I got some primers!
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I think you are right, this is the new norm, and these companies filling their pockets....I am good for a while now, and then I have a good supply of .22.....then I get a bow...
Very expensive. I only bought 1k and after tax, hazmat and all that, it was $125 or so. I wanted to try 7.5s as the benchrest and f class guys using SRPs speak highly.
Likely forever. Inflation is finally coming in huge and I doubt we’ll ever see anything like 2017 again.
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Prices on primers at gun show in SC this weekend were reported to be in excess of $120/1K + $10 admission price.
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Wandered over to Gunbroker for the first time in a year to see the prices on primers and powder. Collectively these sellers are smoking crack.
I was chasing Federal 215M primers for years. Seemed like no one had them for a period of at least three years. Then in Feb 2019, Midway had a deal with no hazmat fee and had them in stock. 5k for $209. Also 1,000 CCI BR4s for $55.
Dont regret those purchases ...
Edit - just checked the whole receipt and also bought 8lb of IMR 4350 for $190.
Wandered over to gunbroker on Pontificiators post and can't believe what the mark up is in just two and half years. IMR 4350 is going for $90 a lb, or up almost four times. BR4s are going for $250 for 1,000, or up almost five times. Good grief.
Dont regret those purchases ...
Edit - just checked the whole receipt and also bought 8lb of IMR 4350 for $190.
Wandered over to gunbroker on Pontificiators post and can't believe what the mark up is in just two and half years. IMR 4350 is going for $90 a lb, or up almost four times. BR4s are going for $250 for 1,000, or up almost five times. Good grief.
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I have it on my phone, and get notifications when reloading supplies are in stock somewhere. Like yesterday some company had Titegroup 8 lbs for some $184 (almost a normal price...). Must be quick though, lots of reloaders are on this. I have found several times primers. Yes, prices for these are way up....remember the days when I bought 5k delivered for some $160ish...now the going rate is approx $80-90 for 1 k , benchrest are going for well over $120. BTW, when all this started last year, primers went up to about $60/k, now most are in the $80/90 range. Often companies limit what you can buy to 1 k, but some allow you to order more. I was lucky to pick up some CCI and Federal primers at Natchez, pricey, oh yes, but I was able to get a years supply of small and large pistol primers with paying the hazmat fees only twice. Still way too much...glad I had stocked up on powder before this craziness began. Having a squirrels mind helped me....(I mean in a hoarder's sense...).
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Another thing online vendors need to do is use "captcha" to discourage people who use bots to scour the web for powder and primers...and then suck them all up and of course ask outrageous prices for re-sale.
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Local Hardware store finally got primers in stock yesterday. Winchester. SPP, LPP, SRP, and LRP (no magnum).
Price is $6 plus tax for a 100-ct. sleeve (tray) with a purchase limit of three sleeves per primer type.
The price for years was $3 a sleeve. I remember when they were $2 but then I'm a grumpy old man.
Yeah, the days of $30 bricks of primers are gone. A Jackson buys just three trays. Damn.
Price is $6 plus tax for a 100-ct. sleeve (tray) with a purchase limit of three sleeves per primer type.
The price for years was $3 a sleeve. I remember when they were $2 but then I'm a grumpy old man.
Yeah, the days of $30 bricks of primers are gone. A Jackson buys just three trays. Damn.
Primer prices are still going up....saw today that Targetsportsusa sells them for $999.99 for 5k (CCI LPP)- some Federal are $650/5k - shipping free, though, in both cases...it is getting crazier by the day. Others sell a tray of 100 for $9.99. So this is a spread of 10 cents to 20 cents a primer, used to be 2-3 cents three years or so ago.Local Hardware store finally got primers in stock yesterday. Winchester. SPP, LPP, SRP, and LRP (no magnum).
Price is $6 plus tax for a 100-ct. sleeve (tray) with a purchase limit of three sleeves per primer type.
The price for years was $3 a sleeve. I remember when they were $2 but then I'm a grumpy old man.
Yeah, the days of $30 bricks of primers are gone. A Jackson buys just three trays. Damn.
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$0.20 each ($200/1K) not counting hazmat or state sales tax.
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Those are insane prices. I wonder how many people are actually paying that. Midwayusa has CCI No. 41 5.56 primers right now for $99 per thousand with a limit of 1. Primers are out there for “reasonable” prices but your going to have limits on what you can buy and you’re going to have to search for them.
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Went to store this morning and purchased another three trays of both SPP and LPP. At $6 + tax per tray it still stings.
Natchez has Federal 209’s $75 per K. Limit of 5. 209’s were the only primers I was completely out of. If they still have some in the morning I may buy a few k more.
I MIGHT be willing to pay $400 for 5k if I was completely out. I’ll just be patient and keep getting them for $70-80 per K. It takes longer and it’s still way more than I ever thought I’d pay for primers, but at least I don’t feel like I’m getting hosed every time I buy some.
I'd rather buy slightly high ammo than exorbitant primers... AA
I think high primer prices are here to stay for the foreseeable future. As for being willing to pay higher ammo costs, that's fine for common stuff like .223 and 9mm, but many calibers are still not to be had at any price.
