I've always hunted with the old Hawkens with #11 caps and roundballs so my experience with 209 primers is limited. I bought my first in-line (Traditions Pursuit) last November and got some Remington 209's since they were advertised as "clean burning".(I had trouble with the gun staying closed and sent it back toTraditions). Anyway,with the Rem 209'sI had lots ofhard crudbuilduparound the nipple and fouling in the receiver area only after a couple of shots. If Win or CCI or any of the other brands are any dirtier, I wouldn't want to use them. However in all fairness, the fouling problem probably had a lot to do with the gun not having a good tight fit against the firing pin face plate but I'm not sure.Any thoughts or opinions?
Mike