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Factory primed Lapua?

Rogue111

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I recently purchased a box of unprimed 308 Lapua cases from Midway. When they arrived, I broke the seal I found the cases were already primed. Midway referred me to Lapua & I'm waiting for a response from Lapua but I wanted to see if anyone else has encountered this?
 
I recently purchased a box of unprimed 308 Lapua cases from Midway. When they arrived, I broke the seal I found the cases were already primed. Midway referred me to Lapua & I'm waiting for a response from Lapua but I wanted to see if anyone else has encountered this?


Rogue111,

Check you email, response sent this morning.
 
The box was sealed on the sides with the factory Lapua sticker. Thanks for looking into this for me Kevin. I'm in no real rush to use the brass, I'm just a little hesitant to use primed brass with unknown primers.
 
... especially for load development.

But if you only neck size after fireforming then why not just use them for fireforming? Probably just cases from the Lapua Ammo line that made their way into the components bin.

Chances are that the primers are European like RWS, Tula, etc.