primers,primers,and more primers

[mossy33oak]

ok, so I go to Cabelas last Sunday to pick up some Federal 215's, (per you guys recommendations) and to my dismay they dont have any, nor do they even have a spot on the shelf for any. My question is.....

1. Are they hard to find?
2. Is there another Fed primer thats similar? ( I saw 200's)
3. Ive heard you cant use Fed primers in my hand priming tool?

p.s. Its for my 7mm Rem mag

Mossy, they ain't too hard to find. Go to the gunshack in Mt. Airy. I get 215Match. Bass Pro usually has them. I buy them by 1000. Clydes sports in Brooklyn (b-more) has em usually. You know you had such good luck out of WLRM I was thinking of picking up some of those.

In your Rem Mag, you can get by with Fed 210 Large rifle. Especially if you using powder faster than RL22. The real slow powders like RL25 and Retumbo, need the hot primers. IMO. Here in MD, no needed. I have seen some people using 210's in RUM's with great success in Texas.

Gun Shack
101 South Main Street
Mount Airy, MD 21771
301-829-0122

[HighDesertWolf]

Ive heard you cant use Fed primers in my hand priming tool?

I use them in hand priming tools just with caution not to force them into the primer pocket.
Fed 215's are pretty common. Every gun store in my town carries them. When I lived in Kansas city I bought 1,000 fed 215's at the cabelas in kansas city just before I moved to arizona. which cabelas did you look at? Bigcounty said you could use 210's to get by with faster powders, which is what I would probably do, Since I use RL 19 in my 300 win mag. You might try working up your load with winchester LR primers I've always figured thats what I would use as a substitute if for some reason i couldnt find fed 215's, since winchester LR primers are supposed to be just as hot as fed 215's.

[stubblejumper]

Federal 215's are very common and are usually carried by every reputable supplier.I have used them in my hand priming tool for many years with no problems.