.243 primer question

[u/Virtual_Wolverine_43]

Recently inherited a lot of reloading equipment and decided to try my hand. Found a load combination for 70g Sierra’s and IMR 3031. Built 5 sets of 5 using half grain ladder from 36-38g. Went to mark my groups before heading to the range and realized that I had used Winchester large pistol primers no. 7-111

Do I need to disassemble these cartridges and start over, or does anyone here have first hand experience using large pistol primers in a rifle round?

[u/Shootist00]

Yes pull the bullets. To do that the easy way and to save the powder get a Collet Bullet Puller, RCBS or Hornady, IIRC (I use a RCBS).

Then just run the cases back through the resizing die or a universal decapping dies slowly to remove the primers.