Reloading primers

[LIK2HNT]

Has anyone tried vacuum sealing primers to store them, or is this a bad idea. I was thinking of vacuum sealing some with those silicon moisture absorbing packs.
Thanks
Bill

 

[Chesterwyo]

No need. Store in a cool, preferably dark place. They keep for a long time. I load primers that are twenty plus years old all the time.

 

[elkassassin]

I'd Worry about condensate if You Sealed them up to where they couldn't Breathe!

 

[roadrunner]

How long are you planning on storing them? I've shot 20 year old reloads just fine and with whatever moisture content was in the air at the time of reloading.

 

[deadibob]

I'm using primers over 40 years old and still have and shoot some 30-06 military ammo from the 40's. Never had an issue. I could see there being issues if you had 40 year old primers in high humid areas if they weren't in sealed ammo cans with dessicant inside the cans.

In the mid-90's there was a story going around that the Clinton administration was going to mandate that future primers have a short shelf life. That was the first scramble and shortage we had for primers. Where that story started I've no idea but I was working at a gunstore at the time and people were definitely stocking up.