[Burnt Powder]

I've got data from most everyone under the sun and I forget which one it is that says to use the Winchester 209 and the Cheddite 209 interchangably. I have, and it is accurate information. I use them after a few shots and the primer pocket gets a tad loose. Then the Cheddite is the perfect fit. For all intents and purposes MY experience with them in 12, 20, 28, and .410 is they are the same as the WW 209. At least my chronograph and patterning board can't tell the difference, nor can I! If you do use Cheddite in AAs or such, you are stuck with them, 'cause they will strech your primer pocket a bit and now the Winchester, RP, and Fed will be loose. Not bad primers at all!

BP

 

[Burnt Powder]

I've still got a couple thousand to shoot up before I replace the fireing pins in my Rizzini. They have indeed eroded the ends on them from piercing Cheddite primers. Last WW 209s I got I paid $85 for 5000. Hard to go wrong there!

BP

 

[Burnt Powder]

Bingo!!

Coles e-mailed me back about the price and availability of pins for my Rizzini. Yup, they got them, $15.?? a piece! It will take a while to recoup that from shooting a couple bucks a thousand cheaper primers. I'd not even consider using the couple thousand I have left except I have quite a few shells already loaded with them and I hate to take them all appart or trashing them. I don't really have much more to loose at this point. I'll just shoot them all up and THEN replace the fireing pins and not get any more!

BP

 

[Burnt Powder]

I ain't got a Mossy!

BP

 

[Burnt Powder]

I've seen about as many different placements on a primer ranking chart as there are folks doing the ranking! One guy says the Cheddite is like a Winchester, Next guy says NO it is like a 209A, next guy says something different! I wonder just how consistent anybody's primers are? I suspect we can see a varriation with most any primer from lot to lot and some seem to do better with slower powders than with faster powders like James described. I've seen more evaluations of the 209 Cheddite being the same as a WW 209 than any thing else, but from what I read, that could be anywhere considering the wild fluctuations the WW 209 supposedly displays?? Get out your newer Accurate, Hodgdon, Alliant and IMR data booklets and do a bit of studying of the same loads except for primers and note the differences on powder charges and pressures with the different primers. Does that tell you anything??

BP