Willie Lowman
New member
This is more about factory ammo but primers specifically so I put it here.
Years ago Winchester was selling "super unleaded" ammo. It boasted lead free primers and fully encapsulated bullets. Many people on forums claimed that the ammo would only have a 5 year shelf life because of the primers.
Recently I saw a similar post about Speer Lawman and Geco ammo. They use lead free primers and people were saying that the ammo would go bad in a few years.
Now I have 1000 rounds of the old Winchester super unleaded. I found it in the bottom corner of my ammo closet just the other day. This ammo I bought in 2006. I fired a box through my MP5 and every round fired just fine. So the claim to a 5 year shelf life seems to be false.
What gives, why are people poo-pooing lead free primers?
Years ago Winchester was selling "super unleaded" ammo. It boasted lead free primers and fully encapsulated bullets. Many people on forums claimed that the ammo would only have a 5 year shelf life because of the primers.
Recently I saw a similar post about Speer Lawman and Geco ammo. They use lead free primers and people were saying that the ammo would go bad in a few years.
Now I have 1000 rounds of the old Winchester super unleaded. I found it in the bottom corner of my ammo closet just the other day. This ammo I bought in 2006. I fired a box through my MP5 and every round fired just fine. So the claim to a 5 year shelf life seems to be false.
What gives, why are people poo-pooing lead free primers?