LR primers in .44 mag?

[49willys]

I'm sure the answer is no,but just curious.

 

[DiscoRacing]

i do

 

[Crosshair]

Small Rifle works in Small Pistol, but large rifle won't work in large pistol because LP and LR primers are different heights. SP and SR are the same height.

 

[DiscoRacing]

but large rifle won't work in large pistol

Not true.... they are diff depth yes... but they will also work..yes...
I do it all the time... it also depends on what brass you are using.

 

[49willys]

What about the burn?Is the rifle primer hotter than pistol?

 

[NSP64]

Try here.
www.castingstuff.com/primer_testing_reference.htm
He covers LR,LRM, and LP but not LPM

 

[Coffeeshop123]

They (LR) are hotter because they're designed to ignite a larger powder charge in the same amount of time, pretty much. I've used rifle primers in pistol cartridges before, because I got them by accident and wasn't loading anything else at the time. They worked fine, just don't use the max powder charge and watch for signs of high pressure (excessive recoil, cratered/flattened primers, hard to extract cases, etc) and you'll be okay.