Even Reloading Equipment Is More Expensive?

[kbm6893]

I get the increase in price for powder and primers. Hoarders and commercial production cutting in, but I just ordered a set of reloading dies that were $47.99 a month ago and I just paid $99 from the last seller on Amazon. Midway, Brownells and Lee are all on back order. I surely didn't pay that much for them back in 2013. ,

 

[tomhenry]

Amazon is third party sellers. They'll charge whatever the market will bear, regardless MSRP.

 

[Engineer1911]

If you need the product, there is only ONE left, demand is high, supply is low; there ain't much room to complain about price.

 

[Cdog]

Dies on Amazon have been ridiculously priced for quite some time.

It ain't the place to buy them.

I have three shops within 20 miles that carry some reloading supplies. I'll let them search if they don't the dies I need in stock.

 

[ACORN]

I was looking for a 6 cavity Lee 9mm mold. Should be anywhere between $40-$60 plus shipping, depending on who the seller is, if you can find one.
Ebay sellers are offering various Lee molds for between $99-$145! No way am I paying that. I'll do without first. Browsing Brownell's site they had a 356-120 TC mold in stock for $42 plus shipping.
Hopefully the vaccine proves effective and we can get back to some semblance of normalcy.

 

[Oldfrt]

You may want to look at Natchez or Optics Planet for reloading equipment.

 

[Scott_HM1000X]

Unfortunately it comes down to supply and demand. I used to reload about 20 years ago, but then sold everything off. Once ammo dried up I realized reloading was the only way. I soon discovered everything was way more expensive, but available if you did a fair amount of searching. After several months I finally have everything I need including brass, bullets, primers and powder. For me at least finding magnum small and large pistol primers was just about impossible. Ended up having to get those off Gunbroker.com and spent a fortune.

 

[ACORN]

Just as a point if reference I just got a email from Palmetto State Armory advertising Taurus G3Cs for $329. MSRP is $309. Who would have thought a Taurus would sell for more than MSRP?

 

[Nevada Ed]

It will be interesting to see IF there are any X-mas specials, this year .....

or if we just have to reach deeper into our pockets ?

 

[Cdog]

Unfortunately it comes down to supply and demand. I used to reload about 20 years ago, but then sold everything off. Once ammo dried up I realized reloading was the only way. I soon discovered everything was way more expensive, but available if you did a fair amount of searching. After several months I finally have everything I need including brass, bullets, primers and powder. For me at least finding magnum small and large pistol primers was just about impossible. Ended up having to get those off Gunbroker.com and spent a fortune.

Life was better before the interwebs/gunbroker mania was able to reach so many potential buyers willing to pay enormous amounts for things.

Face to face most folks at gunshows may have asked for the sky, but usually people wouldn't pay it.

 

[Drm50]

I'm in midst of selling off my guns and loading stuff. A few weeks ago I had over 120 sets of dies, not including multiples. I would say that over 55yrs that only maybe 20sets of dies were bought new. Most were picked up at shows or used shelf at LGS. Many times I bought gun and got dies with it.
Right now you can buy like new dies for $20-$30 and quality like RCBS, Lyman, Redding ect. I had a rule: never sell dies, good policy for young guys. Never fails if you sell dies next day you will get another gun and have to buy them again. I'm down to about half and my rule now is not to sell any dies I still own gun for.

 

[Just another 22 shooter]

It will be interesting to see IF there are any X-mas specials, this year .....

or if we just have to reach deeper into our pockets ?

Midway has some great buys on their cyber week sale, but unfortunately, not many if any deals on reloading supplies or ammo.
Have also noticed used die sets of 9mm, 223, etc on different forum classified ads are going for more money.

 

[AJ]

Looked at a set of used .32 H&R dies for a pistol at the gun show two weeks ago. The dealer want $46.95 for them. My friend said not to buy them, he'd hook me up. He sold me a set of .32 H&R dies, a Lee factory crimp die and the sizing die for bullets that fits my Lyman 450 sizer for $40.00. Good to have friends with the same interests.

 

[Moe Mentum]

When the panic starts, and ammo dries up, people want to start reloading, and it drives the price of all components up. I have been reloading for 50 years, not to save money, but because its fun.... now its cost effective too! But, you still have to know when to buy components, and now is not the time.

 

[Road_Clam]

This is nothing new. It's the same panic snowball effect that's happened several times over the past 8 years. Gun guy never bothered to increase ammo inventory and purchase during the GOOD buying times. Gun guy panics because he reads on the internet that everyone else is panicking and gun guy falls into a deeper state of panic. Gun guy now decides to get into handloading but is too late to the party as all the other panic stricken gun guys also deicide to get into handloading. The last resort is gun guys now are desperate and buy a black powder or flintlock muzzleloader. Moral of this story ? Stop thinking that 300 rounds of ammo is "enough". If you don't have a 4 year supply of ammo you will always fall into the inevitable panic situation of "no supply and high demand".