Old ammo primers????

[abunaitoo]

Found some old ammo with stamped primers.
4 with "W" and one with "US"
Rare, how old, collectable?????

[Outpost75]

Copper colored primers with W OR US are cheap corrosive and mercuric 1900 to 1920s

[BrassMagnet]

My Dad gave me a single round of 30 WCF with the W stamped in the primer. He told me it was probably a black powder factory loaded round.

[Outpost75]

.30-30 was never factory loaded with black powder.

[Bloodman14]

I thought the .30-30 was a blackpowder round to start with? .30 caliber, 30 grns. of blackpowder? Made the transition to smokeless.

[knifemaker]

30-30 Winchester - Wikipedia
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When the cartridge was chambered in the Marlin Model 1893 rifle, rival gunmaker Marlin used the designation .30-30 or .30-30 Smokeless. The added -30 stands for the standard load of 30 grains (1.9 g ) of early smokeless powder and is based on late-19th century American naming conventions for black powder-filled cartridges.