Will there ever be primers again?

CorbLand

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When times are good don’t leave the store without buying a sleeve. They really add up over time without killing the bank account doing it that way. I did that over the four years and by the time things got crazy I was sitting on 10,000 primers.
 
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grabbed a few boxes, thanks y'all. I've had great luck with Republic Ammo all along, they often have 5000qty in stock FYI
 

thinhorn_AK

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Cheap is long gone
Yup, it’s pretty much buy what you can afford when you see it. I grabbed 6lbs of varget and 4lbs of h4831 recently and I was not cheap, 59.99 for the lbs of varget and 57.99 for the h4831. A few weeks earlier, I bought a bunch of accurate 4064 for like 47.xx/lb. Cheap it was not but adding 15lbs of powder to my stash is a nice feeling.

I have about 8k primers (5.5k large rifle and 2.5k magnum), I’d buy more if i saw it. Me and a buddy also recently came into a windfall with a guy just getting rid of all his shit, that netted us another ~ 3k magnum primers, 2k large rifle and a ton of pistol/magnum pistol primers. No powder in that recent score but enough 223 brass/bullets/primers to shoot 223 for the rest of our lives.
 

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Yup, it’s pretty much buy what you can afford when you see it. I grabbed 6lbs of varget and 4lbs of h4831 recently and I was not cheap, 59.99 for the lbs of varget and 57.99 for the h4831. A few weeks earlier, I bought a bunch of accurate 4064 for like 47.xx/lb. Cheap it was not but adding 15lbs of powder to my stash is a nice feeling.

I have about 8k primers (5.5k large rifle and 2.5k magnum), I’d buy more if i saw it. Me and a buddy also recently came into a windfall with a guy just getting rid of all his shit, that netted us another ~ 3k magnum primers, 2k large rifle and a ton of pistol/magnum pistol primers. No powder in that recent score but enough 223 brass/bullets/primers to shoot 223 for the rest of our lives.
I bought over a few years starting @10 years simply due to retirement was coming. I don’t shoot a lot but I can when I want to.
 

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I've been stocking up the last couple years. I think the first batch I got was the most expensive. It was 700 miles of driving round trip to pick them up, and I think I paid about $300 for 5k. Second most expensive was the RCBS dies+primers deal which worked out to about $162/brick...best was about $34/brick at a local auction that though CCI250 was the quantity. Midsouth has been the best deal on new shipped primers, right around $100/brick after shipping and hazmat when bought by the case.
 

49ereric

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Not when you stacked it deep. Think about it when they do finally come down in price. 40k primers take up very little room and you will be set for a long time.
Well I didn’t have 40k but have had plenty for years before prices went nuts.
 
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Powder valley has a pile in stock today. Got an email. I saw the madness coming and bought a lifetimes work back in 16-17. My kids, kids will have primers. I think the days of 30 dollar bricks are gone. Buy cheap, stack deep!
 
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What is the secret to handloading? "Buy it cheap and stack it deep!" :)
Always has been, hopfully once again.. Everytime there is a ammo shortage, conpontents dry up..
manufactures make the most selling ammo, not components. When the ammo supply comes back so will the components.
 
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