Anyone have any idea how old these are?

[Kaldor]

Any ideas on age? Box says $4.00 for the 100o primers.
I know they were kept in good conditions, but is it possible for the primers to be degraded at all?

 

[Scout21]

Does it say to keep away from children? I believe that was mandated to be put on ammo sometime in the '60s. I'd imagine that primers could fall under that mandate.

 

[GooseGestapo]

Early to mid’60’s.
That was the box in use before I started reloading in 1970.
Most of my 109 shotgun primers came in that style box.

 

[Howland937]

Late 60's, early 70's is my guess since the font and colors seem right out of the era.

Light loads, try some out.

Or what he said ^^^

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

$4.00 for the 100o primers.

Expensive for that back in the day.

Light loads, try some out.

Ditto, if no corrosion.

 

[joneb]

My oldest sleeve of CCI primers were priced at 69 cents for 100, not sure of the date of purchase. I would guess 80's?

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

After 1950 and before 1969.

 

[ParallelCode]

I like seeing the old box designs.

 

[wild willy]

I started loading in the late 70s there before that.That’s a very high price for then.

 

[Soonerpesek]

Expensive for that back in the day.

$4.00 per K was expensive...?..............but, I guess at one time a Maxim muffler was $5.00.....................

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

$4.00 per K was expensive..

Yeah!
We were paying $4 a thousand before the plandemic.
Back in the late sixties it was cheaper.

Well not cheaper, just relative to the times due to inflation.

 

[Kaldor]

Thanks for the info gents. Ill be picking them up sometime in the next few weeks. Ill definitely be checking for corrosion, but is there anything else I need to look for? Ill probably run a few in my 308 before I use them in a 300 PRC which is the eventual plan.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Yeah!
We were paying $4 a thousand before the plandemic.
Back in the late sixties it was cheaper.

Well not cheaper, just relative to the times due to inflation.

Using an online inflation calculator, in 1950 money $4 is $50 today. Not that pricey, really. In 1969 money, it’s only $32 today. Downright cheap. A few things happened to the dollar between 1950 and 1969, though.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

$4.00 per K was expensive...?..............but, I guess at one time a Maxim muffler was $5.00.....................

Sure. But at the same time, two bits would buy you a blue plate special: some kind of meat and veggies with a starch and for another nickel, a pretty decent cuppa coffee. But what you had to do to earn that two bits and a dime (gotta leave a good nickel tip!) wowzers! People just don’t want to work that hard anymore.

 

[tominboise]

Thanks for the info gents. Ill be picking them up sometime in the next few weeks. Ill definitely be checking for corrosion, but is there anything else I need to look for? Ill probably run a few in my 308 before I use them in a 300 PRC which is the eventual plan.

If they look "normal", I am guessing they load and work fine.

 

[Scrapiron45]

My local shop has a display of older reloading components with some of those. Could have some collector value, you might make a trade with someone for modern primers.

 

[jmorris]

$4.00 per K was expensive...?..............but, I guess at one time a Maxim muffler was $5.00.....................

If you go back far enough.

 

[wild willy]

I missed the little o in the price.I’m guessing that’s what some of the other posters did too.

 

[Bush Pilot]

Sure. But at the same time, two bits would buy you a blue plate special: some kind of meat and veggies with a starch and for another nickel, a pretty decent cuppa coffee. But what you had to do to earn that two bits and a dime (gotta leave a good nickel tip!) wowzers! People just don’t want to work that hard anymore.

If you remember those prices you must have been listening to FDR giving fireside talks.

 

[lightman]

My guess is pre 1970. That sounds expensive for that day and time. I just used some from the 70's that were $1.19/100. I would look closely at the condition of the box and if it looks normal I would expect them to work ok.

 

[Soonerpesek]

I'm at a loss of brainpower........................but I could be missing something.......

How is $4.00 per K more expensive than $11.90 per K...............?

I'm not trying to be a jerk (but may be coming acrossed that way), but there are multiple posts that say the same thing...

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

My guess is pre 1970. That sounds expensive for that day and time. I just used some from the 70's that were $1.19/100. I would look closely at the condition of the box and if it looks normal I would expect them to work ok.

It’s a brick. $4/1000, not 100.

 

[lightman]

It’s a brick. $4/1000, not 100.

Well duh! I guess I missed that!

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

I didn't see that little o.
$4 a hundred is 4 cents a piece.
$4 a thousand is a deal!

 

[Kaldor]

Picked them up from my buddy today for the tidy sum of zero dollars.
A couple more pics! No "Keep out of reach of children" type warnings. They look fine, no corrosion or anything.
I think Im just gonna load 10 rounds of a middle of the road 308 and test them and see how they shoot.