made for 7.62 x 51mm M80 Ball ammunition. They aren't mercuric nor are they corrosive.

[Peter Hulett]

OFV has a contract to make these primers for the US military. I have tested them and have found no real difference in elevation when compared to federal gold. Information from bench rest shooters in Sydney is that the cups are a little harder and they are a little hotter. No reports of misfires at all.

[Peterla]

Hi Peter,
Thanks for the update I will do some testing on my SAUM and 300wsm when I get them to see if they are close to BR2s

[RDavies]

[Peterla]

I got 2000 of these primers now and will be testing 5 shots of each CCI BR and Indian primers against these in my SAUM this weekend.
Will post the update here so we can all be aware of any increase in speed etc.

[Peterla]

I did some quick testing on these Indian primers.
They seem to be not to bad but lifted my speed in my SAUM running 2209 about 32 FPS
This was compared to CCI BR primers and I only did a 5 shot test alternating between 1 CCI and 1 Indian primer
My ES was not good and had a 17 ES on cci and 18 on the Indian so both very close.

It sound like they are midway between Magnum primers and large rifle primers as a Magnum primers got me in the 45 to 50 FPs increase when I tested the other year.

If you are close to a hot load don't change to these primers without taking some powder out.

[argh]