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#1661872 - 07/27/20 08:57 PM Primer shortage and the ridiculous prices!
jr45 Offline
Full Auto

Registered: 11/30/08
Posts: 1258
Loc: VA
City or County: Stafford
I know there is another primer shortage, small pistol in particular. However; I see them advertised for $100+ per 1k here and on Gun Broker. I hope no one is paying that much for them...? Is that bad for many?

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#1661880 - 07/27/20 09:54 PM Re: Primer shortage costs [Re: jr45]
JBaccheus Offline
Double barrel

Registered: 09/01/19
Posts: 73
Loc: VA
City or County: Fairfax
Manufactuers are reserving the supply to make completed ammo. Its not pretty.

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#1661924 - 07/28/20 07:48 AM Re: Primer shortage costs [Re: JBaccheus]
jr45 Offline
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Registered: 11/30/08
Posts: 1258
Loc: VA
City or County: Stafford
Definitely not pretty! $100 for 1k SP and $250 for SR here! Maybe I should start selling my surplus.

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#1661957 - 07/28/20 09:49 AM Re: Primer shortage costs [Re: jr45]
imaduckin Offline
Gun fool

Registered: 11/12/10
Posts: 890
Loc: moved to SC
City or County: eastern sc
brand spankin new gun laws, guns sold out, and now ammo shortages, if you dont think this wasnt manipulated you are naive, jus sayin
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#1662086 - 07/28/20 06:44 PM Re: Primer shortage costs [Re: jr45]
Va Hunter Offline
Gun fool

Registered: 12/11/08
Posts: 827
Loc: Drakes Branch
City or County: Charlotte
I got lucky a few years ago. A good friend called me and asked if I needed any SP primers. I told him if he had some extra ones I'd take them. 20 minutes later he showed up with 20K CCI OEM SP primers, gave them to me. I'm set for now.


Edited by Va Hunter (07/28/20 06:44 PM)

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#1662128 - 07/28/20 09:59 PM Re: Primer shortage costs [Re: jr45]
rromeo Offline
Bullseye

Registered: 07/06/10
Posts: 1665
Loc: VA
City or County: Pulaski
Originally Posted By: jr45
Definitely not pretty! $100 for 1k SP and $250 for SR here! Maybe I should start selling my surplus.

Good luck on that guy asking $250 here.
I wish I had a HAZMAT license, I'd sell on GunBroker. They are actually getting bids for $400-500 for 5000 primers.
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#1662167 - 07/29/20 08:57 AM Re: Primer shortage costs [Re: jr45]
AllenC69 Offline
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Registered: 07/17/11
Posts: 448
Loc: Chesterfield
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Shame fellow gun owners on here trying to rip off fellow gun owners and reloaders.

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#1662506 - 07/30/20 07:52 PM Re: Primer shortage costs [Re: jr45]
golfdog Offline
Gun fool

Registered: 07/08/09
Posts: 1171
Loc: virginia , norfolk
City or County: norfolk
I could not agree more.

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#1666981 - 08/18/20 04:40 PM Re: Primer shortage costs [Re: golfdog]
jyoung_usa Offline
Pea shooter

Registered: 06/23/20
Posts: 2
Loc: powhatan
City or County: powhatan
I'm still stuck on late 90's prices and think a case of primers should be $45 per 5000. No way I'm paying 100$ per 1000.

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#1667002 - 08/18/20 07:16 PM Re: Primer shortage costs [Re: jr45]
dustydog Offline
drooling old single shot fanatic

Registered: 06/19/09
Posts: 2298
Loc: Chester
City or County: Chester
Actually find the whole thing FUNNY,HILARIOUS,A CAUSE FOR MUCH MIRTH!

I reloaded my first cartridges around 1974,and have been doing it since(I'm flippin CHEAP).Along the way,I've learned
some things:

IF YOU TRY AND GET OUT OF A FIREFIGHT,BETTER NOT BE CARRYING MORE THAN 150 ROUNDS FOR A LONG GUN AND 50 ROUNDS FOR A SIDEARM.(1979).

