TARGET SPORTS USA has PRIMERS NOW . Expensive but not
outrageous.
outrageous.
TARGET SPORTS USA has PRIMERS NOW . Expensive but not
outrageous.
I’ll disagree about the price not being outrageous. $110 per thousand when you buy 5,000. That price doesn’t include hazmat.
Been a couple years since I’ve touched them for any purchase so I wouldn’t be surprised if sales tax is in there now also.
I hope they sell zero primers at that price. These were $32 per thousand before the world stopped for the big triple boof.
$80 per thousand is a good price these days. Given the rate of inflation and what seems like a permanent supply chain problem, I fear that today's primer prices will seem like a bargain in just another year or two. I hope I'm wrong.I just bought a brick of a thousand Remington SPP for $80. I thought that was a better than average price.
$80 per thousand is a good price these days. Given the rate of inflation and what seems like a permanent supply chain problem, I fear that today's primer prices will seem like a bargain in just another year or two. I hope I'm wrong.
EXACTLY. It is called "managing people's expectations".There is no supply chain problem. I have zero problems getting anything else. There is no shortage of primers due to them going to factory ammunition anymore, either. 2.5 years ago, yeah, that was the case. Ammo is everywhere now.
This is a case of intentionally shorting the market to keep the demand high and the prices high. 4 primer companies, 3 one of them controlled by one parent company. Dribble out the product and keep the idea of “when I see them, I grab them” going. At some point they will release more product so they are in mom and pop stores as well, and not just Cabelas and Bass Pro, and price them at $80 a brick, more than double what they were 3 years ago. People will be glad to buy them at that price, and mission accomplished.
No different than gas. My sister commented the other day that gas has thankfully come down and is more reasonable now. I said “you’re happy that it is $4.10 a gallon? It was under $3 less than 2 years ago”. She said “$4.00
Is better than $5.00”.
If people wanted to strike a blow for lower primer prices, then offering them for sale at prices lower that those claimed as being unreasonable might deprive so scalpers of sales and help the market get back to a more reasonable level and for the rest of us to only buy just what we need until things get back to some sort of reasonable.
Anyone?
Yeah, that's about what I thought.[/QUOTE
Well I sold primers at 60-70 bucks back when they were 150-200 on the auction sites. And that is where half of what I sold ended up..so if you think some should strike a blow for cheaper prices...you go first!! LOL I already did my part
There is no supply chain problem. I have zero problems getting anything else. There is no shortage of primers due to them going to factory ammunition anymore, either. 2.5 years ago, yeah, that was the case. Ammo is everywhere now.
This is a case of intentionally shorting the market to keep the demand high and the prices high. 4 primer companies, 3 one of them controlled by one parent company. Dribble out the product and keep the idea of “when I see them, I grab them” going. At some point they will release more product so they are in mom and pop stores as well, and not just Cabelas and Bass Pro, and price them at $80 a brick, more than double what they were 3 years ago. People will be glad to buy them at that price, and mission accomplished.
No different than gas. My sister commented the other day that gas has thankfully come down and is more reasonable now. I said “you’re happy that it is $4.10 a gallon? It was under $3 less than 2 years ago”. She said “$4.00
Is better than $5.00”.