I can remember not too awful long ago when the last panic hit, ammo was pretty scarce, as were primers. There weren't a lot of people shooting at my local range as the result. Those of us who were shooting we all shooting our own reloads.

As far as primer prices, the lesson to be learned is buy in bulk when you can and if possible get a group buy with other shooters to split the HAZMAT and shipping charges. If you do that, you can easily get primer prices down to less than $25/thousand, depending on the brand. Same goes for powder, too.

I think coming changes are going to make 9mm and 5.56mm reloading very attractive for those of you who shoot those calibers.