Re: M118 Long Range
Couple of general observations here guys, which may help a bit. Lake City has used a variety of powders in the M118/M852/M118LR loadings, usually corelating directly to who had the current contract at the time. Most of those who bid are in some way, shape or form affiliated with their own powder works, and that's almost always what winds up in the ammo. When Remington had the contract way back when, M118 was loaded with IMR4895, DuPont at that time being a parent company to Remington. With the later switch to Winchester/Olin, the powder changed over to WC-750 . . . which Olin produced at St. Marks, FL. When ATK got the contract, they changed again, this time to RL-15, which ATK produces. Specs are otherwise the same in terms of performance, since the customer (US Military) dictates what <span style="text-decoration: underline">they</span> want.
As to the primer, they've long used used the M43, which is a military Large Rifle Match primer. It's made on site at Lake City, and has no true commercial equivalent on the open market. The M34 (#34) and M41/#41 primers that CCI puts out are the equivalents to the standard Large and Small rifle primers which Lake City produces for most of their standard ball, AP, tracer, whatever, military ammo. Not really a magnum primer per se, it's simply what they produce, and is pretty similar to what most commercial makers would bill as a "Magnum" primer to ensure performance in sub-zero arctic cold. I can't say for sure, but I suspect that the M43 has the same tougher cup that the M34 does. Aside from that, it's a milder primer intended to produce better accuracy, specifically for competitive matches, sniper use and other accuracy oriented chores.
Hope that helps.