Nice post. One thing:

"The only difference between standard and magnum primers is that the flame from the magnum primer can be somewhat hotter and lasts a couple of gazillionths of a second longer. "

Aren't magnum primers harder as well? When I swapped the hammer spring out of one of my revolvers for a lighter one, I had trouble igniting 357mag ammo reliably, but I had no problems with .38spl. I assumed this hardness was to help withstand the higher pressures, like you mentioned with rifle primers.
Cutter | Homepage | 07.15.05 - 12:31 pm | #

I wish all my High School teachers could've made me learn AND kept me entertained like YOU can.

These posts just rock!
Harvey | Homepage | 07.16.05 - 1:55 pm | #