Primer prices. What are you paying?

[Queen_of_Thunder]

A friend just paid $65 for 1,000 209 primers. I just paid $8 for 200 Federal Large Rifle primers and thats after my 10% discount.

 

[BP44]

Might be a better question for the reloading forum... They are priced sky high.

 

[MaterDei]

I bought some two weeks ago at a gun show. $3.50/100.

 

[SaxonPig]

I'm not buying until the current panic subsides and prices return to sane levels. I stocked up after the 2008 panic, but should have shelved more. Will correct once I start buying, again. But I refuse to pay the Blackbeard prices that are the current state of affairs. Even if it meant no loading or shooting for a year I would wait. Paying the scalpers (and any primers for sale now were purchased at the pre-panic wholesale price so they are jacking the profits) offends me and I won't do it.

 

[hey_poolboy]

My LGS is still selling primers for normal prices when they can get them. I bought 2K large pistol a couple weeks ago for $30/1k. Need to go back and pick up some more when they get more in....

Large rifle (standard) was $32/1k last I was in there.
Magnum rifle were $35/1k, but they only had about 300 left. A buddy of mine bought them up for his 300WM.

 

[03fatboy]

1k of srp Remington 34.99

 

[9w1911]

Just paid 31.00 per 1000 at a lgs for Winchester lpp

If the price is right and I have the budget I'm buying whether that be primers or.powder this is my new rule I don't care if I fill up the spare bedroom its all an investment
Prices may stabilize but they will never get cheaper. Also there is a gunshow next weekend which had some good deals last time but...I bet now it's all gouged last time they had 5k Winchester lpp for 119.00 and I missed them after waiting in line for an hour I bet now those same primers will be 150.00 next weekend.

 

[45lcshooter]

CCI large and small rifle $29.99
Remington 9 1/2 $32.99

Have several K of pistol primers and got them before king Obama started panic. But those were 25-30 dollars if I can remember.

 

[Duckdog]

The prices should get cheaper as time goes. We went through this a few times before and they always come back. It just amazes me how people start the gouging. I think we all know people who a very capable of doing this and regularly do this kind of behavior,whether it be plowing snow to selling hay. I've often wondered how they can look at themselves in the mirror, but they do.

I know for me, I will not forget the businesses that are not just recouping their costs, but are out to make a killing at our expense. They are the ones causing the proplems, because in most cases, they are the ones who bought everythign up to keep their "supply" up for this very situation.

 

[murphys_law]

$27/k tula small pistol about a month ago

 

[rikman]

$36.99/1000 CCI & Federal SPP & LPP

 

[DeadFlies]

I bought 1,000 small pistol primers from the local reloading shop. I paid $28+tax for them. Large rifle, anything Magnum and especially shotgun primers are easily had.

 

[Dodge DeBoulet]

Qty 15K Federal 150 LPP, with shipping and hazmat included, worked out to $29/K. This was through Powder Valley; ordered on January 4th, received January 24th.

 

[EBK]

I picked up 1k Winchester large pistol primers for 32$ at the last gunshow here in January

 

[orthophonic]

I paid $21.95 a thousand for Nobel 209s last night from Gamaliel. They were listed in stock and now I"m waiting for them to arrive. The site mentioned thar items not in stock could have a long wait time. As I have plenty of SR, LR, LP, and SP, I'm not in a hurry to replenish those and it takes a whole lot longer to load any of those than it does with shot shells when I'm doing it with a MEC 9000. Really like that machine!!!

 

[SD624]

Just paid 565.00 for 2500 #35 cci. Thought that was pretty good all things considered.

 

[gspn]

Two weeks ago I bought 6k primers at $40/K.

This week I was back in the store and I saw they raised their prices to $60/k.

I'm done for a while.

 

[jk2008]

Berdan primers at Grafs

This may not float everyone's boat, but I found Berdan primers in stock at Graf & Sons. Here's the link if you're interested:

https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/category/categoryId/3986?

For years, I had trouble finding these, then suddenly about a year ago, Grafs had scads of them. It's kind of ironic that now that the world is panic-buying everything gun related, Berdan primers can be had at $30 per 1000.

 

[Onewolf]

I have bought 4000 primers in the last month. CCI BR-2 $45, CCI #200 Large Rifle $32, CCI #400 Small Rifle $32, CCI #500 small pistol $28

 

[HighExpert]

I bought primers in 2005 the last time. Paid $68 per case (5000). Still have 4 cases of LPP and 4 cases of SPP. Don't buy on 1000 quantities. No price break. I will wait until they come back down.

 

[c.latrans]

As of today, $49.99 for a brick of CCI BR4 SRM at the LGS. I did not need any, but asked the price as I was pleased to see them available.

 

[Jimbo53]

Bought 5000 Tula LPP Jan. 18 for $20.50 per 1000 from Powder Valley.

 

[blarby]

$34/1000

Same as pre-crisis.

 

[clutch]

This may not float everyone's boat, but I found Berdan primers in stock at Graf & Sons. Here's the link if you're interested:

https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/category/categoryId/3986?

For years, I had trouble finding these, then suddenly about a year ago, Grafs had scads of them. It's kind of ironic that now that the world is panic-buying everything gun related, Berdan primers can be had at $30 per 1000.

I saw that earlier. Just out of curiosity, what are you reloading, how many times can you re-prime a case and get good results?

Thanks,

Clutch

 

[Reloadron]

Gotten pretty ugly when people are paying for a single primer what they were paying for a complete loaded round a few months ago.

Ron