Thread: These primers OK?

Hi friends,

Has anyone seen/used primers like this before?

Had to lock down with the father-in-law and returned home last night to find I left my primers in a cooler, more southern aspect of the house over lockdown. Now some of them look like this and I'm wondering if they're still OK.



Cheers,
Elliott

Exposed to the sun?

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Exposed to the sun?

Nope, just sitting tight in their original cases - they're only a month or two old.

Originally Posted by muzza

Load some and cap them off

Sorry - relatively new to reloading and the lingo.

You mean load them into an empty case and fire to see if they go bang?

Originally Posted by muzza

yep. Ear muffs , point the cannon in a safe direction , pull the trigger

Sweet, will give it a hoon now - cheers.

Originally Posted by muzza

yep. Ear muffs , point the cannon in a safe direction , pull the trigger

Hmm, it's only the Magnum primers that have done it but I only have my 7mm08 here.

Reckon I could smack one of the magnum primers into an old 7mm08 case and give it it try?

Originally Posted by mimms2

They look like primers to me...
What do you expect they should look like, to make you ask??

It's those yellow/green coloured spots in some of them - they were all red last time I looked.

If that's normal, that's great but I'm relatively new to this and wanted to check with some experienced people before I loaded a heap of rounds then had to buy a bullet puller.

yep you can put them in a 708 case to try them give you barrel a clean after as well

Well, chose the greenest, weirdest looking one and it still went bang.

Thanks everyone for your help!

Are are just Federal primers they have some sort of sealent on them
It’s completely normal every federal primer ive ever used has had that on them