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    Who can date the packaging?

    I found an old pack of primers in my late father in law’s stuff. Can anybody provide an estimated year that CCI used this type of packaging?




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    1980's

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    Quote Originally Posted by MOA View Post
    1980's
    Awesome...thanks!

    Fun thought: would 40yr old primers still work? I don’t plan to use them, but it’s a point of curiosity.


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    I have some of those, too. Had them since 1981

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    I am using my stash from that time frame, all work.

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    Used up last ones in that packaging last year - all went bang !

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    It depends on the storage. I have some CCI from the 60’s, and they still work, too (they were my father’s).

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    They should work fine. Use them for making plinking ammo.

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    I used up some of those a few years back. Late 80’s, early 90’s. All worked fine. Were stored in a GI ammo can. I might have more.

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    I was going to say 1980's but it has already been well covered.
    I started reloading about 1986 and that is the packaging they came in.

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    I may of recently used the last box of those primers I'd bought in the 80's earlier this year for 243 loads for the kids BLR. I've used older primers than that and all have worked fine. Looks like from the box they may not of been stored in the best conditions, but likely they'll work just fine.

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    I started loading with those and ran out of the last Lg pistol Mags about a yr ago. I don’t use Mag primers much and had almost a case(5k) from my late uncle who passed in ‘85. Every single one went bang, I’d use them...
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    I still have some of those!

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    I’m in my early 60s and I have used primers older than me several times and they all worked perfectly. To save my newer stash of Large Rifle primers, I’ve been using Remington 9-1/2M LR primers from the early 1970s with perfect results. Use them up is my advice!

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    Found several thousand packed like that while doing clean up. I have no doubt they will work perfectly. My were marked at $1.09 per 100.

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    80’s. Just finished up some of my fathers. Looks like the packaging was wet/damp at one point.

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    Not as old as these!

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    1980s I'm sure. Still have some from Dad's kit for reloading .35 Rem for his deer rifle. I won't use 'em. Keepsakes.
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    I’m loving all of the feedback. These primers are probably as old as I am. I was born in ‘82...I also a set of RCBS .30-06 dies that are stamped 79. They’re pretty rusted, but I think some naval jelly will get them back to working order.


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    Hi...
    Those primers should work fine.
    I bought a multi drawer cabinet at an auction last year that had several thousand primers in packages stashed in the sliding drawers. Every one fired without issues. The packaging was the same style as the OP's images.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check