In view of the earlier post discussing possible issues with the bolt on his Knight Mountaineer, I decided to try out different primers with my new Mountaineer to see if I was going to have a problem too. I have not yet had time to go the range. Plus, I am saving $$ to buy a scope for it.

I tried the following primers without any loads:

Federal 209A
CCI 209M
Remington STS
Winchester W209
Winchester 777

I shot about 3 primers per each type. I had no troubles closing the bolt, opening the bolt after a shot, or ejecting the primer from the bolt. Everything worked well.

There might have been some differences with two brands of the primers. With the Winchester 777 primers, the bolt was quite easy to close and open. With the Remington STS, the bolt seemed to stick a little when opening the bolt after the shot. The differences among primers, though, was very slight, and the differences may have been purely subjective. I don't know if there would be an objective reason for any of this.

The gun is just beautiful, although I am biased toward Knights. The trigger is sweet. It may just cure my flinching.