Apperance of Federal 215 Magnum Primers

[Farmer&shooter]

Some of the manuals recommend magnum primers for the use of H322 in 30-30's. I had some Federal 215's I have had for years and never looked at. When I went to load them tonight, I noticed that the purple compound completely filled the cup:The anvil is NOT visible. Is this what they should look like?

[MBTcustom]

Yes this is normal.
You should be able to see the three holes in the anvil through the purple compound, but I wouldn't sweat it if you can't unless they don't shoot. Those were always really great primers. Never heard of putting them in a 30-30 though.

[geargnasher]

Please move this out of FAQ and put it in the CB section.

Gear

[MBTcustom]

Please move this out of FAQ and put it in the CB section.

Gear

I agree. Done.

[Blammer]

Yep, normal looking.

[Farmer&shooter]

Was my first new thread post-Didn't know how.

[Farmer&shooter]

Was my first new thread-Didn't know how.

[Farmer&shooter]

Thanks for the reply. I should have said H335. But with all I have read about tubular magazines, Magnum primers might be a good idea with full throttle loads with anything but a really flat, medium hard boolit.

[bobthenailer]

Normal ! at least Federal color coeds there primers , so you can tell what you have if they would happen to get mixed up somehow.