Shotgun Primers 209 P/A/M

[MGYSGT]

What the heck does the P, A, or M stand for??? Don't be ashamed, I know some of you reload shotgun shells.

 

[KMart]

What the heck does the P, A, or M stand for??? Don't be ashamed, I know some of you reload shotgun shells.

I have loaded my fair share of shotgun shells in 30 years of competition, and don't remember seeing a P,A or M on the boxes or stamped on the primer. Where are you seeing this marking? Is it a different marking on different brands or are these just on one brand?

 

[MislMan]

P stands for premier, an older Remington designation for their premium product of the time. A stand for aluminum. M stands for magnum. STS stands for skeet, trap, and sporting (sporting clays). SC stands for sporting clays. What the differences are I couldn’t tell you. I found this info at shotgunworld.com.

 

[KMart]

P stands for premier, an older Remington designation for their premium product of the time. A stand for aluminum. M stands for magnum. STS stands for skeet, trap, and sporting (sporting clays). SC stands for sporting clays. What the differences are I couldn’t tell you. I found this info at shotgunworld.com.

Well that explains it. I stopped shotgun reloading around 1997. At that time, some factory loads were cheaper than buying components. Learn something every day.

 

[HTSmith]

Kind of guessing where you may be seeing these letters, but Remington used to make a 209 (P)premier, CCI makes a 209(M)agnum and Federal designates their 209 as “A” to differentiate it from their old 209 with no letter designation. They are generally not substitutable and you should follow a published and tested recipe to be safe.

 

[MGYSGT]

Thanks for the info. I saw it in the Hogden shotgun reloading data shown in their little booklet you get while buying powder. Just curious.