exile
06-14-2010, 04:12 PM
First let me say, I did not know where to put this thread, so I put it here.
I just received a shipment of 5,000 primers that I had been waiting on for a year. To begin with, the bottom of the box was wet. (The UPS guy was of course, gone, by the time I got to the door).
Upon opening up the package, only one box of 1,000 primers was even damp, and within that box, six sleeves of 100 were slightly damp on the bottom of the sleeve. I opened those up, and the dampness was on the bottom, not the top. As far as I can see, the plastic trays protected the primers themselves from getting wet.
I took the packages of 100 primers out of the damp sleeves and am letting them dry overnight. I have left the primers in the plastic trays for safeties sake. To be honest, I am not too worried about it, am I just being naive?
In addition, one of the boxes of large pistol primers (says "large pistol" on the outside) turned out to be "large pistol magnum" on the inside. Not a problem for me as I can use them, although not what I wanted.
I have already decided not to send this shipment back, as primers are hard to find and I feel that the company (who shall remain nameless) took a loss on the primers giving me a year old price in an effort to fill my backorder.
Am I taking a risk, as in blowing up a gun with primers that may have become damp, even though I don't think they actually got damp? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
exile:coffee:
I just received a shipment of 5,000 primers that I had been waiting on for a year. To begin with, the bottom of the box was wet. (The UPS guy was of course, gone, by the time I got to the door).
Upon opening up the package, only one box of 1,000 primers was even damp, and within that box, six sleeves of 100 were slightly damp on the bottom of the sleeve. I opened those up, and the dampness was on the bottom, not the top. As far as I can see, the plastic trays protected the primers themselves from getting wet.
I took the packages of 100 primers out of the damp sleeves and am letting them dry overnight. I have left the primers in the plastic trays for safeties sake. To be honest, I am not too worried about it, am I just being naive?
In addition, one of the boxes of large pistol primers (says "large pistol" on the outside) turned out to be "large pistol magnum" on the inside. Not a problem for me as I can use them, although not what I wanted.
I have already decided not to send this shipment back, as primers are hard to find and I feel that the company (who shall remain nameless) took a loss on the primers giving me a year old price in an effort to fill my backorder.
Am I taking a risk, as in blowing up a gun with primers that may have become damp, even though I don't think they actually got damp? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
exile:coffee: