Federal Gold Medal GM205M Small Magnum Rifle Primers

[Dave T]

Federal Gold Medal GM205M Small Magnum Rifle Primers. Does anyone remember Federal packaging these primers as magnum rifle primers? Are they actually magnum primers? I don't remember Federal offering small rifle magnum primers? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Dave T

 

[jonbearman]

When in doubt call the factory. Seeing as they are called magnums,I suspect they are magnums.

 

[Eddie Harren]

Man, that was awhile back. I bought a slew of them one time and thought I'd have problems but a call to Federal confirmed that the primers were, in fact, 205M Match, not Magnum, primers. If I recall that was about the time Federal switched to the larger boxes.

 

[flatlander]

I bought a 1M box of Fed GM205Ms several years ago, and found that five of the ten 100ct boxes inside were marked "Magnum". Don't recall now where or when I bought them, but haven't seen any of the magnum-marked boxes since. Actually, I'd like to be able to get these on a regular basis to use in 6 & 6.5x47s.

 

[DIBBS]

Hmmm I wonder if it was just difference in labeling, not the actual priming compound mix. I've got a few thousand in the basement, old type packaging I think, I'm gonna have to check my boxes out.

 

[SmokinJoe]

I had a sleeve or 2 of the "Magnum" primers that I used while riding the crest of IBS VFS competition. Later bought another sleeve of 205M's & the label then said "Match" primers. They looked the same & shot the same, so figured it had been a misprint of magnum proportions & management decided not to throw away all the mis-printed packaging.

 

[langenc]

I have used the 210 M primers and make sure I mark all my ammo packages "MATCH" which is what the factory packages call em.

 

[Steve Blair]

...so figured it had been a misprint of magnum proportions & management decided not to throw away all the mis-printed packaging.

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