S&W / Alcan primers

[excello]

Some of you "old fogies " ( like myself ! ) will remember these. I still have 1000 + and they work as well as when I bought them back in the 1970's. Have also been shooting some old Remington "Mohawk " 22 lr from the mid 1970's - works great. Amazing shelf life on properly stored ammo and components.

[bobthenailer]

How deep did you dig to find the primers !

[bob208]

i just got out my last 1000 sleeve of them. i have cci's older then them and green box remington also.

[Rick Hodges]

I still have some 600 small pistol primers...probably from the late 70's.

[SyberShooter]

Funny you should mention it, I just finished a box exactly like the one you pictured and have a box of LP ready to use. My last brick of Mohawk is still buried somewhere though.

[dagunnut]

I am currently using up some of the Alcan Max-fire small rifle and small pistol. I found them in a resale shop for $10 for both boxes of 1000 a year ago. They work just fine and are comparable to the CCI that I use.

[JohnFM]

I used to use a lot from Alcan, haven't had any left for years.

[mtnman31]

I have a lot of Alcan components I inherited from my grandfather. It is mostly shotgun supplies; shotgun primers, wads, etc. Even though it is a bit old, everything has worked well so far.

[44man]

Older then dirt! I shot thousands of Alcan shotgun primers. Back in the days of George Herter.
What a wonderful time.
I forget the wife's birthday and when we were married but remember every second of the old shooting days.

[ReloaderFred]

I've got 1,000 of the old Herter's primers that were made in Japan. I'm going to hold onto them, since I didn't even know they made primers in Japan...........!

Hope this helps.

Fred

[salpal48]

I am Just starting to use the last of my Remington small rifle primers #6 1/2. I bought appox 10,000 assorted at a gun show many years ago at $2.00 per m. The green and red boxes. and they are all ok. I think now it's time for some new stock. But not at old prices
Sal

[FN in MT]

And S&W Collectors like the empty boxes!

Few years back I sold the carton, filled with the empty flats on E Bay to a collector...for $8 or $9...Not a Mint but still....free money.

[sw282]

l collect Super Vel ammo/components. l bought a sleeve of their primers a few years ago off GB. 0nly ones l have ever seen