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Who's paying $110 per thousand for primers?

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Not yet, at that price 200, would have to do. But I am still not seeing them locally period, but there don't seem to be that many gun shops anymore, My Academy has always been anemic, I think the socks and underwear guy took it over the ammo/reloading orders.
 
<shrug> 110.00 including hazmat and shipping (70 to 80 not including shipping and hazmat) may be the new normal for a while. I'll keep loading and shooting at my normal prepanic rate, and I'll keep buying primers as I use my stock and I see them come up online. I went into this panic with 40 or 50K primers, and I'll come out of it about the same, but I will never have reduced my shooting or loading one bit. It's only money, and you can't take it with you. With inflation sitting at 6%, and the cost of lead and copper 2x what it was 2 years ago....it's going to be a long time indeed before primers are under 40 bucks a thousand again...if you want to shoot, you're gonna have to wrap your head around it. In fact, I guarantee that there will be 2 more elections (midterm, and general) before primers go pack to pre 2019 prices. Elections along with political meddling, any future mass shootings, and a resurgence of another Covid variant........and the panic resets. So I'll buy 'em when I can and whenever I see them. Maybe next year they are back to being cheap and I paid to much and pissed away a few hundred bucks.....or maybe I'll be the last one left still having thousand round range days with my buddies for fun....who knows...but 2 things will be certain a year from now...I won't much lose any sleep over the extra 7 cents a primer I paid, and I will have primers and still be shooting. If saving a few bucks is worth it to you, by all means, makes me happy....more primers for me to buy, and buy I will.
 
I paid 50 for 1k Small pistol mag match primers at sportsmans,1k is usually about 37 or so cept for match primers. Paid close to hundy for 1k spp from Brownells about a month ago.
 
I've seen Midway has primers for $75/1000 (plus shipping & taxes) and the killer with that is the quantity limit of 1. Now, if they had large and small pistol and small pistol magnum all available at the same time, I'd grab one of each. I still don't like paying $75 for them, but it's better than the $150 it was 6 months ago, but that's not happening because the supply and demand is so out of whack.

I'm already mentally prepared that primers will be $50 a brick from now on with $40 being a sale price. When the prices get to that, I'll buy 10K small and large primers, but the issue is I think we're going to be dealing with quantity limits for a long time.
 
11 cents per primer is a bit steep. Still, being able to reload a round for about 20 cents might seem ok to many people these days, especially with factory ammo at over $1 per round.
 
Zendude said:
11 cents per primer is a bit steep. Still, being able to reload a round for about 20 cents might seem ok to many people these days, especially with factory ammo at over $1 per round.
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9mm is $20 for aluminum case.
 
I bought some for about $75 per 1K but by the time they put shipping & Has Mat charge it was just a little over $100 per 1k.
It's still better than buying at a local shop they are charging $200 per 1K.
 
TTv2 said:
9mm is $20 for aluminum case.
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True. My local Academy had 9mm Blazer aluminum for $15 a box on the shelf last week. I don’t know if it’s in stock today though. I think there was a 2 box limit.
But if you need something other than 9mm, then reloading might be the only option. I haven’t seen 38 Special factory ammo in months. I don’t even bother to check for 32 H&R anymore.
 
8.6 MILLION new, first-time, never even thought of it before gun buyers in 2020 and 2021 is on track to top that number according to the NSSF. That’s not total guns sold, folks; that’s just the number of first time buyers.
And y’all think demand for ammo is going to hit rock bottom… when?
 
EricBu said:
<shrug> 110.00 including hazmat and shipping (70 to 80 not including shipping and hazmat) may be the new normal for a while. I'll keep loading and shooting at my normal prepanic rate, and I'll keep buying primers as I use my stock and I see them come up online. I went into this panic with 40 or 50K primers, and I'll come out of it about the same, but I will never have reduced my shooting or loading one bit. It's only money, and you can't take it with you. With inflation sitting at 6%, and the cost of lead and copper 2x what it was 2 years ago....it's going to be a long time indeed before primers are under 40 bucks a thousand again...if you want to shoot, you're gonna have to wrap your head around it. In fact, I guarantee that there will be 2 more elections (midterm, and general) before primers go pack to pre 2019 prices. Elections along with political meddling, any future mass shootings, and a resurgence of another Covid variant........and the panic resets. So I'll buy 'em when I can and whenever I see them. Maybe next year they are back to being cheap and I paid to much and pissed away a few hundred bucks.....or maybe I'll be the last one left still having thousand round range days with my buddies for fun....who knows...but 2 things will be certain a year from now...I won't much lose any sleep over the extra 7 cents a primer I paid, and I will have primers and still be shooting. If saving a few bucks is worth it to you, by all means, makes me happy....more primers for me to buy, and buy I will.
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The only good thing about Covid is it’s cured every other cause of death.
 
TTv2 said:
9mm is $20 for aluminum case.
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Sweet! So who has .38S&W 160gr HP in stock and how much is it? That’s one of my favorite loads and it shoots great out of my solid frame revolvers. Oh, and the next time you see .45AutoRim 255gr hollow base for the Webley Mk 1, let me know.
 
GeoDudeFlorida said:
From Florida? With gas at $3/gal and higher?
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Let's see, just this year alone ... we drove to PA and back, TX twice and I just got back from NE.

No, I didn't pick up any primers because I stocked up well when they were $20/1000.

I did like Texas BBQ ... I know why my sister's family is moving down there this year. < Drool >
 
LiveLife said:
Let's see, just this year alone ... we drove to PA and back, TX twice and I just got back from NE.

No, I didn't pick up any primers because I stocked up well when they were $20/1000.

I did like Texas BBQ ... I know why my sister's family is moving down there this year. < Drool >
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I’m glad you’re so well stocked up - it keeps you out of the market - and that you were able to retire so young and wealthy. I still work for another seven years before I get full retirement and can think about such things. I am wondering though, given how well stocked up you are, and you obviously have nearly perfect predictive abilities, why are you even concerned about the current price of primers? Just here to brag, maybe? Belittle a few of your fellow shooters? That’s nice. You go right ahead. Enjoy.
 
Just read a thread from a Federal Ammo dealer who said a couple years ago a guy would come in and buy a rifle and a couple of boxes of ammo. Now a guy comes in and buys a rifle and a case of ammo. Another guy comes in and grabs any ammo on the shelf and says "you got a gun that shoots this stuff?" And we wonder why there is a shortage.
 
GeoDudeFlorida said:
I’m glad you’re so well stocked up - it keeps you out of the market - and that you were able to retire so young and wealthy. I still work for another seven years before I get full retirement and can think about such things. I am wondering though, given how well stocked up you are, and you obviously have nearly perfect predictive abilities, why are you even concerned about the current price of primers? Just here to brag, maybe? Belittle a few of your fellow shooters? That’s nice. You go right ahead. Enjoy.
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Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed today or are you just normally this way? He wasn’t bragging or showing off, he just replied with his current status on the subject. Lighten up a bit.
 
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