Will there ever be primers again?

[FLATHEAD]

Brown truck brought me 1K small rifle primers a couple weeks ago.

 

[philcox]

@philcox

https://www.natchezss.com/reloading/primer/cci-200-std-large-rifle-primer-1000ct-cc0011

There's also rem. 9 1/2

Out of stock

 

[philcox]

Natchez has LRM right now

Sigh. Was sitting in a dental chair. I'll keep my eyes open going forward ...

 

[doverpack12]

If there is a scheels nearby ours has 100,000 or more primers on the shelf and has for months.
There is a variety of large rifle I just can’t remember which on the shelf. Mostly small rifle and small pistol but refreshing to see.
They also have a bunch of powders and no limit on powder purchase.
Things are coming around pretty quickly in the past few months.
With most hunting seasons past I’m hopeful for relatively normal stock in the near future.

 

[Pickettpuncher]

Out of stock

Remember when I said fast

 

[philcox]

Remember when I said fast

 

[philcox]

If there is a scheels nearby ours has 100,000 or more primers on the shelf and has for months.
There is a variety of large rifle I just can’t remember which on the shelf. Mostly small rifle and small pistol but refreshing to see.
They also have a bunch of powders and no limit on powder purchase.
Things are coming around pretty quickly in the past few months.
With most hunting seasons past I’m hopeful for relatively normal stock in the near future.

Thread giving me optimism!!!

 

[rickjames80]

Honestly, let them sit on the shelf at these ridiculous prices

 

[Pickettpuncher]

And not trying to be a SA….. if I needed some I’d be having luck like you at the moment lol.

 

[Wyohunth]

republicammunition.com Cci large and magnum in stock now. got 1k of each from them recently.

 

[Rob5589]

I look every day, and have not seen a LRP or LRM in over 6 months. I look at Midway, Midsouth, Natchez, PowderValley, Precision Reloading, and Brownells ... if there are ones I am missing, let me know.

Sign up on Calguns.net. The reloading section has them fairly often. Expect to pay 100+ per 1k.

 

[5MilesBack]

I found a receipt the other day from early 2020. I bought 1000 Federal 215M for $23.99 after 20% off coupon, 1000 WLR, and 1000 WLRM for the same price. Even if you add in 8% inflation per year starting with 2020, even before we had 8% inflation, that would put primers right at $38 from normal $29.99 pricing in early 2020. Once the demand diminishes and the supply ramps up, we'll see where they settle out the pricing. But I'm thinking they've rather enjoyed these new prices on primers and powder, and will stick with it as much as they can.......just like manufacturers and retailers will do for everything else consumers use as well.

 

[Lytro]

Ammoseek has been showing CCI LRP and LRMP available for the past month. Only catch is $130-$150 per 1000 ct, plus shipping and hazmat.

 

[Weldor]

I look every day, and have not seen a LRP or LRM in over 6 months. I look at Midway, Midsouth, Natchez, PowderValley, Precision Reloading, and Brownells ... if there are ones I am missing, let me know.

Try american reloading, they email quite a bit sell in bulk 5000 or 6000 decent prices.

 

[LeftyWilbury]

Primers have quadrupled in price from our distributors, if not worse. For your LGS who buys from distribution, it's still an allocated product so you get offered a brick or two at 4x the old cost, PLUS pay shipping and hazmat...so you're putting it on your shelf at $120-150...?

Needless to say, don't expect your smaller local gun store to have a decently priced brick of primers handy. It's not worth pissing off your customers with those prices. The big box stores can get a pallet of primers and decide which stores they want to have their primers at and spread out a hazmat fee over 5-10 cases of primers. Hit your cabelas or scheels and cross your fingers or sign up for ammoseek alerts and buy your limit online.

Hopefully primers loosen up in the next 6 months or so. Don't expect to see $25 bricks again any time soon though, that ship has sailed and sunk. There were no survivors.

 

[49ereric]

Primers have quadrupled in price from our distributors, if not worse. For your LGS who buys from distribution, it's still an allocated product so you get offered a brick or two at 4x the old cost, PLUS pay shipping and hazmat...so you're putting it on your shelf at $120-150...?

Needless to say, don't expect your smaller local gun store to have a decently priced brick of primers handy. It's not worth pissing off your customers with those prices. The big box stores can get a pallet of primers and decide which stores they want to have their primers at and spread out a hazmat fee over 5-10 cases of primers. Hit your cabelas or scheels and cross your fingers or sign up for ammoseek alerts and buy your limit online.

Hopefully primers loosen up in the next 6 months or so. Don't expect to see $25 bricks again any time soon though, that ship has sailed and sunk. There were no survivors.

I am hoping for $40/1000

 

[prm]

I’m pretty sure all the front office types at the reloading related companies are quietly smiling at the prices being rammed up our &@!$&. Yes, we consumers have the choice whether to buy, but not buying means no longer reloading or shooting. Not much of a choice.

 

[orkan]

This is a somewhat rhetorical question, but I am starting to wonder if the individual hand loader is going to go extinct. Does anyone have insight as to if/when there might be a change? If not, I may need to buy a 7 PRC and go factory loads moving forward ...

Every time the white house has turned blue in the 30'ish years I've been handloading... this has happened.

It will right itself. All it takes is a red white house and shelves will be overflowing with components. Then all the people that are complaining about bare shelves now, will complain about prices and not buy any... and then when the shelves go bare they will complain about not having any again.

... just like the last 2 times this happened.

 

[peterk123]

I’m pretty sure all the front office types at the reloading related companies are quietly smiling at the prices being rammed up our &@!$&. Yes, we consumers have the choice whether to buy, but not buying means no longer reloading or shooting. Not much of a choice.

I haven't reloaded in three years because of this nonsense. It will loosen up one day. Then I will drop about ten grand on the essentials. In not dealing with this again.

 

[EdP]

Plenty of CCI LR and LRM to be had from vendors listed on Ammoseek. Expect to pay HASMAT. It's not an ideal situation cost wise but they became readily available a couple of months ago. Get 1 or 2K of each for yourself for Christmas and only pay 1 HASMAT.