Yes, they will probably work fine.
Reduce the issue, ignore the drama
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.
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.
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.
these shot fine
Well, those really are vintage! Less than a penny a piece I'll bet.
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.
I have the same vintage and mine are fine. They are around twenty-five years old.
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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