primed cases
I was wondering if I were to prime cases and not load them for a while is there a increase chance that the primers will fail?
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No.Just store them as you would ammo or powder or cases, responsibly.Many people even prefer to purchase primed cases when new.[?] I have had primed cases from 6 months ago and load them regularly. I keep them in a Folgers coffee Container plastic with a lid and a small dessicant package ("DO NOT EAT" variety).Really saves on loading time when in a pinch for ammo for a match that just came up. Just add powder and bullet and go. 0 -
Well I've only been reloading for 6months and I'm buying alot of stuff so I dont want to have 400 piles of brass in different stages of loading.
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I have 308 match brass that was primed two years ago, and goes bang every time. Just store then where it is dry and the temp doesn't change much. 0 -
Just store the primed brass like you would ammo and you'll have no problems. I was cleaning up in the basement last month and found a box of factory primed 9mm brass that had fallen off the back of the shelf and laid on the floor long enough (probably more than a year) for the box to disintegrate and they fired just fine. Not reccomended but fact. 0 -
I picked up a bag of antique 30-06 brass that someone had torn down for components. Still had the original primers in them, all dated from the teens through the 1940s. It think out of 500 I had perhaps 1 or 2 misfires and they had been open to the air for years and years. 0 -
Well primers in cases would be no different then primers on the shelf in a cardboard box........ 0 -
Had primed cases that were made that way in 1980 - kept inside a MTM ammo box in the Calif Desert. Just brought them up to NorthWest a year or so ago, and shot them last month. All 100 went fine, no noticeable variations/problems. 0
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