Found some old gems
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You could probably still shoot it.
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crashlanding
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Here's another one for you complete with prices
Baker Alvin
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I have a shelf of the empty powder containers that have crossed my bench, bullet boxes, primer boxes, it is interesting the packaging changes through the years. And by gone prices makes me cringe at what we pay today but nothing else has stayed the same either. Thank you for posting.
Hard to believe that primers were $15 per thousand and powder was $5 a pound.
jordanrw23
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Crazy isn't it? I'll post all the containers I found. Few have never been opened and still contain powder. Also found some old Hornady and Speer bullets along with some old primers.
Feeling old here, for early in my years, I purchased primers at $7.99/1m and many cans of powder for $5/#
Even in the 80's, I visited a sporting goods/appliance store that was clearing out its hunting supplies, and my brother and I purchased 8# kegs of Hercules powders for $35 and all IMR rifle powders were $5/#, and in the mid 80's, a then local Walmart had an autumn sporting goods sale and were selling 1# cans of Hercules and WW and AA powders for $5/can. I remember buying 20 cans one Friday evening after payday and going back for more the next week.
During the early 90's when I was operating a reman ammo business, I was buying Remington primers for $69/5m delivered.
All primers and powders below are full and usable, and I have much more on the shelves.
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jordanrw23
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Seabeeken
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Primers were about 9.99/k and powder was about 9.99/# when I started loading
crashlanding
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Mid 80's?
You must be pretty young then. They were less than $4/k when I did
