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primer storage lifespan?

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26 February 2006, 07:53
Maxx
primer storage lifespan?
I have some old Fed 215 primers that were given to me, they are old, and I am not sure where they were stored,

Should I use them?
26 February 2006, 08:02
Ol` Joe
I`d load a few and see how they do.
I recently used over a hundred small pistol primers my dad found in his basement a year or two ago. They were leftover from the early 70s when I quit going to his place to load my ammo, all fired fine.
I wouldn`t use them for hunting or defence ammo though, just to be safe.


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26 February 2006, 12:02
vapodog
if they've been stored reasonably I'd not hesitate to use primers 40 years old.....probably a lot more...


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