Reloading vintage paper 10 ga hulls ?

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Rick Losey

just remember - the old primers were corrosive

the pitting we see is more due to them than the commonly blamed black powder, that is why you'll see pitting in a gun made after smokeless was common

I was talking about this with a forum member this morning , ive read it was the salts that old primers had that made them so corrosive ?

I bought a never opened ammo case years ago that was packed with 30-06 ammo in the M1 Garand stripper clips . the cardboard on them looked new.
It was loaded or at least packed in the ammo can in 1969 . We shot them through a cheap bolt gun we had. It left a nasty green residue in the bore . I assume that was from the primers ?

I wouldnt use old primers in a vintage double though because you dont know if you are going to get a squib load or not using them .

I dug up a old thread on here someone was asking about if they could use the 10 ga paper hulls that were loaded with flares . They are a green hull and look to use a 209 primer . Theres a whole box of them on GB and they look pristine .