Old Primer ?

pirate2501

Have Remington 9 1/2 and 1 1/2 in red & green boxes also Winchester large rifle primers in yellow boxes. Both are packaged in small sleeves with black plastic trays 100 to a tray. Anybody have an idea how old they are and if they would still be usable ?

jonk

If stored in a cool dry place, primers are basically without expiration date. I'd try a few, good odds they are fine.

Rocky Raab

They're younger than a lot that I have on hand, I can say that. I have a couple thousand still packed in wooden trays.

If they were stored correctly, they should work fine. My oldest ones are also my most accurate ones, as it happens.

pirate2501

Thank You [:)]

JustC

seat them in an empty case, then drop the firing pin on them. I bet they are just fine

Okie743

I store my primers in a controlled enviroment (temp of approx 68-75 degrees) and the primer containers (boxes) inside sealed zip lock baggies! Never had a problem doing such! I also label their containers with a date of when I purchased them new.
But a guy gave me several thousand large and small rifle primers that he had stored outside in his garage, subjected to severe heat and cold of the building and I had to label them as practice primers. About 3-5 out of 100 would snap.