I keep looking everytime anyone advertises primers for sale and they never seem to have any LRP. That's the only thing I need, since I only have about 1500 of them.
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I see them once in a blue moon. My store currently has LRM's but they are $124/k. I don't need them that bad.
Retail was right around $32 per thousand pre-pandemic so it's difficult to imagine that dealer COST is up four times.
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Ten cents is a ripoff. The going price now seems to be 8 cents, and Sportsman's Warehouse has them for 5.6 cents.
It's all about timing because they don't last long.
They don't last long because we shooters don't have patience.
I'll shoot .22s in the interim. If they run out I'll go fishing.
It's all about timing because they don't last long.
They don't last long because we shooters don't have patience.
I'll shoot .22s in the interim. If they run out I'll go fishing.
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The math works out perfectly.
If retail was $32 with a margin of 34% that makes cost $21. Current wholesale like I said earlier is $65-$120.
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You can buy 9mm ammo on sale for less than 15.00 for a box of 50.
Primers = .10
Bullet. =. .09
Powder =
Brass. =
Doesn’t add up.
Primers = .10
Bullet. =. .09
Powder =
Brass. =
Doesn’t add up.
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I’m in Omaha for the holiday and went to a local gun store today and bought 2 bricks of Winchester SPP for $79.95 each. These were the first I’d found in a store since the panic started. They also had Small Rifle, magnum small rifle but no large pistol. The might have had a box of larhlge rifle but didn’t pay much attention to rifle primers.
You could buy a max of 2000 of any skew.
You could buy a max of 2000 of any skew.
Some are getting them much cheaper than $65 per thousand. I know one local chain that sells them retail at $5.25 or so per 100. I won’t pay $10 per 100 either.
honestly, what is the average inflation rate over the last 3ish years? 8% or something like that? That would put $35 at $48 after 3 years. $32 at about $41.
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If that was the only thing driving up prices you would be right.
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Those are government numbers. In reality I’d guess inflation is easily mid 20’s.
That means 32 is now high 30s per 1k. Same thing as 8% compounded yearly.
You're 100% correct.
They claim an annual CPI of 6%-7%, which over 3 years adds up to around a 20% cumulative increase in costs (due to compounding).
HOWEVER, the CPI number that they are touting, specifically EXCLUDES cost increases for FOOD and FUEL. The CPI is only a measure of the cost increases for DURABLE CONSUMER GOODS (things like cars, computers, refrigerators, TV's, etc.). The increasing costs for ESSENTIALS isn't even included in that calculation.
Here's a question for you to consider: what two essential items in most people's budget have increased the MOST over the last 3 years? Answer: FOOD and FUEL! The two essential things that they don't include in the CPI numbers!
So the "government numbers", are skewed to make us all feel like things ain't really all THAT bad - by intentionally ignoring the escalating costs for the essential things we can't do without, and instead focusing on the things we don't actually HAVE to buy - like new cars & TV's.
Compare the cost of a restaurant meal, today vs. 2020. The same meal that cost you $12.95 in 2020 costs you $20 today.
That isn't 6% inflation over the last 3 years. That amounts to closer to 16% or 17% inflation, 3 years in a row.
Likewise, gas has gone from $2.75 a gallon to $4.50 a gallon over the last 3 years. That is NOT a 6% rate of inflation! It is more like a 20% rate of inflation, for 3 years in a row.
6% rate of inflation my foot! They are LYING to us, and the MSM is propping up that lie!
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$32 compounded by 20% over 3 years is still only $55, so $80-100+ for primers is gouging.....
I can do the math all evening long. It's always going to come up as gouging, no matter how generous we stipulate the terms.
So, diyj98 saying they know of a local chain at $55 is right in line with 20% compounded. I still think 20% is high.
I can do the math all evening long. It's always going to come up as gouging, no matter how generous we stipulate the terms.
So, diyj98 saying they know of a local chain at $55 is right in line with 20% compounded. I still think 20% is high.
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inflation is the catch-all term for all the calculable factors driving increasing prices/decreased purchasing power. taxes, labor, transportation, utilities, mortgage/loans, cost of goods, etc. We can get pretty granular if we need to.
What are we missing?
loaded 9mm is going for 22 cents a round with free shipping on a case. no way loaders are paying anywhere close to street prices, and still making any money.
What are we missing?
loaded 9mm is going for 22 cents a round with free shipping on a case. no way loaders are paying anywhere close to street prices, and still making any money.
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Too high. I’d pass unless you’re desperate.
Sportsman’s Warehouse had em during Covid for $23 to $30 per 1000. They currently sell em for about $.06, with a 200 per customer limit. Don’t need any, but grab 200 if they have what I need.
Sportsman’s Warehouse had em during Covid for $23 to $30 per 1000. They currently sell em for about $.06, with a 200 per customer limit. Don’t need any, but grab 200 if they have what I need.
Retail on primers right noe is really 55-65 dollars. retailers are paying more to get a supply because they know they can get more. The primer that is hard to get is large rifle. Others are available. The SPP and SRP have sold more than LRP since the 70s..so that's what is available. Big ammo sellers are 223 and 9mm. Price is down to reasonable levels... The marginal profit ammo is going to be last to be made...if ever again...this happened in the 30s again in th 60s and around 2000...They called it getting rid of the dead wood
Very true. I typically consider the CPI to be about 1/2 of the actual rate of inflation that the average consumer experiences.
