How much are you paying for Winchester primers in your area?

[Marksman]

How much are you paying for Winchester primers in your area? I tried to buy some at a gun show here in the Indianapolis, IN area this weekend, but passed at $44.95/K. Last year at this same time I bought Winchester large rifle primers for $27.95, I know primer prices have risen due to the current scarcity but a $17.00 increase seemed excessive.

 

[Amici]

$31/k in my area.

 

[sjmjax]

Just bought Winchester large pistol at 29/K from the shop at the local gun range. Last batch a few weeks ago were 24/K.

A few local gun shops have them marked as high as 59.95/K but they aren't moving at that price as best I can tell.

Recent gun show had quite a few being offered from several vendors. Price varied but was typically in the 34/K range with some as high as 40/K

 

[dmar]

I've been getting Winchester SP and LP for $29.95/k... I believe that these things are starting to come around, and you'll see the price gouging start to come down. I was at the gunshow in Greensboro, NC, this weekend and saw some Federal LP and SP for $36/k, and saw another vendor selling in the $45+ range. The ones at $36 were selling, the other ones were not.

I'll remember the people that tried to gouge when supply was tight, and will avoid them in the future... I'm familiar with supply and demand pricing, but there are a lot of reputable sellers out there that did not resort to that type of behavior. Good luck in your search!

 

[TSQUARED]

If we stop purchasing primers at these outlandish prices and let the gougers eat their inventory the prices will come down. If we persist in purchasing at these outlandish prices then they will only increase prices further.

 

[H Richard]

The very few I see are $35.95 P/K. Haven't seen any small pistol for nearly 6 months.

 

[Newgun]

Here in Northern Arizona I have 3 sources. One is a nationally known gunsmith. 6o/K when available and they go fast. usually it's 6.00 per hundred with a 2 pack limit per day. Last week the local gun store had 5000 each of LP SP LR LP and MLR..52/K he sold out the LP and most of the other in 2 days.

 

[Noah Zark]

Local shops have them priced at $31 to $35 per thousand.

Area gun shows have them at $45 to $75.

I'm well-stocked and I buy at neither source.

Noah

 

[alukban]

in CT... $38.99/1000

I just bought a bunch here in CT... going for $38.95/1000.

 

[uncle norman]

I bought the last 1,000 pack of Win Large Pistol at a local gun shop in Evansville for about $41.50 a month ago. I also bought 1,000 small pistol CCIs for $32.95 north east of the city. This shop had a good varity of Federal, Winchester and CCI all for under $40.

 

[gregintenn]

Winchester still makes primers?

 

[Amici]

Winchester still makes primers?

What makes you think it ever STOPPED?

 

[insterno]

There are no primers in my area of any sort. (Orange County, CA)

 

[Gun 4 Fun]

What makes you think it ever STOPPED?

I think he was being sarcastic due to not having seen any for quite a while. I know I sure haven't. The only ones I have seen for quite some time are of foreign manufacture and I don't have any load data using them. These are going for over $50 too.

 

[Vulcan Bob]

Just picked up 4k saturday here in the Altoona Pa area, cost was $29.00 per thousand. Then asked for some .380 ammo for my Mauser HSc and they had a nice selection. I think things are catching up.

 

[Amici]

I think he was being sarcastic due to not having seen any for quite a while. I know I sure haven't. The only ones I have seen for quite some time are of foreign manufacture and I don't have any load data using them. These are going for over $50 too.

Really? I say that because about the ONLY primers I see are Winchester. NO Remington, forget Federal. I did see two boxes of CCI last week; I remember because it's been SO long since I saw that brand. Some foreign (S&B? PP?) last week, but not much.

Fortunately for me, I still have a few cases stashed away.

 

[bnewc75]

have seen loaded ammo, primers, and powder in the area the past 6-8 weeks primers 3.50 to 4.00 a hundred limit of 4 per day but last week you could buy a thousand $40.00 (passed).......... had a good supply going into the shortage and have restocked the last few weeks with internet purchases

 

[Skip Sackett]

$30/1000 but only CCI. No one has anything else. Still rationing, 1000/person.

Not a bad price considering. At some gun shows I have seen them for $40/1000.

Like many have said, still working from stock I had last year, long before the shortage.

Haven't even opened some cases yet.

 

[Noah Zark]

Really? I say that because about the ONLY primers I see are Winchester. NO Remington, forget Federal. I did see two boxes of CCI last week; I remember because it's been SO long since I saw that brand. Some foreign (S&B? PP?) last week, but not much.

If I'm traveling on business and pass a gun shop, I usually stop for a quick look-see, and primer brand availability is one thing I like to check on. I've found that primer availability is VERY geography-specific, dependent on: 1) What brand of primers are popular with shooters in a given area, and 2) What gun distributors are popular with the gun shops in any given locale.

Here, CCI is the most popular brand of pimer, followed by Winchester and Federal being a distant third. Remingtons are scarce. One semi-local local shop an hour away stocks mostly Winchester, because that's what they've been able to get the most of, historically. I recall them having nothing but Winchester primers back in the early 80s, and they've pretty much stuck with them. Another large dealer about 40 mins away has stocked mostly CCI, with some Remingtons now and again.

Noah

 

[N_itis]

The limited number of pistol primers I have seen recently have been priced at $50.00+/1000. Rifle primers have been a little easier to find and are usually priced around $40.00/1000. I have not seen anyone selling less than 1000 at a time for quite awhile.

The last primers I bought were large rifle primers. I got them for $35.00/1000 at a gun show. The seller quoted everyone who asked $40.00/1000 (or more depending on their attitude). He sold them to me for less because I also bought a couple of pounds of powder. In fact, he offered to sell me another couple thousand primers at the same "discount" and commented that he could not sell powder if he did not have primers.

I thought his comment about not being able to sell powder if he did not have primers made a lot of sense. I would say 70% of the people who asked him for a price on primers would have bought all he had if they could have gotten them for $35.00/1000 and tried to resell them. Kind of like the guy who had the table full of Federal bulk pack .22 LR like I bought at Wal-Mart for $15.47/550 a few weeks before for the astoundingly good price of $30.00/550...or the even deeper "discount" of $75.00/1650 (three boxes).