[floydster]

Checking for primers, PV is out of Tula, a lot of other primers are " out of stock".
Other vendors aren't far behind--here we go again:(

Smokeyloads

[45lcshooter]

Its a good thing that over christmas im going to several gun shops. Ill take my Powerstroke and car trailer and load it up!!!!

[Otto]

Really? I bought 15K small pistol primers online this morning (CCI and FED)...in stock.

[ArchAngelCD]

A local "black gun" dealer near me usually sells 25 to 30 AR's a month. In the past 4 days he has sold out with the unreal number of 314 rifles. Of course some were bulk sales to other dealers who ran out too but still, 314 rifles in 4 days!

When the President who is already against us comes out and says he will use the entire power of his office to "fix this problem of gun violence" we know he means it.

If you think 2008 was bad just watch what happens now...

[rbernie]

Natchez still had CCI, last I checked, and doesn't require delivery signature.

[floydster]

Otto, well, they are "out of stock" as of now. Lucky you:) Am talkng about PV.

Smokeyloads

[hypnotrader]

Where did you get yours, Otto?

Thanks.

[longdayjake]

I sold 400,000 55 grain fmj pulls in 3 weeks. 200,000 of those were in the last 4 days. Sold out. Can't get more. Gun control fail.

[Bula]

As to primer/powder shortages, I can't imagine these types of posts help much. I'm betting most that stocked up on the last scare still have plenty on their shelves at home. Don't get we wrong, nothing wrong with that. What gets me is the price gouging/profiteering mentallity that I see pop up right after the shortages. Just my 2 pennies...

[floydster]

Just got an E-Mail from Wideners, they are having a shipping delay of 15 to 25 days.

Smokeyloads

[NeuseRvrRat]

http://highchartpatterns.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/keep-calm-and-carry-on-11.png

[Certaindeaf]

Checking for primers, PV is out of Tula, a lot of other primers are " out of stock".
Other vendors aren't far behind--here we go again:(

Smokeyloads
Speaking of Tulammo, what's the difference between their "non-corrosive boxer primers" and their "lead-free non-corrosive boxer primers".. I mean, does anyone know if the latter have a shorter shelf life, aren't as hot or reliable etc?

http://tulammousa.com/products/

[45lcshooter]

I saw Natchez has a limit on primer sales. Im not a fequenter on online retailers, got primers comming out my ears. I dont know how long ago they put the limit on boxes of primers you could buy.

[edfardos]

sportsman's in CA was busy but had plenty of stock. SPPs were scarce, but I saw a few thousand federal match spp primers. Ar15's were in stock with customers expressing interest.. They were low in stock on revolvers, otherwise no shortage here!

[oldreloader]

I got caught in the last shortage.. I'm not overloaded but I have enough to last me a while!

[engineermike]

I just don't get it, what are these people doing with all this stuff. I guess it is a good thing that it keeps.

Oh wait a minute, I just remembered Dec. 21st is just a couple of day away. :)

[Jasper1573]

Go to Graf and Sons if you are in desperate need...they appear to have plenty of primers.

http://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/category/categoryId/3503

[rbernie]

I saw Natchez has a limit on primer sales. Im not a fequenter on online retailers, got primers comming out my ears. I dont know how long ago they put the limit on boxes of primers you could buy. I bought 10K from them last week without issue. Frankly, that's all that I can afford at one time. :)

[bikerdoc]

My LGS is out of powder and primers

[Certaindeaf]

Tulammo SR primers are out at Natchez within the last half hour finally. I had been curious and been checking on that. Prior to that/this, there was no limit on any primers that I could see, unlike someone's post above.
One added note, Natchez didn't raise their primer prices at all since/during this frenzy. I'm sure adjustments will be made as new stock becomes available to them.

[Walkalong]

Well, not many can say they weren't warned to stock up this time.

Me? I'll be waiting this little rush out, just like the last time. :)

[Certaindeaf]

I have a feeling people will still try to grub for crumbs where they can over this long holiday weekend.

[1858]

Me? I'll be waiting this little rush out, just like the last time.

I did order 10,000 Federal Match primers yesterday along with 16lb of H1000 but I'm still using primers that I bought in the mid '90s ... some powder and bullets too!! :D

[readyeddy]

I still got close to 20 year old primers I bought 2 or 3 "scares" ago.

Since then, I've just ignored the panic buying. The truth is that there are a lot of us and eventually we will make our voices heard if necessary. Then the politicians will listen to our message. It's the ebb and flow of politics where the trend bends in one direction and then bends back like a pendulum.

[NeuseRvrRat]

i do wish i could find some bulk 55 gr FMJs

[Ky Larry]

SPPs have been gone locally for a couple of months. There are no 150gr .30 cal bullets of any type to be found. Certain types of powder (IMR-4064, AA#5, Varget) are gone. Maybe the LGSs are trying to avoid the year end inventory tax. I have no idea where we'll be in a month.

[readyeddy]

http://www.midwayusa.com/Product/1165165907/hornady-bullets-22-caliber-224-diameter-55-grain-full-metal-jacket-boat-tail

Place a backorder at Midway. Hornady is good stuff and December 29 is just around the corner.

[kingmt]

I'm setting on so much that my 5 kids will probably never run out.

[Beau Bo]

http://www.midwayusa.com/Product/116...cket-boat-tail

Place a backorder at Midway. Hornady is good stuff and December 29 is just around the corner.

Thanks for the link readdyeddy. They seem to be good quality for a good price, we'll see if they ship on the 29th!!

[Cullen]

Oh God please don't take away my primers! I've only 200 or so left!

