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Went to Bass Pro in St. Charles Mo. No primers and according to the employee none on the way. Same answer at the LGS. Gonna be a long winter.
 
Brownells and MidwayUSA have had primers regularly but $80 + hazmat is the going rate. Not much way around it if you need them. When BassPro does get them in, they are $80 minimum and some people are claiming they are raising prices substantially.
 
LGS here selling them by the 100 (and not at a bargain price). Pistol and rifle primers. He doesn't have any .30-06 to sell, but he can sell you the components to roll your own.
 
Found lrp at Cabelas this past weekend. $80 per 1000. First ones I'd seen in a year.
 
To the OP, you probably know this, but when you were at the BP in St. Charles, the old Graf store, now known as Full Circle Reloading, is about 8 blocks north of that shopping center. They have not had any primers, but have had just about everything else, including at times, a very nice selection of powders. Always worth a look see if you are in the area.
 
gunlaw said:
Went to Bass Pro in St. Charles Mo. No primers and according to the employee none on the way. Same answer at the LGS. Gonna be a long winter.
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According to president of Vista Outdoor (Parent company of CCI/Federal) who just purchased Remington Ammunition (Not firearm), they are producing primers as fast as they possibly can.

But I believe the issue is not with supply side but the demand side. During the past 10 years, historic record setting number of guns were sold and this past year alone saw record setting gun sales, mostly to new gun owners. All of these hundreds of millions of new guns sold require ammunition and that's where the problem lies, the sheer demand is outpacing supply production rate.

I am continuously shocked to see so much brand new/once fired brass on the ground where I shoot and often see younger shooters drive up and shoot a box or two then drive off BUT the traffic is steady. I used to go for months without seeing anyone shooting but now, there's a wait and shooting areas are packed full of people shooting EVERY TIME I go shooting. And I guess $1 per round of .223 isn't stopping anyone as I am picking up more .223 brass than I have ever before in my life. (That's A LOT of AR15s ... ;))

So, take heart and know that primers ARE BEING made and it will EVENTUALLY catch up to us reloaders after ammunition sales start to drop off. I thought component shortage would be over by now but looks like it will take some more time.

Be patient.
 
I keep hearing that components such as primers are being made as fast and as much as possible. But I just don't see the end result at all. I have bought one box of primers in the last two years. My shooting amount has all but dried up simply because I can't replace the ammo for any reasonable price at all.
 
…because those primers are being put into new-made ammo that then disappears from the shelves at a steady pace. Once the pipeline is pretty full of ammo (demand satiated, pretty much all calibers available, no supply shortfalls) then they will allocate more of the primers to cheapskate reloaders who are too cheap to buy their fancy factory loaded ammo.
 
LiveLife said:
I am continuously shocked to see so much brand new/once fired brass on the ground where I shoot
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Same here. I had wife’s family in town a few weeks ago and they wanted to go shooting (none of them are gun owners but my BIL is looking for his first)

Had an enjoyable afternoon. I took 5 pistols and we shot a few hundred 45 ACP and 9x19.

After, we started picking up brass. There was so much on the ground that we could have spent hours and still not gotten it all. Left with a lot more than I started with
 
Used to go there when it was Graf’s. I’ll check it out next time I’m in that area.
 
I found some CCI small rifle primers at Bass Pro this week, but they went up to $129.99/1000 from $64.99/1000 just a couple of months ago.
 
Local Bass Pro had CCI primers sitting on the shelf in the early afternoon yesterday. $80 per K, SR and SP. I'm good, so I didn't get any. Went to a gun show today. $150 for the same primers. They were not lined up to buy them.
 
Ammunitin is still in titanic demand, prices continue to akyrocket. But as someone said, not having primers us a choice now. Look harder and be prepared to buy every single one you find when they do pip up.
 
Bass pro here has primers on and off. Academy has them every so often. LGS has been good at keeping them in stock. All three places started out at 59.99 a brick. Now 89.99-109.99. Some limit it to 2 sleeves. Some a brick. LGS has had good bit of powder in stock for months.
 
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I'd guess those were Bench Rest primers.
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All that I read on the box was "Small Rifle Primers", but I didn't pick them up and look any closer. It didn't really matter to me anyway as I'm out of the shooting hobby unless things change. If they don't change then maybe I'll try and learn how to play the guitar. I have a Strat setting around that I got cheap years ago that isn't costing me anything.
 
LiveLife said:
According to president of Vista Outdoor (Parent company of CCI/Federal) who just purchased Remington Ammunition (Not firearm), they are producing primers as fast as they possibly can.

But I believe the issue is not with supply side but the demand side. During the past 10 years, historic record setting number of guns were sold and this past year alone saw record setting gun sales, mostly to new gun owners. All of these hundreds of millions of new guns sold require ammunition and that's where the problem lies, the sheer demand is outpacing supply production rate.

I am continuously shocked to see so much brand new/once fired brass on the ground where I shoot and often see younger shooters drive up and shoot a box or two then drive off BUT the traffic is steady. I used to go for months without seeing anyone shooting but now, there's a wait and shooting areas are packed full of people shooting EVERY TIME I go shooting. And I guess $1 per round of .223 isn't stopping anyone as I am picking up more .223 brass than I have ever before in my life. (That's A LOT of AR15s ... ;))

So, take heart and know that primers ARE BEING made and it will EVENTUALLY catch up to us reloaders after ammunition sales start to drop off. I thought component shortage would be over by now but looks like it will take some more time.

Be patient.
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With some exceptions - mostly very high demand hunting ammo and very low demand obsolete chamberings - it’s pretty obvious supplies of loaded ammo are improving, have improved, and the most common shooters ammo is coming down in price. I don’t expect to see $12/20 Remington .30-06 soft points this year - if ever. Then again, I don’t expect to see $1.75/gal hi-test this year either - if ever. We are seeing primers, though fewer and more costly, and loaded ammo, ditto; but the definition of “reasonable price” is a matter of personal opinion and highly subjective.
 
Haven't seen primers on the shelf locally for over a year.

Funny how so many people that live in other areas of the country with low gun ownership gloat about being able to find components. Out here, there is crazy demand. I have one LGS within 50 miles of me. I have to drive a 100-mile round trip (which I did last week) to search 5 gun shops for components. Nothing at any of the shops.

I've heard that most of them have employees that tip off their buddies when stuff comes in so they can be there when the doors open and buy everything up.

I am good to go with bullets and powder, but primers are not so great. My dad knows a guy that owns an online retail store that sells components. He said it is going to be 6 years before things are normalized.
 
No primers I my area either. I have received a couple of emails for primers in stock. But at $74.99/1000 plus hazmat and shipping you are looking at about $120 per thousand. I”ll just shoot a less and make what I have last a while.
 
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