Federal packaging...
RC--You said
And I positively HATE those humongous boxes Federal puts them in!!
Takes a lot more storage room.
And none of my primer flipper treys are big enough to dump them in without spilling.
I'm with you there, all the way!! At an NRA convention, I stopped at the Federal booth to complain to the sales rep about the huge packages Fed primers now come in. He said, well, the Federal primers are so much more powerful that the Gummint makes us use the extra packaging.
Me: So Fed primers are more powerful--That means I should make allowances for that in my reloading, right?
Fed Rep:Oh, no, you use our primers just like anyone else's in your reloading--They work just the same.
Me: But you said that Fed primers are more powerful, so you have to use the extra packaging??
Fed Rep: That's right, the gummint makes us do it; it's not Federal's fault.
Me: But I can use these more powerful primers just like other less powerful primers??
Fed Rep: That's right, they work just the same.
Me:That doesn't make any sense.
At which point the rep turned away and looked for a better prospect with whom to talk.
I solve the problem for myself, by not buying Federal primers, and by mentioning why I don't, to every reloader with whom the subject comes up. Apparently Federal's primer packaging is merely a CYA move, and Federal (at least the rep with whom I talked) doesn't want to admit that.
For Pete's sake--How many factory boxes of primers ever blew up due to rough handling--Ever?? And I include the old primer containers wherein the primers were put right next to each other in little slots in a piece of wood! Never heard of spontaneous explosion of primers in transit, myself.