tightgroup tiger
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I have a lot of old ammo I inherited from my relatives and father. It's rifle and pistol ammo both from the 1940s and up. The primers I'm not worried about, powder is a different story.
I would have to knock some of them apart to do a scratch and sniff on them before ever considering shooting them.
Some of the old pistol ammo from the 40s used domed primers and I can't find any info on them except the ammo manufacturers quit using domes primers sometime in the 50s they disappeared and the flat primers were then used.
Are the primers in either of the boxes you have pictured domed primers? I have one box of yellow and blue Western ammo, same color scheeme as your primers, that has flat primers and one box that has domed.
I would be leary of domed primers because I don't know when the mercuric primers were discontinued. Mercuric primers won't eat your barrel out, the debris just absorbs water and makes the metal rust if you don't clean it every time you shoot them.
I would have to knock some of them apart to do a scratch and sniff on them before ever considering shooting them.
Some of the old pistol ammo from the 40s used domed primers and I can't find any info on them except the ammo manufacturers quit using domes primers sometime in the 50s they disappeared and the flat primers were then used.
Are the primers in either of the boxes you have pictured domed primers? I have one box of yellow and blue Western ammo, same color scheeme as your primers, that has flat primers and one box that has domed.
I would be leary of domed primers because I don't know when the mercuric primers were discontinued. Mercuric primers won't eat your barrel out, the debris just absorbs water and makes the metal rust if you don't clean it every time you shoot them.