I would like to know the lowdown on this. Federal has kept thier secret close to thier chest.
I got this from a show I watched a few years ago. I can't remember what manufacturer was showcased (pretty sure it was either CCI or Federal) but it was a tour of an ammunition plant showing the manufacturing process from start to finish including the manufacturing of the primers from mixing the primer compound to assembling the primer components. They would not reveal their secret recipe but according the the "plant manager" that was giving the tour and interview this is the only difference between a match and standard grade primer of the same size.