So... I bought some primers yesterday on Gunbroker

ammomaker said:

Seeking input...is anyone out there familiar with Servicios aventeras (tipo) primers?? Produced in Central Mexico. Only thing I have determined is the "cup" is made of brass and are the "boxer" type. Anyone with opinion on reliability??

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GeoDudeFlorida said:

Score!

kit weren’t cheap - $55/#+tax - but I did find IMR 4064, IMR 4895, and WST locally - well, sort of local. An hour and a half drive each way but worth it. They had two bricks of CCI 4BR primers which I left cause I don’t need them. Let the next guy have a shot.

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tightgroup tiger said:

I was in Sportsmen's Warehouse yesterday and they actually had some Pistol powder. Their long shot was priced at $28.00 a lb, not bad at all but I didn't buy it. I don't need it. Someone else might though.
I asked them about primers and they said they haven't seen any for over a year.

They were putting out ammo yesterday when I was there, I didn't see any 9mm.
The local indoor shooting range I shoot at doesn't have any problem finding it and I'm wondering how they are getting it when no one else can.

This is in Greensboro, NC.
I won't run out for quite a while , but I'm like Walkalong, I will wait for the prices to stabilize before I start replacing stock.

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Lennyjoe said:

I just got 1K of 400’s and 1K of 450’s on Midway just now at $75 per. Add shipping and hazmat ($36 total) which puts them just under $100 per 1K after taxes. Not the best deal but at least I have some coming.

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PADoubleX said:

So everyone is thinking 8 cents a primer is kind of a normal price right now. If you were the primer manufacturer why would you sell for less when the "recovery" comes? Brass is approaching a 25 year high, truck driver shortages driving up the price of fuel and delivery, plus $15 minimum wage is coming, you've got the pressures of the fed leaning on the gun industry. What's the rationale for components to come back down to pre COVID prices?

I'm on the hunt, every day, for primers. I just sold, Friday, some crypto (DOGE) for .33 a coin, I paid .005 a coin, today its 53.6 a coin. I'm trying to get back in on a dip at .44. My point is everything for the foreseeable future is going higher. You'll see a huge correction in the market, the Fed can't print anymore money, how will you hold off inflation? The greater concern is stagnation. I don't like it, but frankly, I'll buy at market price to keep me going in what I'm doing. For me, having my silos full of grain today makes more sense than to wait until prices come down to a price *I* think they should be. My 2 cents.

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Howa 9700 said:

Semi-sorta related, drove past a local gun shop I didn't know was there the other day. Went in to look around. I did finally get an answer to one of life's burning questions. How many layers of distribution must products go through before they hit the shelves.

With big players like Midway, Walmart, etc,......none. They buy direct. Everyone else goes through only 1 layer of wholesale, but that is dispersed among at least 8 to 10 different wholesalers. Everyone buys from these same guys. No telling what kind of wheeling and dealing cracks loose when they make that phone call. Some shops are probably favorites or know someone......or they have an understanding of some sort. Some may have to go through two layers..........they may get product on the shelves, but not at a price anyone wants to pay.

He did confirm they are getting ammo......not an abundance, but in normal times, enough. Somehow the word they have ammo gets dispersed to cell phones.....and the hordes arrive to pick the shelves clean. They sold 5,000 rounds in one hour last Monday. Don't remember what the limit was but he did say they had one.

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PADoubleX said:

So everyone is thinking 8 cents a primer is kind of a normal price right now. If you were the primer manufacturer why would you sell for less when the "recovery" comes? Brass is approaching a 25 year high, truck driver shortages driving up the price of fuel and delivery, plus $15 minimum wage is coming, you've got the pressures of the fed leaning on the gun industry. What's the rationale for components to come back down to pre COVID prices?

I'm on the hunt, every day, for primers. I just sold, Friday, some crypto (DOGE) for .33 a coin, I paid .005 a coin, today its 53.6 a coin. I'm trying to get back in on a dip at .44. My point is everything for the foreseeable future is going higher. You'll see a huge correction in the market, the Fed can't print anymore money, how will you hold off inflation? The greater concern is stagnation. I don't like it, but frankly, I'll buy at market price to keep me going in what I'm doing. For me, having my silos full of grain today makes more sense than to wait until prices come down to a price *I* think they should be. My 2 cents.

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pairof44sp said:

There is or was a whole scene on Youtube of guys who buy stuff at WalMart and resell it on ebay

Their vids are entertaining, and I investigated one of the guys and it turned out he was actually making $50-100 a day just reselling stuff from box stores

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GeoDudeFlorida said:

What's sad is he could make twice that at an honest job if he applied the same thought and effort to it. What you can get away with and what's honest are not always the same thing.

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pairof44sp said:

I bought a bunch of expired food from a hobo friend who was reselling stuff he’d bought at the 99 Cent store.

“Good grief, if you applied yourself to legit business, you could actually make some real money,” is what went thru my head

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GeoDudeFlorida said:

This isn't actually off topic... When I was working in Vero Beach back in the 80's there was a food truck that would setup in the parking lot of the thrift store. They had good food - sandwiches, soups, stews - and sodas. Weren't cheap but weren't pricey, either. Their truck was always clean and they looked tidy enough. Across the street in a vacant lot there was a guy in a van with an outdoor fryer and a cooler. He sold "meat on a stick" and beer. He looked dirty, long greasy hair, dirt clothes, his van looked like it belonged in a horror movie. First time I saw him I asked one of the locals who it was, "Oh, you mean 'Dan'? Don't eat his garbage. Trust me." I did. Later found out the locals called him "Van-Dan the Road-Kill Man." There was a reason for it. Funny thing is he always had a line.

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