stillquietvoice
Contributing Member
don't load small rifle so I don't know if it's safe to do because of a softer cup but will a SPP safely work in a 5.56 case?
Iirc the spp are not rated for high enough pressures for use in rifles.
don't load small rifle so I don't know if it's safe to do because of a softer cup but will a SPP safely work in a 5.56 case?
If I wasn't friends with a fellow "hoarder" like you I'd not have the 3000 SP primers he gave me for $40/1000 recently. I just got myself set up for my first attempt at reloading and was dead in the water with no primers. When I called him about the scarcity of components he said he had 20k SP primers. He had no idea of the shortages or prices going on now. He got obsessed with building large remote controlled airplanes a couple years ago and distracted from reloading. So guys like you can be very helpful sometimes. I was getting really frustrated before I thought of my old friend's legendary hoarding reputation.Never needed to reload but do on occasion. I have a hefty supply of ammo and dont shoot that much just enough to maintain a modicum of proficiency. I’m not looking to be a high speed low drag operator.
I have 3 presses, a few lbs of powder and a couple hundred bullets and I save all my brass. I have been collecting primers like a social disease for around a decade now. I think I have around 20 thousand of various makes and sizes. Even ones I will never need. Before you start screaming hoarder....and you would be right in a way.....I bought 10000 at once at a swap meet for pennies on the dollar so I have not really contributed to the “shortage” in that regard since I bought them second hand.
BCR#1, I am chilled out and you are right I was happy to score 2,000 primers a little while back . was under the imrpession/ hope that I would be able to trade them for the ones I really need , so far no takers . been listening to all of the suggestions to get some of what I am after . like jimmyvegas29 said you see all of these primers floating around out there at crazy prices so it appears that a lot of the people buying them or doing so just for profit which normally would be fine but to me they are adding to the shortage for soembody like me only looking to score a thousand . reied buying from a few people and they all diod not come though . looking for hand sanitizer and Lysol for my wife took a lot of work but I was able to score some here and there and figured out patterns / shipments at loclal stores. the local gun shops have no srp and I get a laugh when I ask when they are getting them . when I was seeing Lysol at Walmart I bought some and gave it away for free to a person I never met who was looking for some , the look on their face was priceless . I had a few cans and could have bought more and sold it but that was not the right thing to do so I told people lookigh for it where to find it . seeing the groups that stillquietvoice posted is why I want to get in this game thanks for the pictures. I am sure money will be saved with the prices of ammo now and that would be a nice bonus. my Dad has the presss and won't set anything up until I have the primers . been depriming all the brass by hand and had a wet tumbler on my list for Santa . I have hung out with a couple guys at the local range that reload and have picked their brain , also gave them some of my brass and pick up the spent brass fo them for when I see them . guess the annoyance is that I would have figured since April I could have found some of the srp primers I needed and this is the time my Dad and I have the most free time after the holidays . live and learn I got in at the wrong time
Don't quit. Wait it out.
After a day of thinking about this, I have changed my mind.
Go ahead and quit, until us old guys have got our primers.
Then start back up.
The only way I would consider it hoarding would be if you had 2X times more than you could possibly use in the rest of your lifetime. Even then it might not be either. Or you never plan on reloading or owning furearms.
hoard
n.
1. A supply or store of something held or hidden for future use.
trove
(trōv)
n.
A collection of valuable items discovered or found; a treasure-trove.
---Some of us have supplies of food, toilet paper, reloading supplies, and clothing that are more than enough to get is to the next paycheck.
Flatsticks do you consider it hoarding if one buys things over the years in times of plenty that they can actually use and afford. Some of us have supplies of food, toilet paper, reloading supplies, and clothing that are more than enough to get is to the next paycheck. I thank my experience and a good job for the ability to ride through the rough patch intact and not wanting. I feel bad for those that want----no, need something and can't get it now. I have been there in the past. This will pass and we all will come out smarter and leaner. If I was in your area I would help you as I have helped a couple other local guys start by supplying missing components in the last 6 months. Still saying another reloader is hoarding because they learned over the last dozen or so times this has happened to buy ahead seems short sighted to me. Guess I am a dinosaur because I remember a time when I wanted something I filled out an order form, put it and a check into an envelope then waited weeks for what I wanted to arrive. Amazon is amazing IF they have what you want in stock, we are spoiled because of this buisness model I am afraid. I also hope primers are back in stock soon as I need to replace what I gave those starting reloaders out of my modest " hoard". Just sayin'.
It's all cool!
It can be really frustrating looking for stuff that suddenly becomes unobtanium. We all will be on the lookout for primers but I fear the ammo suppliers will use their primers to build their own ammo for a larger profit before providing us reloaders any more in the pipeline. It truly sucks.
...do you consider it hoarding if one buys things over the years in times of plenty that they can actually use and afford.
I think one thing that would really be great is to have enough of us join together and not buy one single primer off of the Gunbroker Gougers.