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My first primers were $.60. Considering the rate of inflation and how long a young guy has to work to buy them they are actually "cheaper" today so don't cry too hard.
I remember when Sierra bullets were actually made in the Sierras of California AND they always gave you 101 bullets in a 100 pack so you could use one as a test dummy. Primers were $1/100 or less, Match bullets were less than $5/101 and powder came in either steel cans or cardboard containers............................and all of these items were sold in the local drug store right next to the handguns and rifles on one side, and the hard liquor section on the other
When I first started reloading, primers were .39 cents, if you could find them. Surplus IMR 4831 powder was sold in paper roll top bags for .35 cents a pound. And I was making $1.25 an hour then, so it's all relative........
Sierra bullets weren't ever made in the Sierra Mountains. They were located on Painter Ave., in Santa Fe Springs, CA, which is right next to Whittier. I used to stop by there and buy factory seconds by the pound.
I still have primers, power, & bullets from 4 years ago. printers were $1.50/100, power $4/lb, & bullets I think was $15-8/100. Brass I've had since around 1990. It was mostly free.
Yep, way back when I figured the costs of loads, I did not bother figuring in primers they were so cheap. Not today, if I was checking anyway. These days I am going to reload either way, and don't add up anything.
I didn't even think the 500 box of 9mm was that old but $15.95 puts some years on me. Hard to say I don't stock up though, they are still unopened.
The remington bullets are pretty darn old too. The 3 sitting outside the bag look a little crusty. The almost illegible hand written price for the 2000 "improved larger heel radius" FMJ's, $42.
Weekly I had to make the determination to buy 100 CCI SR Primers (would have to have powder and bullets too) or a box of .22RF. The price, 49 cents or 52 cents, tax included, primers/22s.
That was a lot of money for me.
We went to grandpa's every other week end. That's where I could shoot. The off week ends were on Bull Shoals lake or an uncle's, he had milk cows, no shooting there.
Oh to be young again..... Second though, I'll skip it.
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