Comments on: .308 Lapua Palma — Lapua to Introduce a Small Primer .308 Winchester Variant

By: JabaliHunter

JabaliHunter — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:48:32 +0000

Good for high pressure loads in F/TR as well presumably….

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:43:32 +0000

Yikes! I looked for a full year to find a place to buy some CCI BR2 primers. I got 5,000 delivered YESTERDAY. Today I see this article, and now I need 5,000 SMALL RIFLE PRIMERS!
Even when I win I lose.

By: steve stewart

steve stewart — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:14:54 +0000

With the 8208imr powder,small rifle primer and a 125 grain BIB bullet or 125 grn.Berger,it will shoot almost like a 6ppc and mimic a well tuned 30br.
I love my 308!! steve stewart

By: Tanner

Tanner — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:53:08 +0000

Thanks for the reply and edit on the flashole size.

By: Clark

Clark — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:04:30 +0000

This will make me glad I built a 260 Rem, instead of a 6.5x47mm.

By: spclark

spclark — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:07:37 +0000

There was something on the LR forum “… the flashhole is 0.059 rather than 0.080.”

By: Rick Ashton

Rick Ashton — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:43:45 +0000

What primers did you use, Jerry?

(Long ago when I still had servicable REM BR brass, I used Fed 205 primers)

Thanks

Best regards

Rick

By: Tanner

Tanner — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:31:09 +0000

Regular diameter flashole or small?

By: Jesse Tangen

Jesse Tangen — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:57:46 +0000

Anyone know when this smaller primed case will be available? Or as a loaded case? Where will they be available?

By: rblong

rblong — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:58:28 +0000

While I’m sure those who will shoot this case as a 308, or something similar, will be quite pleased with it for many of the same reasons the 6.5 x 47 and 6mm BR cases provide such excellent results, I have a somewhat different venue in mind. A big sigh of relief, an order for too many cases, and then an extended trip to the back 40 to attempt to shoot out as many 22 CHeetah barrels as possible in search of PD’s will be my MO. I no longer will have to accept the unacceptable – the eventual loss of all my original irreplaceable 308BR cases to age and use. The availability of small rifle primer pocket cases may allow an expansion into 6mm or .257 as well. One more thing, RL-15 and RL-17 over CCI 450 primers do just fine in my experience. And, yes, the gun does shoot better than I can at 4300+ fps velocities.