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I inherited 2000 Remington Large Rifle magnum primers. I think they are probably 8-10 years old?? They are in the old white box before Remington went to the green packaging. They have been stored in closets. Are these still ok to use?
I have some 7 1/2 small rifles of the same inheritance and they work fine in my .223
probably just answered my question but what are ya'lls experiences??
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Its been my experience that if there kept dry and cool they pretty much last forever.
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Cool/dry/stable temps..... shoot 'em.....
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I just finished shooting up a brick of CCI in the small package without a single misfire. They had to be at least as old as your Remington. Enjoy the inheritance.
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I'm currently using a carton of Fed 210's that are approaching 40 yrs old. As long as they are stored properly, shelf life is indefinite.
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I shot some yesterday that were purchased in 1989, they shot perfect.
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If stored properly, there is no one here old enough to definitively answer that question.
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8-10 years old is pretty young. I have a few thousand (Rem and CCI)that I am currently using which are older than that.
Back in the early 60's, I was given a thousand Remington Large Rifle primers which were said to be pre or just post WWII. They had the old style 2-opening anvils. In the early '70's, I used them up in my .220 Swift and .22-250 and never had one fail. The only problem I have ever had with primers was with some early brass colored CCI's. They all fired, but occasionally the primer cup would split and a small sliver of brass would come free. These were all fired in 2 older M70's and I never noticed any gas blowback.
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have been using some old Herter's primers from the 60's and nary a mis fire, like someone said cool, dry, not forever cause I shoot too much, but a very long time!
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Still using rifle primers from the '60s. As the boys have said, "Shoot 'em!"
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Kept in a warm dry area and they will last.
I have some Winchester that are in the yellow box and some Remington that are in the red box, still go bang...
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