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Primer life

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Thought you guys might be interested, I shot some .308 handloads yesterday that were made with RWS primers from 1973. Got some decent, under 1/2 MOA groups from 300 yards (WW cases, 748 powder, Nosler 168 J4's). No misfires, they still work!
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I'm not surprised at all.

The worst case I've seen is W231 powder that was 10 years and stored in a garage that was hot or cold depending on the weather. It shot as good as new powder. I've never used primers over 7 years old and anything of mine is stored indoors where the temperature is consistently too cold(my wife) or too hot(me).
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