What's up with federal match primer boxes?

nhyrum · October 28, 2016, 01:01 PM

Why are the boxes for federal gold medal match primers so monstrous AND they have primers on their side? I bet they could get almost 1000 in the same box, making it double sided, and moving them all close together. Seems like a waste of space and plastic to me... Huge plastic box for 100 little primers

higgite · October 28, 2016, 01:21 PM

Ah, the annual Federal primer packaging thread.

**Unclenick** · October 28, 2016, 01:33 PM

Nhyrum,

Try searching the forum on this topic. There were some incidents of primers going off in the packaging during transport in the past that encouraged the current packaging. The hydroxide form of lead styphnate used by federal has seemed to many to be more sensitive than the normal lead styphnate used by most other primer makers. The packaging suggests that may be so.

F. Guffey · October 28, 2016, 01:41 PM

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Why are the boxes for federal gold medal match primers so monstrous AND they have primers on their side? I bet they could get almost 1000 in the same box, making it double sided, and moving them all close together. Seems like a waste of space and plastic to me... Huge plastic box for 100 little primers

It is alleged R. Lee in his book on modern reloading claimed Federal primers were dangerous, and then there was another alleged, some say he did not recommend Federal primers and if a reloader choose to ignore his advise they should not use more than 10 primers in the Auto primer at one time.

Well? That did not work on me because that is what I want; I want the most dangerous primers and I want the most powerful primers.

The big box? I have said Federal designed the big box for primers to upset users of Lee hand primers; because, they could not figure how to dump the primers from the big box to the small tray. Again, not for me, I sectioned the sleeve on the Federal primer tray by removing a 1/4 section. By rotating the sleeve I dump 25 primers at t time and then I have the big Dillon flip tray.

Back to the book on modern reloading by R. Lee, in his book R. Lee said he did not test Federal primers because Federal did not furnish primers to be tested.

And then there is the story about a Fed-X driver that blew his thing off; his tail gate, it is alleged he dropped a case of primers and blew his thing off, his tail gate so if you see a Fed-x driver running around town without a tail gate:rolleyes

If not for Federal primers I would be out of primers.

F. Guffey

nhyrum · October 28, 2016, 05:37 PM

Thanks for the quick info. I've heard fed's match are the best, so I started picking them up and was slightly appalled by the size

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Pathfinder45 · October 28, 2016, 08:22 PM

Apparently, Federal cares enough about their primers that they feel their product is worthy of better packaging as well. Now, if the stores could just get some Federal 215's back on the shelves, things would start looking to be on the upswing.

October 28, 2016, 01:01 PM	#1
nhyrum Senior Member Join Date: March 9, 2016 Posts: 588	What's up with federal match primer boxes? Why are the boxes for federal gold medal match primers so monstrous AND they have primers on their side? I bet they could get almost 1000 in the same box, making it double sided, and moving them all close together. Seems like a waste of space and plastic to me... Huge plastic box for 100 little primers

October 28, 2016, 01:33 PM	#3
Unclenick Staff Join Date: March 4, 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 21,063	Nhyrum, Try searching the forum on this topic. There were some incidents of primers going off in the packaging during transport in the past that encouraged the current packaging. The hydroxide form of lead styphnate used by federal has seemed to many to be more sensitive than the normal lead styphnate used by most other primer makers. The packaging suggests that may be so. __________________ Gunsite Orange Hat Family Member CMP Certified GSM Master Instructor NRA Certified Rifle Instructor NRA Benefactor Member and Golden Eagle

October 28, 2016, 01:21 PM	#2
higgite Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 2010 Posts: 1,025	Ah, the annual Federal primer packaging thread.

October 28, 2016, 05:37 PM	#5
nhyrum Senior Member Join Date: March 9, 2016 Posts: 588	Thanks for the quick info. I've heard fed's match are the best, so I started picking them up and was slightly appalled by the size Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

October 28, 2016, 08:22 PM	#6
Pathfinder45 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2008 Posts: 3,224	Apparently, Federal cares enough about their primers that they feel their product is worthy of better packaging as well. Now, if the stores could just get some Federal 215's back on the shelves, things would start looking to be on the upswing.