Winchester WLR/WLRM primers, different aspect.

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17 August 2007, 00:59

wildboar

Winchester WLR/WLRM primers, different aspect.

Hi, I've just opened some boxes of said primers that I've recently bought; even if the packaging is identical to those that I've used until now, the primers are not nickel plated but are yellow like brass. Is this a new lot? Are they interchangable? Thanks.

17 August 2007, 01:05

Ol` Joe

Sounds like a old lot. winchester primers were brass and not plated until about 3-5 years ago.

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17 August 2007, 01:20

bama7x57

I haven't bought Win primers in so long I never knew they started nickel plating them.

17 August 2007, 01:24

wildboar

....and I've started using them recently, so I never knew that they were not nickel plated previously

17 August 2007, 06:07

bartsche

They been yellow- gold and a little small in diameter for perhaps 6 years.WLR,WLRM And WSR.

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