Primer discussion

[Wiley]

I've been wondering about something and recently I've seen some posts that prodded me even more. This is purely hypothetical for me since I know how my primers have been stored, BUT........ have any of y'all ever very closely inspected the open side of a primer looking for any difference, subtle or otherwise, vs any other primers that you have on hand. I ask because I've never done it and I wonder if there's any defect identifying 'things' that can be seen other than one that's maybe green from corrosion. Anvil seating differences, maybe? Just throwing this out there out of curiosity.

 

[Iroquois]

I can't say I ever looked for that in a primer. I have some that are at least 10 years old ( I bought them by the thousand ). I've reloaded hundreds of rounds with them and haven't experienced a failure. Great question!

 

[fairchaser]

I've sorted primers by weight and you'd be surprised at the SD's on them but then tested them and couldn't discern any differences on precision. So, I don't sort anymore. I will visually inspect them but never noticed any differences.