I'm a dealer, and I can't get any primers, any brand--haven't been able to for 3+ months. Same thing with most powders. Hodgden sent a letter to distributors (that supply dealers) about 2 months ago stating that they would be producing no 8# containers of any powder for at least 6 months. Seems like they are also not producing 1# containers either.
I CAN NOT PROVE THIS--but I believe the deal is thus: all these manufacturers have government contracts, big ones. I believe that the government has told them that if they want to keep their government contracts, then they must greatly curtail distribution to the public. "Our" governments new way to limit potential firepower of the public. Working pretty good, too!