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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.
 
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!
 
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.
 
I can't count the number of rounds I have fired though my Garands that were more than 50 years old. I might have had a fail to fire, but I sure don't remember one. So I don't worry about the whole, "this is old" concern. However, they were in sealed cans. I still have one from 1970. So I don't think primers being old would be an issue if they were stored properly and I was the one storing them.
 
DaveTN said:
I can't count the number of rounds I have fired though my Garands that were more than 50 years old. I might have had a fail to fire, but I sure don't remember one. So I don't worry about the whole, "this is old" concern. However, they were in sealed cans. I still have one from 1970. So I don't think primers being old would be an issue if they were stored properly and I was the one storing them.
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Related to what you have said, a few years ago I fired some Lake City 30-06 dated 1954. Every one of them fired and they were still pretty hot!
 

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