Old Remington Factory Ammo

[bigswede]

Does anybody know if any of the old green and white box Remington ammo ever had silver primers instead of the newer brass colored ones?  I picked up a bunch of 350 rem mag stuff at a gun show today and some of the old stuff has silver primers. I was just wondering if this was handloads?

[wink_man]

I have a box of 6MM Remington ammo that I know is 1970 vintage, because thats when I bought the rifle. The box is green and white, and the primers are gold. Also have several boxes in the old green and white(3 boxes to be exact), in 3006 and they also have the gold primers. I don't recall ever seeing any Remington ammo from 1968 on that didn't have gold primers. Prior to 1968, I can't tell you, as that was before my time, but I'd be inclined to think you have handloads if they are silver primers, just my personal opinion.