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I started reloading some 9mm a few weeks ago as I found a bag of 1,000 bullets and I have lots of brass and primers. I always put one of my business cards in with the primers with the year written on it. That way, I use the oldest primers first.

The WW primers I just opened, were purchased in 2005. Us old guys have been through these shortages before and we stock up when possible. However, I am getting close to 80 and don't know how many more I will need.
 
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76 soon. I found another 1000 large pistol primers. I traded a 1000 Win 41 SRPs for them. I have 'nuff now to load all the 44 sp and mag all the 41s and some more 45 Colt for momma.
 
Almost 73 here. Have 30K+ of small pistol, large pistol and small rifle primers. Will buy more that are reasonably priced if needed. Hopefully, I will not bequeath them to my heirs!
 
Going on 76 and have about 20K primers and a really good stock of a half dozen powders. I have a good supply of bullets of most calibers I shoot and still buying powder, primers and bullets.

I’m planning to hold on here as long as possible and shoot until I drop. Not giving up easy!
 
I am about a week short of 75. I have always tried to stay ahead of the curve. My current inventory of cra------‐I mean supplies is such that I have even stopped picking up range brass. I have enough resources to last a decade with moderate usage and until I am about 125 at the current rate of usage. The 125 may be a little optometrist on my part. Not the amount of inventory but my ability to stretch the string of life that taught before it breaks!
 
I'm approaching 75. A few years ago I did a survey putting in my family history, etc. and it said I would live to 93. That's my basis.

I make my own boolits and have a lifetime supply of lead. I pick up brass at the range and have a lifetime supply, including calibers I don't even own.

Powder will supply me to 93. Primers maybe till 90, but I may shoot less is a few years, so I'm probably good there as well..

If I live past 93 and can't shoot, I'll be disappointed. If I die sooner my son will have a windfall, even if he sells the stuff at 50 cents n the dollar.

I have no worries about this stuff. My ONLY worry is if I get too old to still be able to ride my jetski, or worse yet, launch and drive my fishing boat.
 
Trying to rotate my stock by using the oldest product, the last few months I’ve been loading Winchester 209 primers my Dad had stashed away. They’re in a yellow 1,000 count Olin box and are non-magnetic. He had them put away for quite a while before his death in 1982. They work great.
 
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I'll be 75 Sunday and my primer supply is no more than 4-5 thousand of what I shoot most and 2-3 thousand of everything else. I think my primer supply will outlast my active shooting career unless I get an unexpected boost of energy.
Froggie
 
Green Frog said:
I'll be 75 Sunday and my primer supply is no more than 4-5 thousand of what I shoot most and 2-3 thousand of everything else. I think my primer supply will outlast my active shooting career unless I get an unexpected boost of energy.
Froggie
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Froggie,

I hope you outlast them. We shoot two-three days a week here.

AJ
 
I'll be 82 next month and I'm running very low on LPP.
There hard to find, but I don't think I'll be buying any
anytime soon. I bought SPP .45ACP brass and have been
using SRP primers in them with no problems. I'm starting
to slow down and don't seem to want to shoot much
anymore. It's hell to get old.
 
Almost 50. But been thru plenty of shortages and rollercoasters thru the 2000’s. Inherited a Dillon , some old cans of unique, and very suspect winchester primers in my early 20’s that started it all.
And I do the same things you guys do. I also vacuum seal my primers with dates and put dessicating gel packs into the jars when I open powder.
Do I get to join the club?

Edit: I think I can identify the year of the primer based on the price tag on it. ;)
 
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I can't remember when I purchased my 4 bricks WW large pistol primers, but they still have the price tag on them.........$9.99 per 1000!!! the good old days!!!
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I'm finishing up my last brick of WW LPPs this weekend. They were also priced $9.99! Next I'm going to start in on my Winchester primers in the gray boxes with the red and orange stripes. I believe the tag on those bricks say $11.99. I just turned 56 and I may need to buy some more here shortly, I'm down to 56K primers and 32 lbs. of powder.
 
max said:
I started reloading some 9mm a few weeks ago as I found a bag of 1,000 bullets and I have lots of brass and primers. I always put one of my business cards in with the primers with the year written on it. That way, I use the oldest primers first.

The WW primers I just opened, were purchased in 2005. Us old guys have been through these shortages before and we stock up when possible. However, I am getting close to 80 and don't know how many more I will need.
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Is there a question here somewhere?

It sounds like you are set for life on reloading components. That is a great position to be in, and one that many would envy.

So, since you obviously have more reloading components than you will ever need, what help can the forum offer you?

Are you wanting to sell some of your excess reloading components?
 
I will be 71 in a couple months. Most of my shooting these days are cast bullets in my lever guns. I could use a few more LR primers just in case I live longer than I anticipate but as my shooting quantity has slowed I may have enough. My current primer stock was bought in the early 2000's and is holding in there OK. I would buy more given a deal of sorts so I watch for sales.
I do like to shoot the 22's for fun so not reloading related have really been stockpiling 22. Just in case LOL
 
In Jan. 2008 I lost my job and turned my "Strategic Stockpile" of 400 pounds of lead and about 60 K of primers into money. About 6 months later I started rebuilding my primer pile. I ordered Federal 205M, 210M, & 215M along with Win SSP & LPP. (plus a few K of Rem 7 1/2 & 6 1/2) I would order a 5000 carton at a time. When the "Current" shortage started I was pretty caught up at 65K.

I feel sorry for the people that had just started reloading and couldn't locate primers. I have no pity on people that went through the last shortage and never stocked up! I warned many reloaders I knew, and I posted on here. The only vocal people told me I was crazy/wrong/misinformed. In addition to this the Federal factory rep warned that Federal was going to reformulate the primer compound again. (Last time was in 1996-to meet a new foreign standard, think Lapua ammo-and their primers weren't right until about 2001)

I'm sitting on a little over 70k of metallic ammo primers and 12k Win 209 and 3 or 4 k other shotgun primers, plus bout 2 K assorted Berdan primers. I'm thinking I'm very close to my lifetime supply. (I may be shy on handgun sizes, depending on if the grandkids start shooting much.

Ivan
 
I'm pretty well set with everything, could always use some more LR & LRM primers. I'm good on powder and bullets, but some of the newer, slower rifle powders are hard to get and expensive when I find them. I guess everything costs a lot more than it used to. The economy in reloading is still there, but harder to see. Anyway, my age is getting to the point where a lot of hording and stockpiling isn't as pressing as it once was. I still enjoy reloading (my wife calls it "knitting for men") and trips to the range. My new motto is "I always knew I would die, just never thought I'd get old!"
 
max said:
I started reloading some 9mm a few weeks ago as I found a bag of 1,000 bullets and I have lots of brass and primers. I always put one of my business cards in with the primers with the year written on it. That way, I use the oldest primers first.

The WW primers I just opened, were purchased in 2005. Us old guys have been through these shortages before and we stock up when possible. However, I am getting close to 80 and don't know how many more I will need.
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I basically do the same thing. On the flap of the box I write the date I brought it home.
 
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