Searching my stash and found these...

[WileyC]

I was looking for a bag of new Starline 45-70 brass that I just cannot find but know it's here and I found these..... sometimes when you forget about buying something it's a great surprise years later.

 

[taptap]

Congrats! This is unthinkable in the Netherlands. We are allowed a max of 10.000 rounds of ammo or primers combined and they are to be stored inside a vault so loosing track of them would be difficult. I'm happy for you, must have been a happy moment!

 

[jbs2014]

I was looking for a bag of new Starline 45-70 brass that I just cannot find but know it's here and I found these..... sometimes when you forget about buying something it's a great surprise years later.

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What year are those from? I don't remember ever seeing a CCI box like that.

 

[WileyC]

What year are those from? I don't remember ever seeing a CCI box like that.

Probably the 80s. Might be from the 70s. A friend of mine, who was the one that got me into loading, had terminal renal cancer and these were in a bunch of stuff that I bought from him just 2 weeks before he passed away. He began loading sometime in the 70s. The Lot# on each 100 pack is KO5EEB if anybody has the resources to convert that to manufacture date.

 

[WileyC]

After web searching the Lot Code info for CCI products it appears that these primers are a lot newer than I thought. I didn't the calculations a couple of times based on the attached link and come up with October 5, 1999.

Speer/CCI Manufacturing Dates

Ever wonder when your Speer/CCI product was manufactured? Since 1995, on center-fire ammo, rimfire ammo, bullets, and primers the manufacture date is encoded in the first four places of the lot number, which is printed on or impressed into the box or packaging. The format is L##L where L is a...

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[jbs2014]

I would be interested to see your results (velocity & ES) when you load and shoot them. I have always wondered how much things will change as primers age.

 

[WileyC]

I have some .223 loads worked up with 25 grains of Varget, 69gr SMKs and these primers in R-P brass. This load was quoted by several on here as being very accurate so I have it loaded. One day next week I'll get over to my range and try it. I may set up the chronograph just to see what the velocity is vs regular CCI SRP. Usually I wait until I have accuracy established before I check velocity.

 

[Huntsman66]

Had the exact same thing happen, found them in the back of a cabinet behind some stuff. Been using them for the past few weeks and they work fine. Can't see any difference!

 

[Left Hand Dave]

Probably the 80s. Might be from the 70s. A friend of mine, who was the one that got me into loading, had terminal renal cancer and these were in a bunch of stuff that I bought from him just 2 weeks before he passed away. He began loading sometime in the 70s. The Lot# on each 100 pack is KO5EEB if anybody has the resources to convert that to manufacture date.

That makes those magic primers to be used for special occasions and remember your friend when you shoot them.

 

[WileyC]

That makes those magic primers to be used for special occasions and remember your friend when you shoot them.

Absolutely and I'm very stingy with them. Loaded less than 100 rounds with them so far. I also have 1200 Remington 7 1/2 SR BR primers that were in the stuff that I bought from him.

 

[RUFFIAN R - NY]

WileyC it's always nice to find goodies in the back of shelves or cabinets in the loading room.

 

[Chrsm]

Nice Had that happen couple weeks ago also with #11 shotgun primer full 1000 feds and 300 fiocchi s. Berried under empty powder containers!

 

[TRexF16]

Starred in that movie. Found a brick of Federal SR Match buried up under my loading bench about a year ago. Happy times!
Celebrate!
Rex

 

[WahooYahoo]

It's like finding a $50 in your coat pocket