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    Boolit Master
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    Vintage primers!

    A buddy just gifted me these!
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    Yes, they will probably work fine.
    Reduce the issue, ignore the drama

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    I have some that are even older than those and they work fine in fact I just loaded some that were quite old and they work good.

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    Nice find. What years did they do that color boxes?

    I have some of the greenish yellow ones here. Only about 600 or so. No idea how old they are.

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    I reckon these are 20 years old. He's got about 10K more but I told him i`d let him know when I got low. Good deer hunting friend who does not shoot much any more. We used to buy them 5K at a time when we were shooting ipsc and idpa.

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    these shot fine



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    Well, those really are vintage! Less than a penny a piece I'll bet.

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    A lot of my primers are in boxes like what Contidor22 posted. They all work great. Finally used up all the old Winchester domed LP primers. Went bang every time I pulled the trigger.

    And I'm using up the last few boxes of Alcan small pistol primers.
    Last edited by curiousgeorge; 03-28-2021 at 10:35 AM.

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    I have the same vintage and mine are fine. They are around twenty-five years old.

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    I have several K Winchester and CCI SR primer I bought in 1965. They still work fine.
    Disclaimer: The above is not holy writ. It is just my opinion based on my experience and knowledge. Your mileage may vary.

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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