Originally Posted by
falcon
No shortage of primers here. i still have some types of primers left over from the Clinton era. These were bought just before the presidential order banning long life primers.
I still don't believe that one.. and I'm as right-wing conspiracy theory as they come..
the chemistry is wrong.. the primers would have to have a half-life.. meaning half of them wouldn't work after a period of time.. for them to all be dead at the end of the "life cycle"
didn't keep me from stocking up on them either..
$12./thousand in 1996 dollars vs. $24. per thou today...