I got 10,000 primers yesterday

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Birdogz

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Got these free- they were stored properly and look like new. I'm going to try a few out in empty cases before I actually load. Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with older primers ?
Are they collectible like old ammo ? They are new full boxes. A newspaper in the box is dated 1956.
 

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They should be just fine assuming they were stored correctly over the years.

That is pretty neat though. I would definitely hang on to at least one of each different box.
 
Vintage Primers

They should be usable, hard to kill a primer. If of interest to collectors, the shipping would be high with hazmat, so selling local at a gun show, maybe? These older primers all fired for me.
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A few years back, I found about 1800 primers (all CCI - 500, 550, 300, 350) at my father's house from my old stash. They were no less than 25 years old. Stored in near ideal conditions.

They all went bang.
 
243winxb,

Did you check with Federal on their age? I know the lot number looks like a date, but I was using Federal primers in 1985 and earlier and they all had plastic trays at that point. That wood spacer packaging looks a lot older.
 
That is really cool! Probably not worth much of anything but a very interesting conversation piece.
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I disagree. They're worth about 300 bucks. And I bet that they'll function just fine.

Here's a story about primers that might interest somaya.

One time I bought a bunch of 8mm brass at a gunshow. They were old, grimy, and some were primed. I put them in a pan of water with a good dose of Simple Green Cleaner, and boiled them on the stove. Then stuck them in the oven to dry on 200 degrees. (my standard method of brass cleaning)

After I pulled them out of the oven, I remembered that some of them were primed, and thought "I've gotta try."

Chambered one in my Mauser, and BANG!! Tried them all with same results. Primers are hard to kill. jd
 
A guy died ~ 20 years ago and his 150 pounds of reloading gear sat in someone's garage until 2008, when I got it for free.

Sometimes you just have to be in the right place at the right time.
 
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