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Originally Posted by Scott Gentry
All I have in paper are these, 6 shot.
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I'd be real surprised if those will fire. I had a box of those late 1930s vintage Super-Speeds in 12-gauge that I took to the Heartland in 2001. First Rooster that got up all I got out of Meat-in-the-Pot was click, click. Tried a few more with the same result. Left the box sitting on a fence post in a hunter access parking lot in southeast Nebraska.
A few years ago I brought a bunch of 16-gauge Super-Speed and Super-X of late 1940s/early 1950s vintage home from my late Father-in-Law's shop in Kodiak, AK. Tried a few of them and while they did fire, there was quite a noticeable lag from the time the firing pin hit the primer until ignition. Western Cartridge Co. used those blue and yellow Super-X boxes from 1940 to 1960.
I'd prefer something with fresher primers for any serious hunting.