Mystery primers

[gnoahhh]

Anybody recognize these primers? I picked up 4 250-piece sleeves (1000 primers) for a total of $8 today. I thought they were RWS until I got home and compared them to RWS primers in my stash. Dimensionally they equal LR primers. They also appear to be of recent manufacture. The Type Number printed on the sleeves aren't close to the type numbers of RWS primers or any other manufacturers primers as evidenced by an hour long search on the internet

There are no manufacturer's names on the sleeves- just plain cardboard with the following printed on them:

AmboBzundhutchen (German for "primer")
Boxer primers
5.34mm (.210")
Type 1207

I absolutely will eventually use them but it would be nice to know beforehand if they are LR or LP primers, standard or magnum. It would also be kind of nice to know who made them.

[vzerone]

Ask me and thou shall receive LOL Go to this link and near the bottom you will see a description of those primers. They are large pistol.


http://www.bordingl.com/index.php?op...enti&Itemid=54

[earlmck]

Get out the micrometer. Large pistol and large rifle primers are the same diameter of course, but they have different heights. My CCI and Federal LP primers mike 0.119 while my LR primer mikes 0.123". That's why you don't use LR primers in pistol cases -- you may end up with high primers. Lots of us cast boolet shooters, however, do sometimes use LP primers in medium-sized rifle cases such as 30/30.

As to magnum vs. standard -- guess standard and you'll be right 90% of the time.

Hah! Looks like while I was typing, vzerone nailed the identification.

[gnoahhh]

Thanks, fellas!

[leadhead]

I got some of those years ago but I don't remember where or how much they were.
Large pistol that I used in .45 ACP. The only thing I remember, that they were hard to seat
but they worked fine. They were boxed kind of weird, having 250 to the box. Price seemed
to be right....wish I could find more at that price today.
Denny

[bob208]

they are boxed like the hertenberger primers during the primer scare in the 90's.

[vzerone]

they are boxed like the hertenberger primers during the primer scare in the 90's.

I believe that link I put up said that is what they are.

[w5pv]

Talk about the primer scare I found several thousand that I had stashed in an ammo can and forgot about.I won't live long enough to use all of them but should not have to buy any for the rest of my living days

[vzerone]

Talk about the primer scare I found several thousand that I had stashed in an ammo can and forgot about.I won't live long enough to use all of them but should not have to buy any for the rest of my living days

Maybe your post wouldn't be true if you stepped up your reloading and shooting!!!

[sparkyv]

Heck of a deal!