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How Long do primers last...
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10/06/19 02:28 PM
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DStroud
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Well at least 76 years. I had a friend give me 376 pieces of primed 30-06 brass that had bullets and powder pulled. It was 1943 LC and the stuff looked pretty nice as you could still see the annealing coloration so I loaded up 20 rounds just to see what it would do. Shot it thru my Smith-Corona 1943 03 and it shot OK. Velocities were consistent and with open sights 10 shots at about 2 MOA. My normal load is better but not much and that’s about as good as my eyes can do. These primers may be the corrosive type so I will have to clean each time I fire these but not a big deal as I do that anyway. I punched one out and replaced it with a Federal and the velocity dropped 40fps so these must still be pretty hot for 76 year olds.
"Anyone taking up handloading necessarily plays with unknown factors and takes chances. But so does anyone who drives a car,goes to a cocktail party,eats in a restaurant,or gets married."
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Re: How Long do primers last...
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10/06/19 05:16 PM
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Tactical Cowboy
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That’s pretty cool. I guess the military primers were a good bit hotter than today’s commercial primers.
The secret to a long life is to try not to shorten it.
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Re: How Long do primers last...
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10/06/19 05:24 PM
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kmon11
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Good stuff, they can last a long time I have no idea how long but I have shot ammo from the 40s that shot well. I have loaded some with primers that were from an estate sale that were marked for 75 cents from Gibsons.
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Re: How Long do primers last...
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10/06/19 06:16 PM
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ChadTRG42
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I was given some really old CCI #250 primers when I first started loading my 270 Win. I shot them and they worked great. I think they were from the late 60's or early 70's.
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Re: How Long do primers last...
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10/06/19 07:29 PM
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DStroud
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I was given some really old CCI #250 primers when I first started loading my 270 Win. I shot them and they worked great. I think they were from the late 60's or early 70's. Lol that’s not old... I have a couple hundred magnum pistol primers I bought in the late 70’s for loading 44 magnum that I have not got around to using yet.
"Anyone taking up handloading necessarily plays with unknown factors and takes chances. But so does anyone who drives a car,goes to a cocktail party,eats in a restaurant,or gets married."
Jack O'Connor 1963
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Re: How Long do primers last...
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10/06/19 07:56 PM
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ChadTRG42
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Ok, true! But it's the oldest primers I have. And they work great.
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10/07/19 03:28 PM
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I was given some really old CCI #250 primers when I first started loading my 270 Win. I shot them and they worked great. I think they were from the late 60's or early 70's. Lol that’s not old... I have a couple hundred magnum pistol primers I bought in the late 70’s for loading 44 magnum that I have not got around to using yet. Tell that to my back after a weekend working at the lease I've always heard from the olds, keep them in a temp controlled environment and they will last forever or at least longer than me. Sounds like a lot of other things, they were right.
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Re: How Long do primers last...
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10/09/19 11:56 PM
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TruckMan66
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keep them dry and put up. They will last a life time if you don't use them but what fun would that be????
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