Components shelf life, just an opinion.

[Camper]

The other thing a long shelf life does is make it harder for those who want to control what you can and can’t have with regulation and protocol, something we deal with enough already.

In early 2019 I based my supply criteria on if Trump loses in 2020. I even stocked up on supplies for other calibers I planned on reloading. But I failed to factor in 2 calibers cause I thought I would have no interest in loading for them... and I was wrong. Luckily brass prices didn't even go up and the prices for those dies were back down to normal. Soon after I was done stocking up, the China Virus and the summer of "mostly peaceful" protests arrived. My initial interest in reloading was solely to have ammo on hand for whatever reason I might need it, and not rely on shelves being stocked. It's only a matter of time before everything necessary to live will be weaponized by the political sociopaths in charge right now.

So I have enough stuff to shoot till I'm about 150... maybe more... but I'm only asking for tomorrow. lol

 

[Old Navy]

Just opened these two last year, shoots great!

Was the one on the right made in Utah?

 

[searcher]

I bought a bunch of jugs of military pulldown powder around 20 years ago (who knows when it was originally manufactured and first loaded before being pulled). That stuff shoots incredibly well for me now as it did when bought. Recently found an old can of Unique powder I used to use for loading .44 Specials. I'm sure I bought that at least 40 years ago. Loaded up some .45 ACP. Shot great. Longevity of powder and primers will depend on storage conditions and exposure to heat and moisture being the most detrimental, I'd imagine. I take sleeves of primers and do a light vacuum bag job on them. Got tired of drying out desiccant packets in ammo cans.