Scheels has gone off the deep end....
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Paul in Nevada
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9mmPatriot
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Actually it was $69.95 per brick amd they wete gone before I could get there.
len917
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The Scheels mentioned above in Colorado Springs also charges a PIF. What is a PIF you ask. It is not a fart from a mouse, it is a Public Improvement Fee that they are "Forced" to charge and give to the area developer to make what ever improvements need to be done on a freshly developed area. Not sure what they are.
If you order from the internet website and pickup at the store, you avoid the fee. Check your receipt.
Why would anyone move to an area "being developed" where they will have to pay additional fees? Also in Colorado, counties have sales tax and towns have additional sales taxes. NUTS
len917
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My local reloading dealer sold me a 100 at a time for $ 4.99 /pk. Last week they were $7.99/pk. This guy never gouged at all.
kbm6893
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That may be, but even long time reloaders can’t recall a drought this long. We’re in the third year of it and it isn’t letting up. I started reloading after Newtown. Components were scarce but I got them, and not for any more than they should have been. It was hard to get them but not impossible, and the prices were normal.
Even IF it stabilizes, I bet primers will be $80 a brick.
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smoothshooter
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It may pass to some degree, but we are not going to like what’s on the other side. But the days of primers for under 8, or maybe even 10 cents apiece are gone forever.
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DWalt
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There are primer manufacturers all over the world. Seems they should be attempting to flood the US market, but I don’t see that happening anywhere. I am just happy to have a fairly substantial primer inventory of all sizes.
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I'm shooting about half as much as I used to. I still have plenty of primers and powder but not interested in using it all this year. That's what I think about the supply and where we may be in 2023. Might get better but I'm not going to make any far fetched predictions. The weather seems to be a bit off this year also.
smoothshooter
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I have cut my shooting by about 98%.
Well now, Not a bad solution at all! Well put brother and worth investigating to the fullest extent.
StakeOut
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My shooting is about 95%+ .22LR now.
.455_Hunter
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I agree that PIF's are annoying, but people usually are not "moving to" the retail district being developed.
Is there any new construction in your Rust Belt area?
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9mmPatriot
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Retail follows rooftops.
Well, with gas prices the way they are I think folks like us are lucky we have the cash flow to literally burn it. The demand for this stuff is gonna plummet come mid 2023 when folks are trying to make ends meet. The economists I work with are projecting that the real downturn will hit around that time. The loose monetary policy is at an end and the Feds shift will put the brakes on demand for most things except necessities. Remember the Volker years.
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When the times get tough and brick and mortar shops where I go to get my supplies are still open, Im happy to still have a place to walk in and support what's left of our firearm retailer base. I don't relish paying more but I give it to them knowing its helping our cause just a bit, in just the right place..because they are still there.. I don't get the feeling that I'm being fleeced, the places I shop don't look like they're getting rich, mostly dress like I do and surely have a similar outlook on financial survival as the next guy at the end of the day. There are places I don't shop much but I'd hate to see them fail just the same, some things are priceless. Other people in other places would just about give all, to have what we have.
ArchAngelCD
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I'm not shooting much unless it's .22lr.
I do shoot the 30-06 in my Garand M1 and some .223 from a bolt action rifle.
I do shoot the 30-06 in my Garand M1 and some .223 from a bolt action rifle.
cmj8591
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With all due respect, no one alive right now has seen this before. The world economy shut down for almost two years. That has never happened on this scale in our lifetimes. There is not an item that we consume that has not been, and continues to be, affected. It's going to take some time for things to settle. The laws of economics are like the laws of physics and will bring everything, including primers, into equilibrium. In the meantime, each of us individually decides the value of what we consume.
