You might think that. However, if forced to bet between the manufacturer and some guy on the internet that didn't know the Federal primers came in big boxes until yesterday I gotta go with my gut instinct.
Federal packaging
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You might think that. However, if forced to bet between the manufacturer and some guy on the internet that didn't know the Federal primers came in big boxes until yesterday I gotta go with my gut instinct.
Everyone said I was crazy at the time, but I built my box bigger, just in case. Now that I see the size of them federal primers I'm sure glad I did.
Onogoth, you could find a suitable container, the size of the winchester box and put the federals into that. That way you would not have to design a new box.
I'm thinking all the time.
Now that I see the size of them federal primers I'm sure glad I did.Onogoth, you could find a suitable container, the size of the winchester box and put the federals into that. That way you would not have to design a new box.
I'm thinking all the time.
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In that picture that Cerdan posted, the Remingtons are the old-style packaging that most manufacturers used. It had a plastic tray with ten slots, and each slot held ten primers (touching each other). I have some old (>15 yrs) Federal primers that are in that style packaging.
The Winchester and CCI are the newer style that have a larger plastic tray with 100 impressions, each of which holds a primer face-up or face-down.
The Federal has a plastic tray that is about 1.5X as wide, but about four or five times as deep. It has 100 impressions, each of which holds a primer sideways.
I don't know if Federal had an accident and increased their packaging, or if they had two accidents, and increased their packaging size twice. But my understanding is that they have been through at least one iteration of this. Their trays certainly look like they are designed to to never have a chain-reaction of primers, ever again.
The Winchester and CCI are the newer style that have a larger plastic tray with 100 impressions, each of which holds a primer face-up or face-down.
The Federal has a plastic tray that is about 1.5X as wide, but about four or five times as deep. It has 100 impressions, each of which holds a primer sideways.
I don't know if Federal had an accident and increased their packaging, or if they had two accidents, and increased their packaging size twice. But my understanding is that they have been through at least one iteration of this. Their trays certainly look like they are designed to to never have a chain-reaction of primers, ever again.
Actually the trays in the Remington packaging are individually slotted, the primers are placed on the side so they don't take up much space and the trays are pretty small. I doubt they're very old, unless they've been sitting in Cabelas' warehouse for decades.
