What supplies do you want?

Primers and lead to cast bullets with. I have plenty of powder and quite a few rifle projectiles, but most of my pistol loading is cast lead.

Money.

Thomasss said:

primers. I know 3 suppliers that haven't seen any primers since February.

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COVID too dangerous for those who use explosives everyday?
And it isn’t like the primer making process has a lot of inter personal contact. I saw ten minutes of it before I realized it was the worst job in the world...

Oh, wait. That might be why. Excuse-19 to avoid standing for eight hours making tiny flat, highly explosive, cupcakes.

5k SPPs, I will be a happy man and my stock will be where I want it. I need a break from looking, the last few months have been a bit exhausting. Know what I mean?

about 5k of primers in small pistol, or small pistol magnum or small rifle or small rifle magnum or some combination to make up about 5k

I wouldn’t mind another couple thousand small rifle primers and some more lead, but I’m good with what I have for about 5 years.

10k 9mm 124 jhp.

I stocked up on components after the Obamadama shortage, got plenty of powder, bullets and primers but primers are something I could always use more of.

I don't actually need anything right now having learned my lesson after the last shortage. But the one item I haven't seen for the longest time is pistol primers, small or large. I did make sure to have LOTS of percussion caps this time. They were slower to return to the shelves than anything else. Fortunately, they are slower to use up.

Jeff

Thomasss said:

I think my answer would be pistol primers.

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Mine too.

Wads and shot; I have enough pistol primers and powders

Primers. A pound of powder doesn't go far in these.
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Good Lord!! Your not kidding^^, I don’t have a 460 but when I load up H110/296 for my 454Casull or 475Linebaugh my powder hopper looks like it has a hole in it.

adcoch1 said:

Primers and lead to cast bullets with.

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This exactly.

I could use another brick of large rifle primers. Can you ever have too much lead and shot?

Found myself a little short on small pistol primers. Not out by any means, but I've got about a year until I feel a bit pinched. Thought I had the problem solved. LGS was putting in an order for me for 5K when they were still available (been a great guy over the years, calls me up and lets me know when he's putting in an order, shares the FFL discount, takes payment over the phone when it arrives). He decided to retire and close shop instead of dealing with the COVID BS!.

Thomasss said:

Knowing what you have and the situation in our great country right now, what would like to have more of right now or for the next year?

I think my answer would be pistol primers. A pound of pistol powder will last awful long time; like 1200 rounds. And I cast hard SWC, but more primers would be on my mind. I just swapped Hi-Tek bullets for a brick of primers. I know 3 suppliers that haven't seen any primers since February.

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Time to reload and shoot what I have. I've been busier this year than ever.
If anything. It would be 77 smk.

George P said:

Wads and shot; I have enough pistol primers and powders

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Yes, me too. I've been shooting more skeet these days than metallic cartridges.

small pistol primers and/or small rifle primers. i can all ways use more.

sparkyv said:

Primers. A pound of powder doesn't go far in these. View attachment 947371
460S&W

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That's an understatement.

cfullgraf said:

Yes, me too. I've been shooting more skeet these days than metallic cartridges.

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sporting clays for me; although skeet or 5-stand will do in a pinch

Darn it, I just looked at my lead reserves because of you all, down to 50 lbs.. So yeh, small pistol primers and now I have to get back to the tire shop and sort more damn wheel weights..... thanks a lot fellas..

Primers in general and small rifle variants in particular have evaporated. I think it's a symptom of the industry trying to address an unprecedented demand for ammunition. Factory ammunition makers are your biggest competition for primers right now because ammuntion buyers are a much larger market than reloaders. There's no overall scarcity of primers; it's just a market dislocation. Eventually the market for ammo will be saturated and demand will start to fall in line with supply. Prices and availability will return to normal. When? I don't know, but it will be some time after you've paid over a hundred dollars for a sleeve of primers that you purchased after a frenzied online search.

While I'm not exactly low on primers they are impossible to find now and who knows when that will change, so if I could choose I'd go for any small primers, rifle or pistol, magnum or standard. I haven't had much problem getting powder at decent prices and bullets are available although pricey. Two weeks ago my LGS had some primers but there was a 500 pc limit so that's what I bought. I'm planning on going today and if they have any I'll buy another 500 or whatever the current limit is.

I'm pretty well set. I stocked up on primers, powder, and projectiles early this year...just had a feeling that hard times were coming. I've also toned down the amount of ammunition I go through on a given range trip so that supplies on hand will last a bit longer.

I haven't done any casting since my black powder days in the 80's. I'm gearing up for that and plan to try out this newfangled powder coating business. Seems much easier than the cake pan method from back in the day. I need molds, lead, and a place to setup that station.

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