Old Primers
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Those are WAY too old to be useful. Maybe even dangerous. Mail them to me, and I will dispose of them properly for you ... I'll even do it for FREE !!!
slobhunter2
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Davidheart
Joshua - Hunt 12;10
You guys are going to make me sick. 
I just traded off some of those except they were the large pistol version. It said $7.95 on the box of 1000.
sw282
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Doc. l have some of those Winchester trays. They are made of wood too.I win I've got some Oldies ; $ 0.46 , sorry you can't see the sticker it turned to near dust when I just touched it .
l have a brick of Super Vel small pistol primers from Shelbeyville lndiana.
l have another brick of ''Alcan MAX-FIRE'' small rifle primers. Alcan Co., Inc.
Alton, Illinois. They appear to be really old. No zipcode in the Alton Illinois address.
There's a rather well preserved store sticker from ''Boscov's''.
Anyone know where BOSCOV'S is??
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Here are some of my older primers. The Remington, Winchester and old CCI box is probably from the late 60's. I only have a couple hundred each of them. The CCI BR2's are from the late 70's...maybe early 80's.
The Herter's (I still have almost 7K of them) are from the early 60's. I still use a lot of them and am very satisfied. I decided to do a test (not very scientific as I only did one caliber) on a known .270 Win load. I ran two five shot strings with identical powder charges and bullets. Seating depth was identical as was the brass used. Shot both groups out of a Ruger #1. I used modern CCI BR2's (probably 2015) and the Herter's primers. The BR primers shot a group of 0.44" and the Herter's came in at 0.52". Both quite good and the best combo I have found for that rifle.
The Herter's (I still have almost 7K of them) are from the early 60's. I still use a lot of them and am very satisfied. I decided to do a test (not very scientific as I only did one caliber) on a known .270 Win load. I ran two five shot strings with identical powder charges and bullets. Seating depth was identical as was the brass used. Shot both groups out of a Ruger #1. I used modern CCI BR2's (probably 2015) and the Herter's primers. The BR primers shot a group of 0.44" and the Herter's came in at 0.52". Both quite good and the best combo I have found for that rifle.
DocCarbon
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I have a box of unmarked mercuric corrosive primers out in My container . Got them along with a whole bunch of reloading equipment shells & shot a couple of guns , maybe 40-45 years ago ?. I bought a storage garage's content as the owner never responded to any of the delinquency notices for rent due . So owner of storage garages auctioned off those garages . They would open said garage allow you to look inside but NOT go into them ,until You won the bid . Anyway there was all kinds of loading presses and boxes of empty hulls ,so no one else was interested and I snatched it . I sold most of the equipment made #7-10 times My money back and kept other goodies .
I'll try to find those primers and take a photo I'm thinking WWl era . Meantime while scrounging inside ,I came across these in one of My old ammo labeled primer cans . Surprise Surprise I've got nearly a full 50 Cal. can of them !.
Does anyone know Federals manufacturing date code ?. They're in wooden trays .
OK : IF I'm understanding what the Federal Tech told Me ,this is the date coding ;
A shift or Division , March 14 Th. 1952 as coding is read backwards .
I'll try to find those primers and take a photo I'm thinking WWl era . Meantime while scrounging inside ,I came across these in one of My old ammo labeled primer cans . Surprise Surprise I've got nearly a full 50 Cal. can of them !.
Does anyone know Federals manufacturing date code ?. They're in wooden trays .
OK : IF I'm understanding what the Federal Tech told Me ,this is the date coding ;
A shift or Division , March 14 Th. 1952 as coding is read backwards .
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Enjoy seeing the old packaging. I have bricks of many of the same primer packages shown. I bought them at auctions and estate sales over the past 20 years. I have a brick of Herter's 6 1/2 primers that are marked "Made in Japan".
If I go down to the loading room where I keep most of my primers I’d bet I can find $450/1000
Wayne
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