Went in to a gun shop today and was surprised to find a brick of stuff perfect for rolling your own



Federal 215's. They had 5 bricks out on the shelf and the guy said they'd just come in today. He also had 5 boxes of 210M's. He had only got one brick and the rest had already been sold. I bought 3 of the 5 and left the other 2 for some other lucky stiff.

Maybe the drought is over.

Are these hard to find???

I stocked up a long time ago after the various shortages so I'm kind of out of touch on current availability.

Kyler

Interesting that a box of 215s that "just came it" is red as opposed as the new color blue.

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Originally posted by Kyler Hamann:
Are these hard to find???

I stocked up a long time ago after the various shortages so I'm kind of out of touch on current availability.

Kyler

I had about 15 boxes a year ago and was down to my last 1 1/2 boxes. Was even starting to try and substitute other primers. The 210M's have been gone off the shelf a little longer. Supposedly because Federal got a big military contract and was busy with that. Midways still shows "Out of stock, no backorder" for all the Federal primers.

Don't know about the blue box / red box question. Were the 215's in red boxes before they changed the color scheme about a year ago? I forgot.

why does federal package them in those huge plastic cases, seems it would be cheaper to do it the CCI way?

If you are looking for 210Ms Midsouth has some in stock.

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Originally posted by model7LSS:
why does federal package them in those huge plastic cases, seems it would be cheaper to do it the CCI way?

Agreed. The Federal packaging takes up about three times the space of a "normal" carton of primers. They also spill into a primer tray irregularly compared to other packaging. I like Winchester because they are all face-down, making them properly oriented face-up when I dump them into the tray of my Lee Auto Prime.

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Originally posted by Stonecreek:

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Originally posted by model7LSS:
why does federal package them in those huge plastic cases, seems it would be cheaper to do it the CCI way?

Agreed. The Federal packaging takes up about three times the space of a "normal" carton of primers. They also spill into a primer tray irregularly compared to other packaging. I like Winchester because they are all face-down, making them properly oriented face-up when I dump them into the tray of my Lee Auto Prime.

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