If you Paid $1,325.00.....

[Revoman]

I'm a seller at those prices. Maybe even a grand.

 

[SLT223]

If you're short, just pick up a new hobby till things cool down if don't have one already. Putting money into actual value is so much more gratifying than paying reactionary inflation pricing.

 

[Skeet 028]

A year ago some folks thought it was dumb to reload 9mm.

I didn't think it was dumb...but it was not cost efficient at the prices of the range ammo at the time. Consider a FMJ bullet a year ago cost about a dime..5 dollars a box..primers round it off to 3 cents each...another dollar fifty and the powder lets just say 2 cents each for another dollar...wow..7.50 a box...and I actually bought factory ammo from Cabela's for that same price. So I bought 3000. I still don't load 9mm....but I can if necessary....And it is probably coming to a state near you in the near future. Me too

 

[jag312]

A year ago some folks thought it was dumb to reload 9mm.

It makes economic sense if you shoot a 9mm machinegun.

 

[Fishslayer]

Have been watching the primer madness on Gunbroker and this has got to be the kicker. someone paid $1325.00 for 5K CCI Small Rifle.

There are people for whom $1K is couch cushion change.

They saw what they wanted, got it with a click. More power to 'em.

 

[max503]

I didn't think it was dumb...but it was not cost efficient at the prices of the range ammo at the time. Consider a FMJ bullet a year ago cost about a dime..5 dollars a box..primers round it off to 3 cents each...another dollar fifty and the powder lets just say 2 cents each for another dollar...wow..7.50 a box...and I actually bought factory ammo from Cabela's for that same price. So I bought 3000. I still don't load 9mm....but I can if necessary....And it is probably coming to a state near you in the near future. Me too

Yes, but I load 9mm with lead I scrounge and cases I scrounge, too. Most folks left their cases on the ground, free for the taking. I only picked up the good ones.
So I was paying $2.50/box. For me, casting and reloading is fun so I don't count labor.

 

[NJM15]

Experimenting

I've been trying different ways to adopt small rifle primers to use in small pistol primer ammo.
I know the difference in the two .
my revolvers work great semis not so good, noticed the srp set further in the pocket than spp's, I set them a little short just enough to feel them running your finger over them.
now what happens is the firing pin drives the primer all the way in and the result is a tiny impression on the primer resulting in no detonation.
plan two, use a small amount of Loctite on the primers , result, so far it works in my m and p .40/.357 Sig and my Sig 226 .9mm
difficult times lead to making difficult solutions

 

[NJM15]

My bid ----

That sounds like a shill, bidding for the seller to jack the price up. I doubt that the primers actually sold (were paid for) for that much. But then who knows, in today's world?

I bid 200.00 for 1000 cci,s spp,s winning bid was 450.00,
I passed on that used to get them for 37.50 at a local gun show just about a year ago

 

[Protocall_Design]

When you don't firmly seat any primers, the firing pin has to finish seating them, and that cushions the blow of the firing pin. Try fully seating some, I bet they'll work then.

 

[max503]

When you don't firmly seat any primers, the firing pin has to finish seating them, and that cushions the blow of the firing pin.

Yup. I found this out to be true just the other day.

Loaded some 38's on my Dillon with brand-new brass. The pockets were still tight and I didn't seat the primers hard enough. Some were high. I thought I was too high and mighty to pull a dumb stunt like that. Had one misfire (it took two hits to go off) and a bunch of light indentations.
Good thing it was only one box and they were used for target practice.

 

[Constrictor]

Have been watching the primer madness on Gunbroker and this has got to be the kicker. someone paid $1325.00 for 5K CCI Small Rifle.
My Question...if you paid that much... could you afford to use them or do they fall into the category of the Capital Ship...to valuable to lose?

Sure that price sucks but id pay it in a second if i hadn't stocked up previously. Everything is relative.

 

[Bob T]

WOW!! It's getting crazy!!
Just watched 1k Winchester Small Rifle Primers close for $355.00 on Gun Broker. Seems the $1325.00 was a good deal!!
$1,775.00 for a 5k brick.

 

[llowry61]

I hope it doesn't get worse, but I fear that it may.

 

[nbedford]

Cartels need primers too, no?

I cain't quite get a good clear picture in my head of that. Reloading room at El Chapo's manse? Maybe back when a meth king was a dude operating out of a double wide house trailer back on the gravel. I expect they get factory ammo wholesale by the pallet.

 

[glenwolde]

There are a lot of guys out there who would consider your weekly paycheck as "pocket money", the same as you or I might look at fifty bucks. For them, its not an issue of price, its availability and wanting it.

Or, it could be some poor sap who is now living off Ramen Noodles...

Larry

When I was young I once had to eat chicken pot pies for a week because it was all I could afford after blowing my paycheck on a Detonics Combat Master. It was worth it.