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Title: Primers made to go bad????
Post by: Hidehunter on August 24, 2010, 12:24:43 PM
Just got a phone call from my BIL's Dad and he said a guy he works with got a letter in the mail stating that after the first of the year they were going to start making primers that will go bad between 6 to 8 months.  Has anybody else heard anything about this.  Is this the governments way of starting to get around the 2nd amendment?

I dont know this to be fact and it is just heresay but it may be something to look into.  If anybody hears anything let me know.
Title: Re: Primers made to go bad????
Post by: FinsnFur on August 24, 2010, 03:34:11 PM
I wonder how they plan to do that?
Title: Re: Primers made to go bad????
Post by: Bills Custom Calls on August 24, 2010, 03:52:50 PM
Just mark it on the box Joe Public will believe almost anything if it is in writing
There will be alot of good ammo go to waste
Title: Re: Primers made to go bad????
Post by: Carolina Coyote on August 24, 2010, 04:31:52 PM
This would be hard to believe, but I'm sure the anti's will try anything, this could be a rummer to make people stock up on more Primers now that they are becoming available again, Notice the price went from around $20.00 to $30.00 + and some places it went to $40.00+ for a box of 1000, all reloading supplies have gone up considerable the last two years, I just can't believe that the manufactures would go along with that kind of policy.  :confused: cc
Title: Re: Primers made to go bad????
Post by: slagmaker on August 24, 2010, 04:49:51 PM
I will have to find it but there was an article in one of the shooting magazines I get. It covered exectally how hard it would be to make a primer that would have an preset experation date. If you made a primer that would go inert on the shelf it would be so unreliable as to make them unsafe to use.

This is just another scare tatic by the anti's.
Title: Re: Primers made to go bad????
Post by: HaMeR on August 24, 2010, 05:19:10 PM
Interesting to know who that letter came from. Winchester, Federal, CCI ,Hornady??

Seems to me then that after the 1st of the year our Boys & Girls in the Armed Forces would be in big trouble about June or July. I'll just grab another 1000 to add to the 1500 I have for the 204 & the 221. I aint shooting up no 2500rds between now & my D-day.  :nono: :nono:  But I will try.  :yoyo: :yoyo:

I do need to pick up some primers for the 20ga tho. Crow hunting sure burns the shells up on the 1st couple trips out.  :innocentwhistle:
Title: Re: Primers made to go bad????
Post by: FinsnFur on August 24, 2010, 06:28:12 PM
I think they are going to have egg whites in them :innocentwhistle:
Title: Re: Primers made to go bad????
Post by: KySongDog on August 24, 2010, 06:39:48 PM
I've got enough to last me till I'm 104 years old *IF* I shoot alot.  If not, they last till I'm 136.    :eyebrownod:
Title: Re: Primers made to go bad????
Post by: HaMeR on August 24, 2010, 07:08:04 PM
 :laf: :laf:
Title: Re: Primers made to go bad????
Post by: Hawks Feather on August 24, 2010, 08:14:44 PM
The county sheriff had heard of this and had said that he has some MAJOR concerns should it become a reality.  He has visions of some of his deputies needing to pull a trigger and the gun goes fizzzzzz.  He asked me if I had heard anything about it over a year ago, so it is nothing new.

Jerry
Title: Re: Primers made to go bad????
Post by: FinsnFur on August 24, 2010, 09:06:18 PM
I'm telling ya....egg whites :eyebrownod:
Title: Re: Primers made to go bad????
Post by: vvarmitr on August 25, 2010, 08:15:34 AM
Heard that crap back during the Clinton fiasco years.