S&W primers Pictures added in post 11

[browningcollector]

My dealer has three 100 count boxes of S&W/Alcan primers for large rifle. Boxes are mint. What are these worth?

Thanks

Kelly

 

[Goblin]

I'd buy one for $10 just as a curio. I don't think they're worth that, and I wouldn't load with them at any price because you really don't know how they were stored. Others may know if there is a market for old primers, like old ammo. I could be wrong.

 

[H Richard]

I think Alcan went out in the 50's, so that stuff may be eligible for Medicare! As a collectors item it may bring $7 - $10 as a curiosity.

 

[thadheth]

Most primers, including such desirable and collectible names like Winchester, bring only $3-4 per box at auction. Old boxes from the first half of the 20th century will bring a bit more, but $10-12 is probably the upper limit. And, as mentioned above, these Alcans might be worth $5-10 each, especially from an S&W collector.

 

[Magload]

I used Alcan in the early 60s for shotgun reloading.

 

[O.G.]

My dealer has three 100 count boxes of S&W/Alcan primers for large rifle. Boxes are mint. What are these worth?

Thanks

Kelly

Do you want to sell ?

 

[Goblin]

Are they priced at the original retail of $0.49 per 100?

 

[bwxmas]

Buy them, and use them. If you can buy at a decent price.They are still good.
I still use some once in a while.

 

[browningcollector]

No old price on them, just the dealers price. They look newer than 50's or 60's. maybe early 1970's. I will post picture shortly

Kelly

 

[27 Man]

When I started loading in the early 70s, Alcan was all that was available where I lived. I used thousands of them for $10/1000. Haven't seen any in years.

 

[browningcollector]

Folks

Let me try again with pictures


https://plus.google.com/app/basic/photos/107091358185153993243/album/6190977852937541777/6190977853252172002?cbp=ze3ll018tce9&gl=us&sview=1&cid=5&soc-app=115&soc-platform=1&spath=%2Fapp%2Fbasic%2Fstream%2Fz13mupkyfqayj32oc04cfhxb5vipxlbji5w&sparm=cbp%3Daccx9iws9ydi%26sview%3D20%26gl%3Dus%26cid%3D5%26soc-app%3D115%26soc-platform%3D1%26spath%3D%2Fapp%2Fbasic%2Fphotos%2F107091358185153993243%2Falbum%2F5972206404095611265%26sparm%3Dcbp%253D1mgak2je3iin9%2526gl%253Dus%2526sview%253D54%2526cid%253D5%2526soc-app%253D115%2526soc-platform%253D1%2526spath%253D%2Fapp%2Fbasic%2Fphotos%2526sparm%253Dnopromo%25253D1%252526source%25253Dmog%252526gl%25253Dus

 

[BLUEDOT37]

I used the last of the S&W/Alcan Max-Fire's, that I bought in '79, a little over a year ago. They worked fine. They were described as neither standard nor magnum primers, as best as I recall.

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[Rule3]

Folks

Here are pictures

I do not have the invisible picture viewer?

 

[BLUEDOT37]

I do not have the invisible picture viewer?

You can download it here: "http:____________"

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[John R]

You can downlaod it here: "http:____________"

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That didn't work either.

 

[Calaveras Slim]

That didn't work either.

Try WWW>/http:/ ___________________///...

 

[novalty]

Do they look like this?

 

[browningcollector]

Sir

Yep, but the background white is brighter on mine. I think I fixed the link for pictures of mine

Kelly