Vintage Primers Collectible?

[Rattlesnake Charlie]

My friend stumbled into some vintage Remington small rifle primers that come in a wooden tray. Are they worth anything to collectors, or should he just continue to shoot them up?

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[Pipefitter]

At today's prices all primers are collectible,,,,
I would shoot them and maybe save the packaging for sale or trade at a gunshow.

[Outpost75]

^^^ This^^^

[Bazoo]

I don’t think the primers are collectible but I for one would want the box. As well as an old Winchester box, be pretty neat to display.

[Sasquatch-1]

I have a couple of small rifle and about 8 large rifle just like those with the primers. got them with some other stuff I picked up a few years ago. I don't know what they are worth but they are neat to talk about.

[avogunner]

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This brick of Remington #2 primers "for black powder" was in a box of stuff I won at an estate auction a few years ago. I tried to sell it off back then (for $15) but had no takers. Maybe I didn't reach a wide enough audience but the lack of response back then makes me question if there is any collector value. Times change though so maybe now?
Semper Fi

[15meter]

My similar vintage Winchester primers went BANG! quite nicely.

But I did keep the boxes for conversation starters at the gun club.

Unfortunately it got comments from some of the younger guys that ran to the "WOW, you're THAT old?"

[Electrod47]

My friend stumbled into some vintage Remington small rifle primers that come in a wooden tray. Are they worth anything to collectors, or should he just continue to shoot them up?

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I got two of those still I bought in 1978. Thats when they are from. I used newer stock instead and the years roll by.

[Winger Ed.]

I'd save the box as a novelty, and use up the primers themselves.

[lightman]

I've never heard anything much about collecting primers but I would keep a few of those full boxes just for the cool factor.

[Tazman1602]

At today's prices all primers are collectible,,,,
I would shoot them and maybe save the packaging for sale or trade at a gunshow.

I hear that BUT, as a vintage .22 box collector, if the original correct contents aren’t with the box it really tanks the value.

I won a half dozen “wooden tray” boxes at auction a few years back dating somewhere around the 1930’s and one was_not complete and I was curious so I primed a couple of cases and by golly they went bang just like new.

Art

[rmb721]

I have some primers that I think would be collectables.

I have two Frankford Arsenal 1880's tins of black powder primers. Each tin holds 500 primers. One is full and the other has seven missing.

The cans are like the ones that Hornady used to use for gas checks.

The tins are 3 inches in diameter with a screw on lid and 2 3/4 inches deep containing several layers of individual primers. There is a piece of cloth between each layer of primers and a string up through the middle to pull the layers up when needed. The tins I have do not have any labels left on them anymore.

The information I found about them states that are to be used in 45 caliber, shotgun and 30 caliber gallery practice ammunition.

[Dave W.]

Never had any luck selling old primers. Have been given a few thousand over the years, shot them up, they all went bang. For some reason people are skeptical of using them. Kept a few of the boxes for the "cool" factor.

[Eddie Southgate]

I used to buy them when I found a tin that I didn't already have but only if in immaculate condition and never paid more than $4-$5 for any of them I bought. Unless the tins were embossed they need the label to be of much interest to a serious collector. As far as using them, they are corrosive and many are odd sized and won't likely fit modern cases.