ALERT!-primer info
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Dark Skies
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"How many primers could the folks in GB possibly use?"
A good point - to which I would say it will be proportional to the amount that the shopkeep feels prudent to order in to keep up with demand. A few months back I just couldn't get them at all. A month back when I asked elsewhere I was asked if I was on 'the list'. Now I can get them in abundance.
Lever actions are very popular here - most shooter with a decent collection of rifles will have about two in say a collection of ten. Most owners will have at least one in a modest collection. A few guys at my club have nothing but lever actions. They also tend to be into black powder western style pistols. I'm sketchy on these - they use small pistol primers though - don't they?
A good point - to which I would say it will be proportional to the amount that the shopkeep feels prudent to order in to keep up with demand. A few months back I just couldn't get them at all. A month back when I asked elsewhere I was asked if I was on 'the list'. Now I can get them in abundance.
Lever actions are very popular here - most shooter with a decent collection of rifles will have about two in say a collection of ten. Most owners will have at least one in a modest collection. A few guys at my club have nothing but lever actions. They also tend to be into black powder western style pistols. I'm sketchy on these - they use small pistol primers though - don't they?
I've just begun to reload again after 15 or so years. (I had given away my equipment to a friend who wanted to get started and I thought I wouldn't be reloading again.)
But the bug bit me again in early February this year, and I had to get everything (fortunately this time a better grade of stuff).
Anyway, it's been a h-ll of a time to start and it's been a long slow process to get both equipment and components to load for even a modest number of rounds for a couple of pistol calibers.
Threads like this we can all do without.
But the bug bit me again in early February this year, and I had to get everything (fortunately this time a better grade of stuff).
Anyway, it's been a h-ll of a time to start and it's been a long slow process to get both equipment and components to load for even a modest number of rounds for a couple of pistol calibers.
Threads like this we can all do without.
Redneck with a 40
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I'm sitting pretty on powder, primers, bullets and brass for the calibers I reload, 40 S&W, 38 spl, 357 mag, and .308. The only thing I need is ONE brick of large rifle primers, I'm hoping I can find a brick at the next gun show, for less than $30. I'm not paying more than $35.
I was prudent, I knew what was coming, so I did all my buying 18 month's ago and at the rate I use this stuff, I still have plenty left.
I was prudent, I knew what was coming, so I did all my buying 18 month's ago and at the rate I use this stuff, I still have plenty left.
mgkdrgn
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Amen brother!
I reloaded 12g shotgun years ago (still have the equipment). I intend to start that up again, and have been collecting equipment to reload 45 Colt and 9mm as well. Took a trip to the local Sportsman Warehouse here yesterday to see what reloading components they might have.
There was no lead shot.
There 1 tray of 100 Federal Shotgun primers, and a case of Remington 209's.
There were no pistol or rifle primers of any kind.
There was no powder of any kind.
There was pretty much no unfired brass.
There was a smattering of bullets in odd calibers.
There was pretty much no loaded pistol ammo. (3 boxes of 454 Causal, I bought 1.)
There was pretty much no loaded rifle ammo.
There was no 22 ammo.
For all intents and purposes ... 4 empty aisles in this store. And they had no idea when, or if, they would be getting any new supplies of anything.
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Otto said:
Sure! How many do you want to give me?
(I'm always willing to "help"!)
ny32182
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Around here, the powder shelves are a lot more bare than they used to be, but *some* kind of powder for whatever you want to load can still be had, usually. I got started handloading .223 and .308 a little over a year ago, and when I see a can of Varget or H335 available, I will pick it up. And I do see them, just not a lot of them.
Primers are a different story; they are gone, and I never see them. I am sitting on about 2k SR and 1k LR, which is enough to last me for a while.
I am trying to get into autopistol loading now (9mm to start). My dies and other gear are on backorder; I found a couple cans of HS-6 yesterday, which I believe is enough for a couple thousand rounds or more. I have bullets on backorder, and I understand they will come eventually. Primers, I have no clue when I will see any.
Shotgun primers are the exception; there are plenty of those around. None for metallic loading.
Primers are a different story; they are gone, and I never see them. I am sitting on about 2k SR and 1k LR, which is enough to last me for a while.
I am trying to get into autopistol loading now (9mm to start). My dies and other gear are on backorder; I found a couple cans of HS-6 yesterday, which I believe is enough for a couple thousand rounds or more. I have bullets on backorder, and I understand they will come eventually. Primers, I have no clue when I will see any.
Shotgun primers are the exception; there are plenty of those around. None for metallic loading.
Andy_C
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I received an order of .45 Colt cartridges yesterday, and in addition to what I'd ordered there were 14 boxes (400 each) of CCI Small Rifle primers in the carton! I was really happy until I realized they were all empty and had merely been added to keep the ammo from shifting in the box It was a happy surprise for a few moments, anyway. One of the downsides from ordering reloaded ammo is that those guys have and use lots of primers...
I was really happy until I realized they were all empty and had merely been added to keep the ammo from shifting in the box It was a happy surprise for a few moments, anyway. One of the downsides from ordering reloaded ammo is that those guys have and use lots of primers...
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