I recently acquired some old winchester primers due to the passing of an old friend and would like to know their proper application. The number designation on the box is 115 and 120. The boxes give no indication of rifle, mag. rifle, large pistol, etc.. I have contacted winchester and received no help. I can't find any info in any of my reloading manuals, even the older ones. I would rather burn these up in plinker loads than throw them away. Thanks for any help.

116 is small rifle
120 is large rifle

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Originally posted by ricciardelli:
116 is small rifle
120 is large rifle

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Thanks for the info Steve. I was looking thru an old Speer manual (1967) last nite and found a reference to the 120 being for large rifle, but as yet I can find no reference to the 115's. I measured the dimensions of the 115 primers and compared them to other sizes of primers that I have on hand. I am now certain they are for large rifle, but I don't know if they are standard or magnum.