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  1. 04-17-2012, 06:23 PM #1
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    Purple primers?

    Are Fed 215 primers purple?

    I have some that I 'discovered' and when looking at the anvil they are covered irregularly in a "purple" something or other.

    Is this normal?

    I've not loaded or shot any of these.
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  2. 04-17-2012, 06:34 PM #2
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    compound is puple in FC215
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  4. 04-17-2012, 09:12 PM #4
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    Thw several thou that I have are. I think older ones were red./beagle
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    my current lot of 215m's are purple
    current lot of 210m's are red
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  6. 04-17-2012, 10:35 PM #6
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    I know the older boxes of 210's i have are red, i believe 215's are purple but don't use them in any of our rifles now so i don't remember!
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  8. 04-18-2012, 04:49 AM #8
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    ive got a couple cases of fed match mags and there for the most part purple but not all of them.
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    ok, thanks!

    the Fed 215 are large rifle? or large pistol?

    there is so much purple stuff I can't see the anvil, I'll load and shoot them then.
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    215's are LR mag primers.
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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
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