Primer Packaging

[RadDad]

Is this how primers normally come packaged? Forgive me if this is a dumb question but I’m just getting started with reloading. Seems…haphazard.

- RadDad

 

[Dos XX]

I will take that over the way Federal packages their primers.

 

[RadDad]

I will take that over the way Federal packages their primers.

Guess that answers my question! As you were, everyone. Thanks Dos XX.

 

[1eyedfatman]

CCI has been that way since the 70's, I finely purchased a primer flip tray.

 

[Dos XX]

Guess that answers my question! As you were, everyone. Thanks Dos XX.

Sorry. I was being a smart-ass. If you buy 1k Federal primers, they come in a much bigger box that takes up a lot of space. Inside the big box is 10 smaller boxes of 100 primers, each with a slide out tray.


That said, I would not be worried about your CCI primers being oriented up and down in the package.

 

[packer58]

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Is this how primers normally come packaged? Forgive me if this is a dumb question but I’m just getting started with reloading. Seems…haphazard.

- RadDad

Yes, that is fairly common. Try not to touch the bottom side with grubby fingers .........

 

[wapitibob]

Never seen a Federal 215M upside down and have used thousands of them.

 

[RadDad]

Sorry. I was being a smart-ass. If you buy 1k Federal primers, they come in a much bigger box that takes up a lot of space. Inside the big box is 10 smaller boxes of 100 primers, each with a slide out tray.


That said, I would not be worried about your CCI primers being oriented up and down in the package.

No worries! You legitimately answered my question. My apologies if that came across as sarcastic.

Just seems odd to package the trays that way. Guess I’ll just have to be careful not to touch the anvil side as someone else said.

- RadDad

 

[5MilesBack]

Never seen a Federal 215M upside down and have used thousands of them.

This. But quite frankly, I've never seen any CCI's upside down until now either.

 

[Rob5589]

Yep, that way all the time.

 

[packer58]

No worries! You legitimately answered my question. My apologies if that came across as sarcastic.

Just seems odd to package the trays that way. Guess I’ll just have to be careful not to touch the anvil side as someone else said.

- RadDad

Like was mentioned above, get yourself a primmer flip tray, their cheap enough and work great. You say your new to reloading so i'll share my method ......

I use a RC junior to de-prime with a Lee universal de-priming die, this old press also has a priming arm and excepts primer drop tubes. So when i'm priming brass ... lets say 40 pieces, i'll slide the primer box over 4 rows of primers and dump into the flipper tray, shake it a bit to flip the primers, put the cover on and turn it over. At that point the primers are ready to load into the tubes and then into the press, all this is done without ever touching a single primer with my fingers.
There are other ways for sure, this is just how I do it ......

 

[rayporter]

federals are on their side in the 100 count box so they land haphazardly when dumped. so yea, you need a primer flipper unless your primer tray has a flipper built in.

 

[sdupontjr]

Upside down, sideways, be lucky you actually have some large rifle primers. They can be oriented any which way in that box because I'm still looking for some. Ha

 

[HuntHarder]

Because they are on their side? I usually average about 70 out of 100, right side up after the dump.

 

[wapitibob]

An old rcbs primer seater has ridges that flips your primers when you shake it. Put a 10-32 screw thru the handle with a jamb nut and you have a micro adjustable primer seater.