primers for lilgun

lizardtrack · 04-10-2009, 12:08 AM

We are using Lilgun in the 44 mag. Do we have to use mag. primers? Both of us have had the primer go off but not ignite the powder. It pushed the bullet barely past the end of the cylinder and had to be driven back out. I've never experienced this with 2400. 2 different guns, 2 different cans of powder, 2 different boxes of primers neither were magnum primers. Is Lilgun harder to ignite than 2400? Thanks

gdmoody · 04-10-2009, 01:18 AM

I have never heard of a primer not setting off the powder charge, that would really bother me. I think that I would try the magnum primers.

I think that tells me not to buy any Lil' gun. I use either H110 or Unique for my .44 loads and I do use the magnum primers in them.

JLA · 04-10-2009, 09:58 PM

lil gun is a fantastic powder for big bore magnum cartridges. i use it in my .44 with 240 to 300 gr bullets. treat it like WW296 and H110, use mag rimers and HEAVY crimps. I use CCImag primers and out of appx 5000 rounds loaded with lil gun in everthing from the .357 mag to the .480 ruger, i have never had a round not go bang nor hit the target right where i wanted it to.

04-10-2009, 12:08 AM	#1
lizardtrack Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 12	primers for lilgun We are using Lilgun in the 44 mag. Do we have to use mag. primers? Both of us have had the primer go off but not ignite the powder. It pushed the bullet barely past the end of the cylinder and had to be driven back out. I've never experienced this with 2400. 2 different guns, 2 different cans of powder, 2 different boxes of primers neither were magnum primers. Is Lilgun harder to ignite than 2400? Thanks -->

04-10-2009, 01:18 AM	#2
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,301	Re: primers for lilgun I have never heard of a primer not setting off the powder charge, that would really bother me. I think that I would try the magnum primers. I think that tells me not to buy any Lil' gun. I use either H110 or Unique for my .44 loads and I do use the magnum primers in them. __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

04-10-2009, 09:58 PM	#3
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,280	Re: primers for lilgun lil gun is a fantastic powder for big bore magnum cartridges. i use it in my .44 with 240 to 300 gr bullets. treat it like WW296 and H110, use mag rimers and HEAVY crimps. I use CCImag primers and out of appx 5000 rounds loaded with lil gun in everthing from the .357 mag to the .480 ruger, i have never had a round not go bang nor hit the target right where i wanted it to. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!