Handloads are excellent for accuracy.That being said,if you don't know how to SEAL a cartridge,don't trust 'em after 5 years. (1986)

Priming compound can be made by reading books and having at least a high school level chemistry class.The dicey part is filling the old primer.THINK WET! (1992)

In the end,you'd be surpised by how long primers last.The last match I shot in was using a .45-70,cartridges were loaded with FFG,and the primers came in a WOODEN TRAY.(2000)

Ya'll WANT TO THROW MONEY AT SOMETHING,GO AHEAD.
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#1667660 - 08/21/20 02:57 PM Re: Primer shortage costs [Re: AllenC69]
LSmith23690 Offline
Pea shooter

Registered: 06/21/20
Posts: 16
Loc: Virginia
City or County: Grafton/York County
Originally Posted By: AllenC69
Shame fellow gun owners on here trying to rip off fellow gun owners and reloaders.


I've got those VAGT users on my "do not do business with ever" list...such as
gunsmith7,
toast, and
VTliskey.

I hope that others here do the same.


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Edited by LSmith23690 (09/07/20 03:40 PM)

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#1667661 - 08/21/20 03:02 PM Re: Primer shortage costs [Re: jr45]
Newgunguy Offline
Marksman

Registered: 06/06/17
Posts: 237
Loc: Virginia
City or County: Goochland
Same, I ignore them all but I wish this site set it up so you could give a reason as to why so one doesn't forget.

Charles.

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#1669348 - 08/28/20 07:05 AM Re: Primer shortage costs [Re: dustydog]
Texasflyboy Offline
"$5 for all answers to Shoutbox questions"

Registered: 01/18/09
Posts: 666
Loc: Falls Church, Va
City or County: Falls Church
Originally Posted By: dustydog
Priming compound can be made by reading books and having at least a high school level chemistry class. The dicey part is filling the old primer.THINK WET! (1992)METHING,GO AHEAD


I'd love to see how you make lead stypnate/azide. Perhaps you can share your methods with the group?
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#1669441 - 08/28/20 12:31 PM Re: Primer shortage costs [Re: jr45]
rromeo Offline
Bullseye

Registered: 07/06/10
Posts: 1665
Loc: VA
City or County: Pulaski
A lot of people use strike anywhere matches. There are some good threads on other boards about doing this stuff. It's not for everyone, but it's also not completely out of the realm of possibility.
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#1669653 - 08/29/20 09:13 AM Re: Primer shortage costs [Re: rromeo]
jr45 Offline
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Registered: 11/30/08
Posts: 1258
Loc: VA
City or County: Stafford
It maybe possible to make your own primers but it’s certainly not particle. During the last great primer shortage, a few claimed it can be done with with strike anywhere matches (these matches are not typically sold at stores from what I’ve seen) and also from toy caps though, not reliable. Below is someone making them from toy caps...he has some very steady hands!
Making primers from toy caps

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#1669660 - 08/29/20 09:45 AM Re: Primer shortage costs [Re: jr45]
Newgunguy Offline
Marksman

Registered: 06/06/17
Posts: 237
Loc: Virginia
City or County: Goochland
This is the same as those that reload .22lr, it is hard and tideous but can be done with patience and determination.

Charles.

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#1675623 - 09/19/20 09:58 AM Re: Primer shortage costs [Re: imaduckin]
Paratus Offline
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Registered: 05/17/09
Posts: 573
Loc: Virginia
City or County: Appomattox
Originally Posted By: imaduckin
brand spankin new gun laws, guns sold out, and now ammo shortages, if you dont think this wasnt manipulated you are naive, jus sayin


Have to agree with you. FDR (the old commie lover) said there are no coincidences in politics. The Dems will do ANYTHING to take our freedom.

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#1679014 - 09/30/20 04:10 PM Re: Primer shortage costs [Re: jr45]
shootergdv Offline
Marksman

Registered: 07/08/10
Posts: 317
Loc: VA
City or County: Rustburg
Older strike anywhere matches worked pretty well- newer ones not so much - they don't even "strike anywhere" very well.
Pulling the anvils and knocking the dents out is tedious !

I cast and even swage a few jacketed bullets and have more brass than I'll use(making sure my grandson has plenty too !)

Powder may eventually run short - have made BP but that won't work for everything !

Learned my lesson on primers the last time and stocked up 5K at a time . I don't sell 'em but have given a few thousand out to friends who will pay me back in kind some day - I hope !

Doubt primers ever go back to $30/thousand . But $100/thousand seems extreme - don't begrudge a profit but geez !

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