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Offline zacharoo

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Remington Rifle primers
« on: September 16, 2008, 03:57:26 PM »
I was given around 800 Remington LFP primers by and old friend that quit reloading. They are dated 1985. They were kept inside the house in air conditioned situations since being bought. Are they worth keeping? How can I test them besides priming a few rounds? They are sealed and look fine.
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Re: Remington Rifle primers
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2008, 07:39:48 PM »
I'd load up 20 or so and try them. But if he's taken good care of them they could be fine.  I am currently loading ammo with primers I bought in the early to mid 1990's and they are fine -CCI, Win, Fed.  A friend gave me some pretty old primers (Rem older than 1990 I think) and they worked fine - put them in practice ammo to be sure it wasn't critical but never had a failure.

Maybe someone else has a better idea and I do appreciate your concerns.

Only primers I've ever had trouble with, I think I had unwittingly gotten a little oil or sizing lube on my fingers while loading.


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Re: Remington Rifle primers
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2008, 12:49:10 AM »
ive shot primers that were made in the 60s and they worked fine. I think youll have more problems with the rem primers due to quality control then age. The older rem primers seemed to vary alot in cup size and dont allways work in a progressive and can sometimes be a bugger to seat in a case.
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Re: Remington Rifle primers
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2008, 01:12:58 AM »
I still have some CCI, Federal and Winchester primers I bought from about that time. I do not  have any Remingtons, because I shoot them up faster than that. I use the older ones on occasion with out second thoughts. No trouble at all.
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Re: Remington Rifle primers
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2008, 03:42:30 PM »
Took 5 out of each box of 100 that was 40 primers. Primed 40 of my  7.62R brass. Every last one went of in my model 59 Moisan. That was just primed cases. They all were loud and sharp sounding. I guess that means they are still good.
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Re: Remington Rifle primers
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2008, 03:44:31 PM »
Also had 350 CCI LRP. Tried a few of those too. Worked fine,
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Re: Remington Rifle primers
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2008, 02:37:31 AM »
It really depends on how the primers were stored. I have used 30 yr. old primers that shot fine and others that were not that old that had some squib type fires. I have a bunch of old primes that I`m am going to try also. I plan to load them up and fire them through my cronograph. If the SD is good I`ll go ahead and and load them without worry. If the SD is bad I`ll load them in plinking rounds.
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