Cabelas primers

[stonebuster]

I checked my "local" Cabelas yesterday for SPP and as usual they were OOS and hadn't had any in a couple of weeks. The same employee I see regularly stated that primers had gone up to $89 from $79(SPP/SRP) since the last time I bought a brick two months ago. This Cabelas is also limiting to 1 brick per customer if you're lucky enough to catch them in stock. Fortunately a friend gave me 3K Federal LPM I had no use for so I consigned them with a LGS who sold them for $100/1000ct. I went to LGS to pick up $240 after he got his 20% and noticed he had 2K Winchester SPP on the shelf on an estate consignment. I gave LGS his $200 back and left with the 2K SPP and $40 in my pocket. I'm too old to be patient for prices to come down so I can live with 10 cent primers.

 

[Mark_Mark]

I checked my "local" Cabelas yesterday for SPP and as usual they were OOS and hadn't had any in a couple of weeks. The same employee I see regularly stated that primers had gone up to $89 from $79(SPP/SRP) since the last time I bought a brick two months ago. This Cabelas is also limiting to 1 brick per customer if you're lucky enough to catch them in stock. Fortunately a friend gave me 3K Federal LPM I had no use for so I consigned them with a LGS who sold them for $100/1000ct. I went to LGS to pick up $240 after he got his 20% and noticed he had 2K Winchester SPP on the shelf on an estate consignment. I gave LGS his $200 back and left with the 2K SPP and $40 in my pocket. I'm too old to be patient for prices to come down so I can live with 10 cent primers.

buy what you need to have fun man!

 

[Yankee1986]

I'm too old to be patient for prices to come down

Exactly!
I doubt they ever come "down" and stay, with any consistency anyway.

 

[James Collins]

I swear if you add something to your online cart then wait a few days they will send you a deal

 

[Mark_Mark]

I swear if you add something to your online cart then wait a few days they will send you a deal

100%! lol lets all add primers to our carts and not buy! mess with there algorithms

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

I have not resorted to selling primers at the LGS, but I have traded some for what was needed.

More accurately, I have provided some needed primers to friends in exchange for other primers. A buddy needed some SPP, I have enough but am slightly short of SRP. Even up swap.
Same for my LPP and another guys' LRP.

Win-win, and nobody's taking a cut.

 

[Howland937]

I have not resorted to selling primers at the LGS, but I have traded some for what was needed.

More accurately, I have provided some needed primers to friends in exchange for other primers. A buddy needed some SPP, I have enough but am slightly short of SRP. Even up swap.
Same for my LPP and another guys' LRP.

Win-win, and nobody's taking a cut.

I've bought some and traded some, but haven't sold any either. I'm not above selling things I don't need or want and even making a few $ here and there, but even my "extra" primers will have to be replaced someday. So they're worth more to me than what they'd sell for and they're not eating anything.

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

...even my "extra" primers will have to be replaced someday. So they're worth more to me than what they'd sell for and they're not eating anything.

Precisely. I couldn't have said it better.

 

[BigBlue 94]

I swear if you add something to your online cart then wait a few days they will send you a deal

Brownells definitely does this: usually 15% off minimum of $150

 

[stonebuster]

I have not resorted to selling primers at the LGS, but I have traded some for what was needed.

More accurately, I have provided some needed primers to friends in exchange for other primers. A buddy needed some SPP, I have enough but am slightly short of SRP. Even up swap.
Same for my LPP and another guys' LRP.

Win-win, and nobody's taking a cut.

That was my original idea but personally know very few reloaders. Listed them here for swap but had to be FTF since I won't ship illegally. I like my little LGS and they've treated me well before so I don't mind if he makes a few bucks out of the deal. He hasn't charged me for a transfer yet.

 

[Mark_Mark]

That was my original idea but personally know very few reloaders. Listed them here for swap but had to be FTF since I won't ship illegally. I like my little LGS and they've treated me well before so I don't mind if he makes a few bucks out of the deal. He hasn't charged me for a transfer yet.

if he hasn’t charged you for a transfer then give the guy some business. that a bunch of money you saved. Here is Seattle my local charges $30 per transfer and thats a good price too

 

[JEBruns]

I scored a lot of primers this past spring/summer at the local BP, back when they were $40-$45 per K for CCI SPP and SRP. Only 1K per day per person (wife would sometimes come with, so we'd get 2K). Took some time, but built up a pretty good inventory on them. I did sell some to one good friend, but only 2K. No profit, sold it for what I paid.

Seems like primers have become harder to get now, for whatever reason. That has surprised me. I figured they would continue to become easier to get, once they started showing up again. I'm not buying at the current prices, but still check anytime I'm in BP. I did see some recently. CCI was $70 per K, Fed blue box was at $80. Sure looking forward to the day when you can walk in anytime and find them on a shelf. Seems that may be a ways off in the future though.

 

[PapaG]

I "found" several thousand small pistol primers in a box of stuff given to me by a friend. I have plenty for now so I've been trading them for shotshell primers. The going is slow but having some success. I saw prices everywhere from $60 to $120.

 

[James Collins]

100%! lol lets all add primers to our carts and not buy! mess with there algorithms

I swear it works!!

 

[Mark_Mark]

I swear it works!!

I believe you!!!