Primers, circa Clinton Panic

[zplinker]

I have primers from the 50's, probably not stored in the best manner, but I've not gotten around to trying any. Some are in the wooden tray types, w-w, some Alcan. Might make for some interesting chrongraphing.

 

[DUSTY NOGGIN]

i look at these threads as the combined primer availabilty being depleted little by little . sure , shoot the old ones first , but not until youve replaced with new ones ... but not to shoot if they are your only ones

does everyone keep a standing inventory ??

 

[xsn10s]

i look at these threads as the combined primer availabilty being depleted little by little . sure , shoot the old ones first , but not until youve replaced with new ones ... but not to shoot if they are your only ones

does everyone keep a standing inventory ??

I used to but my current situation has changed. So I'm more depleting my current stock rather than resupplying.

 

[436]

A few of the old ones I have sitting around... I've shot some very old primers in the past and never had a problem with them as long as they were stored properly, otherwise I'm sure they might not have worked as well, as they did.

 

[WYO300RUM]

A few of the old ones I have sitting around... I've shot some very old primers in the past and never had a problem with them as long as they were stored properly, otherwise I'm sure they might not have worked as well, as they did.

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Awesome !

 

[Lefty7mmstw]

i look at these threads as the combined primer availability being depleted little by little . sure , shoot the old ones first , but not until youve replaced with new ones ... but not to shoot if they are your only ones

does everyone keep a standing inventory ??

I try to keep at least a couple thousand primers on hand for any variety I use and a year's worth (or more) of ammo loaded for anything I own. I'm below 2K on small pistol mag at present but have a feeler out with a ffl who won't rape my wallet when/ if they show up. I'm not interested in paying triple a year ago to re-supply.
I'm still buying components, but I'm a bit more patient than usual lately waiting for over-stock sales. I have probably bought a couple K bullets this year so far for my toys and around 5 keg's worth of powder. I haven't bought a single primer though; at current prices they can pound sand. I'll wait until the back-orders start showing up and we have a conservative govt. again. They will be crapping a kitten trying to unload inventory to monetize it.

 

[Muddyboots]

This sums it up!