[ArchAngelCD]

Oh God please don't take away my primers! I've only 200 or so left!
Sorry to say it might be too late to find any primers at a reasonable price or in any quantity. I have not let my primer supply go below several boxes (box = 1K) for a very long time. You never should have let your supply go that low, especially since what happened in 2008.

[ChefJeff1]

I received my 200 cast bullets from Beartooth a couple weeks ago. Phewwww, I'm good for a lot of deer. :neener::neener:

[Baryngyl]

For many years I was lucky if I could afford to buy more then 3 or 4 boxes of 100 primers (Still that way) at a time, but a month ago I had a bit of left over cash after buying a home and moving and fixing up new (to me) home a bit (still needs a lot of fixing up) that I was able to buy a few sleeves/bricks/whatever they are called of 1,000 primers and some surplus powder.
Still no where near what I see some of you high volume shooters buying at one time several times a year, wish I could afford to do that even once every year or 3.


Michael Grace

[emb]

I wanted to restock some items in light of current events. One was SPPs. Most vendors are out of stock of these but seemed to have plenty of the others. I did find Federal Match primers at Midsouth. I goggled the SSP issue and saw that this has been going on a while. Maybe this simply results from the fact that most of the carry calibers use this size primer.

I did not have any problems finding my bullets or powder. Graf and free shipping!

[GT1]

I think I've been set for pistol for many months, now. Having recently picked up a couple colt rifles I have stocked up on most of that stuff and was done a few days ago for the most part(Must have had a funny feeling). I'm not likely to be a high-volume shooter, but it is hard to come up with a number for components that would be too much. ;)

[eam3clm@att.net]

I got caught by suprise in 2008 and ran low on small pistol primers. It took several months before I could get some at semi normal prices. The current run on everything seemed to take hold rather quickly. Not a political view, but Obama has been REALLY good for gun sales and related stuff. I would not be suprised if my grand children would read about the conspiercy between gun manufactures and the Obama admin in history class.

[Certaindeaf]

The stars aligned pretty ugly.. election, the mayans, Christmas and the Big Scare. Even with a lot of people pretty prepared, some things were not anticipated/foreseen.

[kingmt]

Well you guys talked me into joining the bandwagon. I went to Powder Valley & ordered 10K.

When I first looked they had the SR but I had to get LRM but by the time I places my order I had to get magnum in both sizes.

Oh well. Hope my kids appreciate all the reloading supplies I've stocked up for there kids. ;-)

[Certaindeaf]

^
I've never used SRM in normal small non-magnum pistols but use SR for small pistol all the time.

[Walkalong]

For the reloaders who went through the primer shortage after Clinton's first election, and especially for those reloaders who went through Obama's first post election buying spree, they should have been ready. I don't know what to say to them if they were not. They have had 2 1/2+ years of decent prices to stock up a little here and there.

I only feel sorry for the newcomers.

Buck up, this too shall pass. :)

[kingmt]

Well I only had about 40K but didn't figure the price would do anything but go up so another 10K didn't seem like a bad idea. Like I said I don't think the grand kids will mind using them.

[shooter_from_show-me]

Not for me it isn't, this year I made 3 decent purchases. 1 @ local gun show for 14k in Tula 9x19 NATO primers, Powder Valley was 38 #'s of powder during Octobers free hazmat fee and Widners 17k in SR primers and 16 #'s of powder.

So I will be ok for a while with 34k primers & 67 #'s of rifle and pistol powders. I learned a lesson from the shortage in 2008 and some of 2009.:D

[FrankB1948]

Stopped in Cabelas today to do some Christmas shopping. Most of the gun powder was gone, primers were down to individual packs (no bricks) and the line to buy guns was several hours long winding around the store. I was holding a can of 4227, and a salesman asked if I needed help. I said I knew what I wanted just trying to decide if I wanted to buy it today. He said "the way things are going, if you even think you might need it better buy it now". The president has unintentionally created a bonanza for gun stores.

[Walkalong]

figure the price would do anything but go up so another 10K didn't seem like a bad idea. Buying 10K of primers is never a bad idea, unless the price is out of this world of course. So far so good with primer prices for the most part, the availability is just hit and miss right now.

[rdhood]

I got caught in the last shortage.. I'm not overloaded but I have enough to last me a while!

This. I bought a boat load of stuff in 2008, and still have about half of it.

[Encoreman]

Guys, I certainly hope all of our grandkids gets to shoot up the supplies we have put back. That would make us all look down and smile. Smile that they would still have the freedom to shoot guns!! Merry Christmas to all!!

[68lemans462]

:rolleyes:

[4895]

Best advice I can come up with is to stop reloading. I just wanna buy 1 or 2 boxes of primers (100) for this or that. I just wanna save a few bucks over high-cost factory ammo. I just wanna shoot H110 magnum loads that make my eyes jiggle. I just wanna handload my rifles for benchrest accuracy while hunting. Guess I should buy a bunch of .22 lr and shoot until I get tired... Just like the UK (:-0)

[kingmt]

I don't even shoot 22LR any more because the cheep ammo is junk with no fire & bad accuracy. It is creeper to shoot my .223 Rem. with pulled bullets that will shoot groups half the size.

[GP100man]

I started stocking "MY" shelves as supplies returned after the 2008 shortage .

Although I was`nt out , but I did`nt have a soft enuff cushion.

I`m good for this 1 , nice & fluffy !

[WaywardSon]

I am lucky enough to have a good gun store nearby & have never bought reloading supplies online. That said, online is cheaper if you buy in large enough quantities to make the HazMat fee work out. I was in that store yesterday and was somewhat surprised to see that he had a least a fair stock of most powders and primers...except for small pistol primers.

I bought a brick of Rem. small rifle primers for $29.99...but could not make myself pull the trigger on an 8 lb. keg of Unique for $140.00...that's a lot of powder for me. May still do it though.