Should we have a primer section ?
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Phantom 309
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I vote nay. I've seen other places that have the reloading subforum broken up into sections for data/ components/ equipment/ etc. I guess it works ok, but I like having it all in one place like we do now. And I think we'll wake up from this primer nightmare at some point, and then either the admins will delete it or we'll just have a defunct primer section for a few years until the cycle repeats.
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Primer Nightmare. nice prospective
WestKentucky
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We are a gun enthusiast group. You break that down once and you have rifle, pistol, shotgun, reloading, gunsmithing, etc... Toss in a couple very much related topics... hunting, knives, leatherwork (hint hint) and you get to the exact spot we are in now. If you go further down you start losing people by breaking the group down. That’s no bueno. I think we are almost at a good point, we just need that leather working section.
Specifically to primers, once the shortage ends you won’t see so many threads anymore.
Specifically to primers, once the shortage ends you won’t see so many threads anymore.
Amen. I need to see gun and knife related leather work. That way I can get good ideas.
Klaatu Barada Nikto
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I only use primer if the finish coat is a light color or if I've had to wood fill and sand.
tightgroup tiger
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I can see all those threads being closed in short order.
Better Homes and Gardens is to commercialized these days, we'd never get through all the adds.
I vote that Martha Stewart would be a better choice, I'll bet she uses an ultrasonic cleaner too!
FROGO207
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Well reloading is reloading! Just use the handy search function. Keep it simple folks.
ETA: There are a lot of impatient members that it seems don't like to take the time to research the topic and just post a new question for some reason. Hence the repeating topic merry go round. This keeps things interesting to a point but sometimes things are just beat to death it seems. Oh well back to the regularly scheduled topics.
Keep it simple folks.ETA: There are a lot of impatient members that it seems don't like to take the time to research the topic and just post a new question for some reason. Hence the repeating topic merry go round. This keeps things interesting to a point but sometimes things are just beat to death it seems. Oh well back to the regularly scheduled topics.
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Lennyjoe
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No. Reloading buy/sell/trade section is used for stuff like that.
AJC1
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Hay man I have been trying to get a casting and lead bullet subfolders back of the line buddy
No because right now it will only be a crying page for the ones that found some & crying about the price they paid or the ones crying that they can't find any. The guy at my local gun shop says it will be a year or two before we start seeing primers start flowing back in.
gonoles_1980
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Which section would a discussion of a load with various powders, bullet weights and substituting small rifle or regular primers for magnum primers and crimp changes go? It'd start getting real confusing real quickly where to do a post and which forums to peruse. The reason there are a lot of primer posts currently is because primers are scarce. When they eventually come back it'll get back to normal again.
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No, the only reason we are talking about primers at this level is due to lack of primers.
Klaatu Barada Nikto
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I'd like to see something similar as well. Say sub folders for each popular round, complete with bullet weights, types of powders used, FPS and COL. What load guide your initial setup was from, etc.
Possibly the posters opinion of grouping at x distances and a warning if it's a heavy load.
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Things look to be improving. We've had several days in a row now with primers coming available and lasting a bit longer than a nanosecond
I can see all those threads being closed in short order.
Better Homes and Gardens is to commercialized these days, we'd never get through all the adds.
I vote that Martha Stewart would be a better choice, I'll bet she uses an ultrasonic cleaner too!
She has a Federal arrest, not sure if she can play with guns?
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WestKentucky
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Perhaps her new friend Snoop could be the one. They seem to be peas and carrots these days. I’m not sure if his street cred has suffered or if hers is that good following her stint, but either way that’s an odd pair.She has a Federal arrest, not sure if she can play with guns?
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Fedarm can keep them in stock so I don't see what all the fuss is a about.
With the title of this forum "Handloading and Reloading" adding a specific component only section may (?) be appropriate. But 99% of the primer questions today are just the problems associated with the present shortage. Many, many threads are "can I use an XX primer instead of xx primers?", second is probably "anyone find any xx primers?". Once primers become more available these questions will slow waaaay down and the sub-forum will probably become a ghost town.
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