Federal Primers

06 August 2008, 21:13

wildfowl

Federal Primers

I am at a loss!
I developed loads with Federal Gold Metal Match Large Magnum Rifle primers and can't find them anymore.
Does ANYONE know where I can find these critters? The item number is GM215M.

Thanks in advance, wildfowl@gmail.com

06 August 2008, 21:40

crashcarruthers

The price is CRAZY, but try here:

http://www.sinclairintl.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?catego...item=215M&type=store

They show to have them in stock, but at over $40/thousand it isn't quite right.

06 August 2008, 22:10

Heat

You're not the only one having a hard time finding them. I load two cartridges with the 215M and one with the 210M. Both are hard to find. I stop by 3 stores that are nearby and whenever I see them I pick up a few hundred. Right now I have about 500 of each but can find the standard 210 and 215 primers almost anytime. Worse case scenario is I use the standard primers whem I'm out of the match primers. I really haven't noticed a difference but I'm sure the match primers are a bit more consistent.

Ken....

06 August 2008, 22:43

fredj338

I have found that the RP 9 1/2M is very reliable substitue for the 215M. Try a 100, just back off 1/2gr & work back up.

06 August 2008, 23:29

wildfowl

THANKS!

07 August 2008, 00:11

Winchester 69

quote:
Originally posted by Heat:
...I use the standard primers whem I'm out of the match primers. I really haven't noticed a difference, but I'm sure the match primers are a bit more consistent.

Both primers are made using the same process. The difference is in the people; the more experienced and skilled people are used on the Match production line. This approach is more hopeful than deterministic in reducing variation.
.

07 August 2008, 01:07

wildfowl

They are also sold out. Just called.

ANYONE got a stash I can buy???????

quote:
Originally posted by crashcarruthers:
The price is CRAZY, but try here:

http://www.sinclairintl.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?catego...item=215M&type=store

They show to have them in stock, but at over $40/thousand it isn't quite right.

07 August 2008, 05:09

Doc

How many do you want?

07 August 2008, 12:14

cewe

I have an unopened box of 1000 -too bad I canÂ´t ship to the States

07 August 2008, 19:03

wildfowl

quote:
Originally posted by Doc:
How many do you want?

I'm willing to buy a couple thousand, but would be happy with a couple hundred.

07 August 2008, 19:50

Rusty

I guess I had better lock up the 5000 Gold Metal I have at the house? How many do you need?

I placed a standing order with Graf & Son. It sat there until they could fill it. That's the way I would do it.

Rusty
We Band of Brothers!
DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member
"I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends."
----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836
"I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841
"for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.”

07 August 2008, 20:43

wildfowl

quote:
Originally posted by Rusty:
I guess I had better lock up the 5000 Gold Metal I have at the house? How many do you need?

I placed a standing order with Graf & Son. It sat there until they could fill it. That's the way I would do it.

I could get by with a couple hundred.
I have tried EVERY supply house I could find, but apparantly Federal is selling all of these to the Gov't because of the war effort and not producing them for the civilian market.

Maybe if Osama get's elected I could buy them again (choke, gag, puke!)

08 August 2008, 06:57

Doc

PM me about the primers. I'll send you an email if you leave an address.

09 August 2008, 03:19

Rusty

my email address is rkmojo@aol.com Let me know.

09 August 2008, 03:35

eurocentric

Call every gun or sporting store in your state, thats what I did. I managed to hoard 10k 215s.
just in case zee germans rise up again

quote:
Originally posted by wildfowl:
quote:
Originally posted by Rusty:
I guess I had better lock up the 5000 Gold Metal I have at the house? How many do you need?

I placed a standing order with Graf & Son. It sat there until they could fill it. That's the way I would do it.

I could get by with a couple hundred.
I have tried EVERY supply house I could find, but apparantly Federal is selling all of these to the Gov't because of the war effort and not producing them for the civilian market.

Maybe if Osama get's elected I could buy them again (choke, gag, puke!)

09 August 2008, 04:45

Doc

midwayusa has them in stock TODAY.

09 August 2008, 08:48

TX Nimrod

quote:
Both primers are made using the same process. The difference is in the people; the more experienced and skilled people are used on the Match production line.

Not quite complete. Here is what CCI says:
"Thatâ€™s why we make CCI Benchrest primers. Only our most experienced skilled personnel put the priming mix in the cups, so you get the same flame, shot after shot. We also use specially selected cups and anvils for added consistency."

So it is a combination of skilled assembly and higher quality control of the components.

.

.

09 August 2008, 13:42

Grumulkin

quote:
I have found that the RP 9 1/2M is very reliable substitue for the 215M. Try a 100, just back off 1/2gr & work back up.

I did this recently in a 257 Weatherby Mag. The accuracy with the Rem. 9 1/2 Mag. primers was as good but I had to increase the powder charge by one or two grains to get an equivalent load.

09 August 2008, 17:05

DMB

Although I don't use Federal 215 primers, I do use their 210M's and 205M's. The are hard to find, but I did find Midway had some 205M's, so I bought a thousand last week. Luckily, my local store had some regular Federal 210's in stock, so I bought a thousand of them. I don't really think there's enough difference between the Match and regular primers to worry about for hunting accuracy. The design is the same, the only difference is in assembly and inspection.

Don

10 August 2008, 03:30

Doc

I just found 5000 Fed 215, not match.

10 August 2008, 07:46

woods

I just brought a brick this morning from Midway, they show they are still available

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=385649

____________________________________
There are those who would misteach us that to stick in a rut is consistency - and a virtue, and that to climb out of the rut is inconsistency - and a vice.
- Mark Twain |

Chinese Proverb: When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.

___________________________________

10 August 2008, 13:20

graybird

quote:
Originally posted by wildfowl:
I am at a loss!
I developed loads with Federal Gold Metal Match Large Magnum Rifle primers and can't find them anymore.
Does ANYONE know where I can find these critters? The item number is GM215M.

Thanks in advance, wildfowl@gmail.com

I just saw 3K at the Sportmans Warehouse in CO Springs on Saturday.