Primer Cost

[rromeo]

Used? I'll sell you a few thousand used primers for $20 per thousand.

 

[clutch]

I'm thinking that by the time things settle down my stock of primers will need replenishment. I'm thinking buying 15K primers at once from Powder Valley or some one else with some powder to pad it out will make the 27 dollar hazmat fee easier to swallow. On reflection 30K sounds more reasonable, the house will be paid off by then.

 

[StretchNM]

I am at approximately 16800 primers right now in CCI, Win, Wolf, and Federal. I'm going to do like you, Clutch, and order another 13K once things return to normal.

My powder is at 44lbs. That'll get boosted too. I can keep 50lbs here at the house and I'll put the overflow out on our land. Lesson learned: after these last two shortages, and especially this one, there is no reason to find ourselves in a bind again. Otherwise, we have no one but ourselves to blame.

 

[hentown]

Most I've paid, so far, was about $22 per k. However, just made a deal for 50k small rifle primers @ $24 per k. However, there's no shipping or hazmat involved, so I'm o.k. with the deal.

I use small rifle primers for both 9mm and .223 reloading, and I do a bunch of each. I'm selling all the .223s that I can crank out @ $.75 each, 124gr fmj 9mm @ $.60 each. Found one buyer who will buy everything that I make, for the immediate future.

 

[KansasSasquatch]

Most I've paid, so far, was about $22 per k. However, just made a deal for 50k small rifle primers @ $24 per k. However, there's no shipping or hazmat involved, so I'm o.k. with the deal.

I use small rifle primers for both 9mm and .223 reloading, and I do a bunch of each. I'm selling all the .223s that I can crank out @ $.75 each, 124gr fmj 9mm @ $.60 each. Found one buyer who will buy everything that I make, for the immediate future.

For your sake I hope you have the proper license. I know in recent times the ATF has stooped low enough to scour regional/local forums. I'm sure they at least skim over big forums like THR from time to time.

I'd sure like to know where a guy can even find 50k of primers in one place right now. Even big suppliers like Powder Valley are limiting to 10k when they have stock.

 

[Constrictor]

Before tha panic I was just buying primers locally for $42/k after taxes. During the panic I picked up Tula primers for 27.50/k after shipping/tax/hazmat from Powder Valley. $30/k for Russian and $45/k for US is about all I'm willing to pay at this point. It seems high to the people that paid $15-20 5-10 years ago, but they must forget about about inflation and supply/demand. But there's still a point when high prices are simply gouging.

How can they be gouging when there are other sources available!?

 

[KansasSasquatch]

Call it how you see it and I'll do the same. With the supply of ammo being short these days there's plenty of new reloaders who might not know any better or are desperate. Taking advantage of people in extreme manners and getting rich quick off of it, I call that gouging. If a local store has something in stock that I want/need I don't mind paying a little more for it to help cover their overhead because they're doing me a service by having it readily available. But when they're charging 300-400% markup that's a little ridiculous.

 

[osprey176]

I was at a gun show in Denver a few weeks ago and found primers for $79 a thousand.Needless to say,I didn't buy any.There is a local guy who has a booth at all the local shows,and doesn't jack up his prices.But of course,he sells out early.

 

[tecrench]

$34- $38 at LGS. $40- $70 at Midsouth gunshows