My dad is thinking about getting an inline. I know that the primers they use are the same as what is used in a 12ga. Could you go to a reloading shot and buy bulk shotgun primers for an inline?

Yes but some of the rifles do not do well with full power 12 gage primers which is the reason they now make lower power primers specifically for muzzleloaders. You have to be a little careful as at first the primer makers were just packaging regular 12 ga. primers and calling them muzzleloader primers. Nowsome manufacturersactually make different ones although you have to know which ones are special.

i use remington 209 primers not sure if there the 12 ga or notbut they work great with my tc omega

Sure you can. But I discovered, before any 209 primers were even available for Ml use, that some brands were just harder than hell to get the fired primer OUT after shooting! Federals were the worst, and CCI's were not too good either.

So, before you go buying several housand 209's, make sure the ones you plan to use can be pulled out of your breechplug seat without too much struggle.

I think some of the shotgun primers are a little too powerful for ML's. I believe that they make them a little less powerful for Ml specifications. I would just use the normal ones from the Ml shop.

thought the t7 primers are supposed to be cleaner i dont see no difference theyre just as dirty as the winchesters only difference i see is the price about 3 bucks more

the T7s stick in my encore the same as other primers do i dont feel there different saying ml primer to get u to buy at a higher price

I like the T7's considerably. They leave it fairly clean and burn hot. I even dropped them in the snow, stuck them in there and they still fired no problem.

I still say get the CCI's. The T7's aren't worth the extra money. The only reason I got them is because the store only had them or the Remington's(yuck).