a suggestion, and it is just my personal opinion. your mileage may vary, etc...
Unless I am playing with published extremely high pressure loads that specifically call out each and every component... I am talking about loads that seem to leave primer selection up to the user, and the pressures are not so extreme that a primer substitution will kill me....
I always stick in Federal Magnum primers.
Why?
Well, Federals are on the far end of the "easy to ignite" scale. Most of my handguns have had hammer springs messed with and in some of them only Federals will work 100%.
As far as Magnum verses standard... they pretty much cost the same, or very close to the same. If you want a good deal on primers you are talking buying 5000 at a time (minimum). So, I typically stock up on Federal Magnums as they work in most situations.
For hot handgun loads I do prefer H110. If you want to make a squib load, or a hang fire, or a misfire, stick a regular primer into something with H110 in it. Do a light crimp on top of that just to be sure. I am kidding, but still serious. H110 will do that.
I load a lot of calibers. I think I have at least 2 dozen die sets down in the basement. I've got a decent selection of primers in my stash, but the bulk of them are small and large pistol and small and large rifle Federal Magnums. From an economic sense limiting the number of kinds of primers saves money.
But, that is just my opinion... listen to lots of poeple and form your own
Just to be clear, if you are messing with some pushed to the limit loads, do with the loading source says. I prefer to stay away from those loads most of the time anyway. When I start getting up there in pressure I look for a different gun/cartridge to do the job. A top fuel dragster needs an engine rebuild after 4-5 seconds. A Ford pickup is still running strong at a quarter million miles. I like to stay well within the envelope.