Old primers/powder
12-12-2009 | 04:26 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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Old primers/powder
Bought a ton of old reloading stuff off a guy this week.
He was just piling it all in boxes saying take it all.
With it I got 1# of IMR 4831 and about 2000 Winchester small pistol primers. This was all from the late 80's he said and kept in a spare bedroom with heat and AC.
The powder was sealed in a metal can and still has a nice ether smell. The primers were always kept dry and look nice and shiny still in their original boxes.
Should I not use them at all or just load up a few rounds and see each do?
He was just piling it all in boxes saying take it all.
With it I got 1# of IMR 4831 and about 2000 Winchester small pistol primers. This was all from the late 80's he said and kept in a spare bedroom with heat and AC.
The powder was sealed in a metal can and still has a nice ether smell. The primers were always kept dry and look nice and shiny still in their original boxes.
Should I not use them at all or just load up a few rounds and see each do?
12-12-2009 | 07:02 AM
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Bought a ton of old reloading stuff off a guy this week.
He was just piling it all in boxes saying take it all.
With it I got 1# of IMR 4831 and about 2000 Winchester small pistol primers. This was all from the late 80's he said and kept in a spare bedroom with heat and AC.
The powder was sealed in a metal can and still has a nice ether smell. The primers were always kept dry and look nice and shiny still in their original boxes.
Should I not use them at all or just load up a few rounds and see each do?
He was just piling it all in boxes saying take it all.
With it I got 1# of IMR 4831 and about 2000 Winchester small pistol primers. This was all from the late 80's he said and kept in a spare bedroom with heat and AC.
The powder was sealed in a metal can and still has a nice ether smell. The primers were always kept dry and look nice and shiny still in their original boxes.
Should I not use them at all or just load up a few rounds and see each do?
12-12-2009 | 07:20 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: S.W. Pa.-- Heart in North Central Pa. mountains-
.........I've used primers that I had hid from myself for over 30 yrs. and recently discovered.They have worked fine. You may want to try a few of the ones you just got to relieve your own mind, but I feel sure they will work just fine......
12-12-2009 | 08:28 AM
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I could be off. But fairly sure 4350 had its beginning of surplus WWII.
