received some Old primers

[Nevada Ed]

Was given some old primers and thought that I might share a picture of them, with you.

I moved to Reno in 1966 and don't recall this store, so they should be, quite old?
The white price tag list $1.55, while the orange sale tap has .99 on it.

I don't remember a My Rose sporting goods store in Reno, when I arrived.

They should probably be placed in a " look see " place, since I have lots of new 209 primers.

Any info on them would be very nice, for my notes.
Thank you.

 

[Model19man]

In any case the primers are probably fine so use them.

 

[AJ]

I have used older primers and they worked. So I will bet that those go bang for you.

 

[Sevens]

Are those Alcan primers?

Very neat. I love these old boxes.

 

[Skyhunter]

I remember using primers like that back about 1966.
I was loading 12 ga. with a Lee loader - slow going, but they shot fine and I dropped a lot of rabbits and ducks!

WYT-P
Skyhunter

 

[USBP SW]

I inherited a bunch of Remington primers from an old friend, they were the old green containers but the primers were packaged in wooden trays. I loaded them and they functioned flawlessly. I do wish that I had kept some of the containers.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Many of us purchased military surplus primers, powder, and bullets years ago. Many lots were dated to WW2 and Korea era. Dirt cheap prices with complete satisfaction in performance.

Reference charts were widely available to identify the products by reference to commercial offerings and specific manufacturers. All a part of the game when I started reloading. The commercial reloading market suffered under competition from widely available surplus supplies.

Hard to imagine today, but new commercial primers were typically about $1.19 per sleeve (100) or $9.95 per carton (1000) back in the 1970s. The military surplus stuff was packaged in large quantities (primers might be in lots of 10,000, powders came in barrels) so a lot of retail stores broke them down and sold in consumer quantities. I remember carrying my own canisters in to purchase powder for a 2 or 3 bucks per pound, piece of tape marked with the powder identification codes serving as the label. Brown paper bags (like Mom loaded with your school lunches) were also commonly used.

Wooden or plastic trays were commonly used to package primers. Surplus bullets could be purchased by the pound with a chart indicating the estimated number per pound.

 

[Sevens]

Sometimes the prices were relatively stable. The first small pistol primers I ever purchased were in 1989 and they were CCI-500 and priced at $9.99 before tax.

 

[rwsmith]

Does anyone know a way.....

...to squeeze shotshell primers and percussion caps into my large rifle primer pockets.

 

[gwpercle]

I'm still using some Alcan Primers bought in the 70's (I think) the dealer was closing out all his Alcan stuff and had it marked way down ...we talking so cheap I had to buy some !
I bought 5 cans of Alcan #5 powder and 6 bricks of Alcan Pistol Pimers , 3 large and 3 small ... everything kept well ... I have used primers and powder when the supply chain lets me down ... I still have some primers and still use them when needed . Every primer has gone bang ...
not one issue ... My advive Load and Choot Em ... dem some good primers Mais Cher !
Gary

 

[biku324]

I use my remaining Clinton scare era primers regularly.

 

[AJ]

These are some of the old ones that I have used. A long time ago my Father had given me several thousand surplus primers he had bought in the 1950's. All have worked.

 

[Skeet 028]

Iwas out in the grudge yesterday...going through the stuff looking for powders and primers...Got a bunch of the 220 Maxfire primers. The same primes are stilll being made today....Fiocchi #616s. . I actually have a few of the surplus primers from WWII...#26s LR and I can't remember the number but they are for 45 auto. And I took a bunch of the old surplus 30 cal back tips to a recent on line auction. There were less than 500 and they sold for 140 dollars. I guess the older mil collectors buy that stuff. I gave a friend 4 pounds of WWII surplus 4895(65 cents a pound) and 500 of the surplus primers...He had 150 gr mil FMJs. Loaded 'em up and shot 400 of them out of his WWII Garand and O3A3. He even ran 'em over a chrono he said they were just right. I'm gonna take a pic of some of the old stuff I have and post 'em...I'll also try to get my.wife's picture. Ya know..Old stuff...hope she don't see this!

 

[MG34/bar]

Ed,

Mt. Rose Sporting Goods was on the South side of West 1st street between North Sierras and West Streets. It was a very old business in town in 1966. Old primers are like a lot of old reloading supplies; can remain useable if properly stored.