Old CIL primer info

[Mightymoose410]

Well I picked up a box of old miscellaneous reloading gear from a fellow in town. Buried amongst the treasures were a few boxes of old CIL primers. For the life of me I cannot seem to find and the information on said CIL no.4 BP primers.

As one of many who enjoy the challenge and thrill of reloading for shotguns I instantly recognized him as a shotgun primer. My thoughts are therefore an old black powder style hull( but I could be totally wrong again)
Any input is greatly appreciated
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[bearhunter]

Those bring back memories.

They were made back in the fifties or early sixties

I used them for pistol cartridges.

 

[Mightymoose410]

Those bring back memories.

They were made back in the fifties or early sixties

I used them for pistol cartridges.

I am very interested now, I figured they were a shotgun primer. What pistol case do you load for?

 

[Mightymoose410]

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[Longwalker]

I wish we lived closer together. I have a couple hundred old paper Canuck hulls that use those primers. Would be fun to load a bunch with black powder and fibre wads.

 

[Otto V]

Those are shotshell primers. I have an (empty) box . . . on the back it says "FOR ALL BRANDS AND GAUGES OF CIL SMOKELESS POWDER SHOTSHELLS." I used to load them in CIL Canuck paper hulls, in the late 70s.

 

[Ganderite]

Looks like a 209 shotshell primer, with cup.

 

[Mightymoose410]

Well I guess I best find me some old hulls and some load data and load some up as I did score a couple boxes