Very recently I came into six (6) trays of CCI #109 shotgun primers. They are very clean and appear to have been made recently, or at least well kept since being made. This was the first of these I had ever seen or heard of. Google-foo searches told me nothing (always defaulted to #209 primers) about them so I called Speer/CCI to ask for details. Their representative stated these are intended for use in some very old shotgun hulls. When I asked if he was speaking about paper hulls or all brass hulls, he would only answer "very old hulls". Either he did not know the final answer, or was just refusing to share that detail with me. He also commented that these primers are not compatible with the powders that are currently made. Huh? Was he saying they are built for black powder? He would not elaborate on powders either.
I don't reload shotgun shells but would love to know where these have an application. If anyone here has past knowledge or experience with the CCI #109 shotshell primer would they please share that with me. Thanks for your help.
Thin Man