I just recently bought these primers from I believe Natchez but can not completely confirm that.. What’s important is this, take a look at the picture. The primer on the left is the “normal” looking primer. 3/4 of the primers appear to be “normal”. The ones on the right have the purple dye caked above the anvil. I loaded some and there was in fact a velocity shift and a fairly consistent one at that. Have you guys seen this before? 
- Thread starter N.AmericanTrophyHunts
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Those are Federal 215s and the purple dye is a color code indicating these are magnum primers.
Yes, Federal has been marking the 215's like that for many years.
Yea, there’s purple dye on all of them. Just 1/4 of them have the super thick purple stuff that cakes over the anvil.
Shots:
1.) “Normal”
2.) “Normal”
3.) Cake Primer
4.) “Normal”
5.) Cake
6.) “Normal”
7.) Cake
8.) “Normal”
They’re fairly consistent though! Lol
Shots:
1.) “Normal”
2.) “Normal”
3.) Cake Primer
4.) “Normal”
5.) Cake
6.) “Normal”
7.) Cake
8.) “Normal”
They’re fairly consistent though! Lol
You may be on to something
I ended up peeling some of it off on one of the primers and it’s just like latex. It stretches and peels off.
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