Question about primers and price

[reloading noob]

With my package trade deal I received 1k Winchester small pistol primers. The box has a price tag of 14.99.... How old do you think they could be judging from price? How long do they last under good conditions? By good conditions I mean stored on a desk in an air conditioned house. I cant find them on line that cheap so I figure they are kind old.

[TNFrank]

I've got primers that I bought 10 years ago that were stored in a 30cal ammo can with a large desi pack in my closet and they're still good. If they've been stored right they should last for a long, long time.

[reloading noob]

Thanks Frank.

[lylejb]

Is this in a white box with orange and red stripe? Or is this in a blue box?

I have some from 1993 that are marked $1.49 / tray, these are in the white boxes.

The blue box is newer / current production.

If stored properly, these are fine. Ive recently used a couple hundred primers from this batch with zero malfunctions.

Mine were stored on the loading bench, in the spare bedroom of the house. No special anything, just in the factory carton.

[reloading noob]

its white box with orange over red stripe.

[captaint]

I have primers that have been in my sometimes damp basement for 25 years. The packaging is fine and the primers look and work pristine. No issues. Mike

[looseprojectile]

have $7.99 and $10.00 price stickers on them. I use them along with some I bought for $39.99 a thousand. I think I still have some in the hundred round wood trays with 49 cents price stickers on em. Still work. I did run into a carton of CCI large rifle primers that cracked or split when fired which I tossed about six or eight years ago. Never had a bad Winchester primer.
Keep your powder dry!


Life is good

[rockrat]

I have used primers I bought in the 70's. Work fine

[mooman76]

That's what I paid for them when I first started reloading 10 years ago. They didn't jump up allot in price until about 4 years ago when everyone though Clinton had a good chance of getting elected.

[Mk42gunner]

At a guess, youor primers date from the mid 1990's. It seems to me that they were significantly cheaper before Bil Clinton got elected, then the prices stayed pretty stable until Obama...

I know I have some of the predominately white box Winchester primers that I paid $12.50/1000 for in the early 2000's at a Big Reno Gunshow.

Robert

[Bad Water Bill]

I have 3-4 bricks of a new mfgr of primers marked $3.99. CCI Large Rifle. IIRC I bought them around 1965 or so.

Yes they still go



BANG

[jcwit]

I've got Large Rifle primers, Winchester brand with the wooden dividers dating back to the mid 1940's, and they still go bang, every time.

BTW these are the old domed type.

[Bad Water Bill]

I've got Large Rifle primers, Winchester brand with the wooden dividers dating back to the mid 1940's, and they still go bang, every time.

BTW these are the old domed type.

Congratulations I do believe you now hold the record.

Now how about some pictures for our libraries.

[MtGun44]

If you don't want them, I'll give you $18 per thousand.

Don't sweat it, they will be just fine unless they have been wet. If the
cardboard is in good condition, they will be fine, about 99.9% certain.

Bill

[DaveCampbell]

As the others have said, provided that the primers have not gotten wet they should be fine. If I were loading self-defense ammo or for a serious and expensive hunt, I might splurge for some fresh, new go-switches, but for practice and fun, these should be OK.

Dave

[MT Gianni]

I was buying them for 13.99 in 2007. They are not that old. I just finished my last batch of Alcan primers from the 70's.

[P.K.]

As the others have said, provided that the primers have not gotten wet they should be fine. If I were loading self-defense ammo or for a serious and expensive hunt, I might splurge for some fresh, new go-switches, but for practice and fun, these should be OK.

Dave

O-k it's official, he's real deal. ;-)

Good advice and well said. I didn't say it before Mr. Campbell but welcome aboard. I'm a MacDonald meself. If you have an idea what that means that is. ;-) No worries here. LOL!

[Buckshot]

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................Don't know how these were stored before I got them, and I've had'em for years. Still go bang.

...............Buckshot

[geargnasher]

I think it's funny that Bill and Hillary are responsible for the sale of more gun related products in this country than anyone else in history.

Imagine how much sales will go up if Rosie runs for prez one day.

Gear

[Bad Water Bill]

I think it's funny that Bill and Hillary are responsible for the sale of more gun related products in this country than anyone else in history.

Imagine how much sales will go up if Rosie runs for prez one day.

Gear

I think BHO sold more than the Clintons

If Rosie got in PB would be $50.00 and primers (if you could find them) would go for $10.00 EACH.:groner:

[MtGun44]

Wow - I haven't seen the wooden primer trays before, and I started reloading in the middle
60s. How old are the wooden tray version?

Bill

[Bad Water Bill]

From the lack of printed colors I think the wooden devidered one might be war time. Now the little red one is up to someone to guess at,

[Baryngyl]

I am not sure what it takes to kill a primer.

I had some get soaked and they work fine.

You can read about it here. http://www.shootersforum.com/473854-post25.html


Michael Grace

[Reload3006]

I have some 209s that got wet i let them dry and they look corroded but still go bang have not had one FTF yet. So as everyone has said use em up in fun ammo and use new for hunting / self defense match purposes.

[hhranch]

I have a handful of RWS large rifle primers purchased in the early 70's (250 per box) that are still good. I use them sparingly as they seem to give significantly better accuracy in a couple of my rifles. From what I have seen, if primers are kept dry, and preferably in not too warm a location, they will last for a very long time. And no, I don't remember what I paid for the carton of RWS primers that I bought 40 years ago or so.

[jcwit]

Wooden trays that I have are post WW2 later 1940's

[fatelk]

Reckon these will still work? I'm thinking about loading them in some plinking ammo just to use them up.:)

Obviously not, of course. They were in my grandfather's small box of gun stuff he gave me before he died. I sure wish I had thought to have him tell me any stories behind the nick-knacks in that box.