First time walking past primers on the shelf.

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Has anyone heard of Italy or Germany producing primers again? If international imports are a thing of the past - including the former Eastern Bloc if political and economic sanctions are extended and/or the US signs onto the small arms treaty - then all we will have is domestic production for ALL small arms ammunition. The DOD will get first dibs, followed by federal law enforcement, federal regulatory agencies, federal service agencies, federal protection agencies, then the State procurement offices, starting with law enforcement on down the line to protection services, then the larger counties and cities, then retail distributors and their preferences will be boxed "hunting" ammunition first, then target, sporting, an finally self-defense ammo. At the very end of the manufacturing supply chain will be handloading and reloading. Always follow the money.
 
:rofl:I’m not worried
Heard from a source who doesn’t want to be indentifed that there are 3 new primer plants being built!:rofl:
 
I was moving some stuff on a shelf in the dark corner of the basement today and found a Cabela’s bag with 3K S&B small rifle primers that I had picked up when they were on sale (remember those?) for like $19/K a couple of years ago. I feel like loading up 3K of 300 Blackout to celebrate!
 
Unfortunately some of our fellow reloaders/hoarders are contributing to this madness. Along with these hoarders some of the LGS are also feeding into the madness. For example one supplier will only sell powder by the case now. Why not allow people to buy one, two, or four, or whatever they need?
 
Unfortunately some of our fellow reloaders/hoarders are contributing to this madness. Along with these hoarders some of the LGS are also feeding into the madness. For example one supplier will only sell powder by the case now. Why not allow people to buy one, two, or four, or whatever they need?
Because it's less labor and shipping for them . Folks that know how to prepare do it in bulk , why bother with the cry babies that call the prepared folks "hoarders" because they were too cheap or ignorant to think forward ?
 
The local academy had some LPM sitting on the shelf and I walked past. I have nothing that uses those and about 500 LPP still at home. They were only 5.50 a sleeve but with only 45 that uses them I passed. If I was really hurting I may have grabbed them for cast in 308 due to the uber low loads....
So about $55 / Thousand which all things considered isn't bad. Not quite the $20 ~ $30 / Thousand we were used to but not bad and available. Considering some of the prices I have seen.

Ron
 
Well, my local academy had a small quantity of LPPs as well. I didn't pass on them. Course, I ain't got but maybe 4 years worth and have been stocking as per normal plan without regard to the pandemic.

Wish I could score some shotgun primers as a friend is looking.
 
8 pound jugs are two per case . I know all about working with a budget . The point of my post was... it gets pretty old old seeing the unprepared
calling the prepared "hoarders" .
I was thinking more 6 8lb jugs from powder valley. My dad had the bug real bad....
 
Before this all started I had just bought a low buck 9MM to take advantage of cheap steel cased ammo. Couldn't reload for that cheap. Never did get to buy one case of ammo before pricing went nuts.

Now I just bought a recurve bow to get through these rough times. So now that I have this bow I GUARANTEE the ammo shortage will end very soon.
 
Before this all started I had just bought a low buck 9MM to take advantage of cheap steel cased ammo. Couldn't reload for that cheap. Never did get to buy one case of ammo before pricing went nuts.

Now I just bought a recurve bow to get through these rough times. So now that I have this bow I GUARANTEE the ammo shortage will end very soon.
All of this got me to thinking. Primers I have, the problem with selling primers is the shipping. However, shipping primed brass is not a problem with Fed-Ex or UPS. I have a local large Fed-Ex facility right down the road. I also am pretty sure I have some 9mm brass somewhere around here. I haven't owned a 9mm since the early 90s when wife and I had a gun shop. I could look for that 9mm brass and prime it and sell it as primed, new, 9mm brass. I can get rid of the brass and about 1,000 primers all at the same time. Pretty sure it was Starline new brass. Thinking sending primed new brass is legit via Fed-Ex. Hell I no longer even own 9mm loading dies. :)

Ron
 
8 pound jugs are two per case . I know all about working with a budget . The point of my post was... it gets pretty old old seeing the unprepared
calling the prepared "hoarders" .

People who buy 100k primers or 100 lbs of pistol powder and shoot maybe 200 rounds a year are hoarders or, even worse, scalpers.
 
Most shops around here are $100 +. I've seen SPP sell at an auction for $335/1k. $75 sucks but I can still load cheaper than buying ammo even before everything went crazy.
to each his own - or is it - to each it’s own

I’ll give up the hobby before I pay those prices
 
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