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Posted: 3/12/2011 4:49:59 PM EDT
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Does anyone have any idear how old the red and white pack is compared to the blue white red pack?
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I have lots of those red and white boxes from the early 1990's. They shoot fine - they are practically new. I have these green and white boxes from God-knows-when and they function just fine. Primers stored properly have a shelf life longer than the human lifespan. |
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I have lots of those red and white boxes from the early 1990's. They shoot fine - they are practically new. I have these green and white boxes from God-knows-when and they function just fine. Primers stored properly have a shelf life longer than the human lifespan. http://www.fototime.com/1284C9F5B7B1240/standard.jpg Wow, I have never seen any in those boxes! I think you might need to do a bit more shooting to keep the stocks rotated. 
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Quoted: Quoted: I have lots of those red and white boxes from the early 1990's. They shoot fine - they are practically new. I have these green and white boxes from God-knows-when and they function just fine. Primers stored properly have a shelf life longer than the human lifespan. http://www.fototime.com/1284C9F5B7B1240/standard.jpg Wow, I have never seen any in those boxes! I think you might need to do a bit more shooting to keep the stocks rotated. Indy  I put plenty of rounds downrange.  I picked these up at an estate sale for cheap. I have burned 3k of the 5k in the photo. They go bang every time. |
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I have lots of those red and white boxes from the early 1990's. They shoot fine - they are practically new. I have these green and white boxes from God-knows-when and they function just fine. Primers stored properly have a shelf life longer than the human lifespan. http://www.fototime.com/1284C9F5B7B1240/standard.jpg I have some of those also. Mine are from early to mid '70's. G |
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I will say it changed in 1999_2000. I bought a case in 1999 that were red&white. The next case in 2000 were the new packaging. Wish I had bought 20 rather than two. My experience was quite different. I was still buying the red&white as late as '05,'06, maybe even into '07. Although I had seen the blue boxes here and there around that time frame, they really took over in '07-'08. Especially when all the stores got wiped out during the Obama scare. Once that happened, all the ones I see are blue box. |
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I was given a box of Remington 2 1/2 (LP) because the box was deteriorating from age and the guy could not sell them or no one would buy them.
The label boasted of being "non mercuric" We determined they were from the late 40's Every single one went bang and functioned fine printing the same as fresh primers in point of aim and group size. Properly stored most primers have a longer life span the the average human Loaded, however, they may not last as long because you have various metals and chemical reactions that while not bad will shorten the primer life in some rounds compared to unloaded primers. That is conjecture but based on seemingly obvious experience Wulfmann |
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I will say it changed in 1999_2000. I bought a case in 1999 that were red&white. The next case in 2000 were the new packaging. Wish I had bought 20 rather than two. My experience was quite different. I was still buying the red&white as late as '05,'06, maybe even into '07. Although I had seen the blue boxes here and there around that time frame, they really took over in '07-'08. Especially when all the stores got wiped out during the Obama scare. Once that happened, all the ones I see are blue box. Same here. I started reloading about 5 years ago and remember buying the red/white style boxes. The dark blue came out a short while later. |
I love my old primers! These were given to me by my dad, and he got them from my grandpa. I don't know how old the red ones are, but the peach color pack, as someone else mentioned are from the early 80's. I've gone though over 3k of those, every single one went bang. Thanks Grandpa! (excuse the amazing technicolor dream bench, had a printer cartridge mishap several years ago. )
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Does anyone have any idear how old the red and white pack is compared to the blue white red pack? Thanks http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss73/AWLEAPHART/DSC00368.jpg http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss73/AWLEAPHART/DSC00371.jpg http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss73/AWLEAPHART/DSC00370.jpg Those picutred on the left are still in my stock here in Poverty Paradise. They are priced at $9.95. The last of the under $10 per M that I have. This past winter though. I used a bunch that were labled under $10. |
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