jmpgfoto
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Take a look at GunBroker.com and the prices that people are paying for all sizes of pistol primers. You may kick yourself for letting them go for $40/1K!
Actully primers can still be found where I live but expect prices to be $45 to $50 a thousand or nearly double what they were before. I've even heard that at some gun shows prices being $75 a thousand. I do think in 3 to 6 months the prices will drop a lot as the manufacturers respond to the current shotage. I worked in manufacturing all of my business career and if there is demand companies respond by ramping up production and will pay overtime to try to reach the demand for their product.
Whats the deal with the shortage of WSP primers? Actually its most primers. The online stores are out and the local shops are all out?
Is it hording or lack of supply?
I have no problem w/people buying all they want. I understand the free market & have no problem w/that. I've been buying ammo for years using what I call the "box a week plan".
I used the hoarding word incorrectly. Hoard all you wish as well as I will.
My only issue is like what's happening around here/me. You have LGS owners going into a Walmart buying up all the stock & turning around selling it at double to triple the price. You also have people (some that don't even shoot) that get in good w/store managers or associates & get them to hold back supplies so they can scoop it up in order to flip for a profit.
I guess I don't consider that free market when you're getting things put back through connections in order to make a huge profit. I believe that type of activity is wrong & also I'm pretty sure that would be against most companies policies. If you're buying it for you through sources everyone has I see no problem, but that's not what's happening around me anyways. Workers are getting paybacks for holding items in the back.
Maybe I'm wrong, but wanted to just voice how I really felt about the situation & correct how I used the term hoarding.
Yesterday my friend who owns a gun store finally received a small shipment of primers and powder from his regional distributor. He was quite shocked by the huge price increase on the primers! His old stock of primers sold out at $2.60 to $3.29 per 100. His cost on the new primers is $39 to $47 per 1,000 and he is marking them at $4.50 to $5.50 per 100. Not exactly a huge profit margin! Powder prices were up about 15%.
Now if he could only get some bullets!
People buy primers 100 at a time?
Hmmm. I hadn't thought of that, but yea - I suppose.Desperate times...
People buy primers 100 at a time?
Whats the deal with the shortage of WSP primers? Actually its most primers. The online stores are out and the local shops are all out?
Is it hording or lack of supply?