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George:
I was cleaning out my gun cabnet and found some CCI Large rifle primers that have to be at least 15 yrs. old.  What is the shelf life of primers?  They look real good.
I was reading the box of Remington 6 1/2 small rifle primers and it said not to use on 17,  222 and 223 cartidges.  Whats up with that?

Randy:
Keep them cool and dry and you will have no problems.
Primers that have even been wet once dried are still good.
Primer shelf life is measured in Decades.

Remington 6 1/2 Primers are designed for 22 Hornet & the 218 Bee.
The primer cups are thin there is risk of a firing pin penetrating the primer.

Here is a link to Midway's site, about the warning.
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=152548

George:
Thanks Randy..........I am going to take them back and see what the dealer has to say...
He knew I was going to use them to reload .223.........I just bought them a couple of weeks ago.  I have already loaded 100 rounds with them.......He might get the 100 rounds where the sun don't shine...........

Ronvandyn:
How timely is that?  I was going through my ammo box yesterday and found 2 boxes of primers that my Dad gave me, 30 years ago.  The only reason I noted they were there is because I spilled some. 

So, I have 1 box (most of it) of small pistol primers and 1 box of large rifle (again, most of it) that I am willing to donate to ... well just about anyone who wants them.  I dont currently reload (a problem I intend to fix pretty soon) and even if I do my pistols dont use the small primers.  So, PM me and I can give you their location and set a meet.

JimP:
I thought I wrote about this before, but the search thingy did not turn up anything.....

I was given some Winchester/Western "Staynless" primers...... the guy that gave them to me had them given to him back in the 1970's...... I loaded them up and shot them  a couple of years ago...... they worked just fine: velocities and accuracy were no different than regular WLR primers....... at least according to my chrony and the dead prairie dogs I used most of them on........

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