TARGET SPORTS USA has PRIMERS NOW . Expensive but not
outrageous.
outrageous.
PRIMERS NOW
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drumminor2nd
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The bigger shock is they finally dropped the price by $50 per 5,000 after a year of pretty much always having at least some primers in stock...
Rosco Shooter
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I bought from them in March. Really good service but pricey. I decided since I was out of primers and wanted to shoot this summer, I should grin and bear it. Happy to see prices coming down.
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.
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.
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I've bought mostly cases of .22 ammo from Target Sports for the last fifteen or more years. Their prices were almost always better than other sources and they didn't charge for shipping.
I'm not up on current primer prices. I have enough and haven't had to buy any in about three years, but price gouging seems out of character for Target Sports. I base that only on my past buying experience with them. Perhaps I'm wrong. Maybe they're asking what the market will bear or maybe they've become opportunists.
I'm not up on current primer prices. I have enough and haven't had to buy any in about three years, but price gouging seems out of character for Target Sports. I base that only on my past buying experience with them. Perhaps I'm wrong. Maybe they're asking what the market will bear or maybe they've become opportunists.
I have bought cases of sk rifle and match 22 ammo couple of years ago for what cci is going for now most places.Bought 9mm american eagle 15 to 17 cents a round also.I'm sure they have had couple of rough years and hope they can get back to being one of the lower price places to order.They have good customer sevice and shipping has been reliable.
ArchAngelCD
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This is strange, they are charging the same $599 for Federal #100 and #100M Gold Metal primers. Same for the CCI 500 primers but they did drop the price $50 on both Remington SPP types. 
Sorry but even it today's environment those are very high primers but like I've said before, if you need them and decided to buy them, it's your money so do as you see fit.
Under $300 could be considered not that bad today.
Sorry but even it today's environment those are very high primers but like I've said before, if you need them and decided to buy them, it's your money so do as you see fit.
Under $300 could be considered not that bad today.
venomballistics
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current average market is outrageous and they list 50% over that.
I have to ask .... is everything okay at home dude?
Baltimoreed11754
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Just broke into a 11-18 dated brick of cci lpp, four and a half bricks left.
Fessor
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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.
kbm6893
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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”.
EXACTLY. It is called "managing people's expectations".
I have a BUTT load of primers - in all sizes - that I bought before the current shortage for right around $20 per 1,000.
I lucked out a couple of weeks ago and "bought out" a guy who was getting out of reloading. I got the following - all of which I am valuing at "pre-pandemic" prices of $20/lb for powder, 2 cents each for primers, 2 cents for 9mm brass, 5 cents per 9mm bullet, 10 cents per 44/45 brass and 8 cents per 44/45 bullet.
Asst. powder #7 Hodgdon $140.00
#10 Winchester $200.00
#8 Accurate $160.00
9mm Bullets' 2500each $125.00
45 Cal. Bullets 2000each $160.00
44 Cal Bullets 1000each $80.00
Small pistol primers 4000each $80.00
Large pistol primers 5200each $104.00
9mm brass 1000each $20.00
45 brass 1000each $100.00
44 brass 500each $50.00
Total $1,219.00
Of course current prices are 3-5 times higher than these pre-pandemic prices/values.
I also got a Dillon 550B progressive press with the complete setups to load 9mm, 45acp, and 44mag, a Dillon scale, a tumbler with a whole box of walnut media, and a few other misc items.
Lastly I also got a 629-3 DX Classic 6.5" (full underlug barrel).
I gave the guy $2250 cash and felt like I was making out like a bandit.
ArchAngelCD
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@BC38
You actually bought all that powder for only $20/lb? Man, are we going to see your picture hanging in the Post Office?
Seriously, that was one heck of a day for you. I would never believe that could happen but obviously it did. Wow, I guess that guy hasn't heard anything about what has been going on the past few years.
The M629 Classic DX new were around $1,199. I've seen them online going for more than that today up to $1,250 and one sale was more. An additional Dillon 550 loaded up too along with a scale and tumbler? All that for $1,000? Yowza!!!
Nothing like that has ever happened to me. Way to go BC38. You got all that for at least half the price it's going for today. You are my hero lol...
You actually bought all that powder for only $20/lb? Man, are we going to see your picture hanging in the Post Office?
Seriously, that was one heck of a day for you. I would never believe that could happen but obviously it did. Wow, I guess that guy hasn't heard anything about what has been going on the past few years.
The M629 Classic DX new were around $1,199. I've seen them online going for more than that today up to $1,250 and one sale was more. An additional Dillon 550 loaded up too along with a scale and tumbler? All that for $1,000? Yowza!!!
Nothing like that has ever happened to me. Way to go BC38. You got all that for at least half the price it's going for today. You are my hero lol...
I saw SPPs go wanting of buyers at $90/K at the last gun show, so I think there is some price resistance forming. That said, all the people saying primers used to be $20/K and they have a mountain's worth at home isn't really that helpful in terms of providing pricing guidance, predicting the future market, or changing the price of primers.
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.
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.
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So let's say you're right, they are "intentionally shorting the market". Exactly how do they do that? There's only a couple of possibilities.
1. They have intentionally idled their equipment.
2. They are still producing but stockpiling in a warehouse.
Either would cost them more than just making as many as they can and shipping them. You can drive the price up by reducing the supply, but in manufacturing businesses doing that can also drastically drive up your cost per unit as well. If they were truly "greedy" they'd make as many as they could and sell them at the current prices which are now being determined by demand.
It also ignores several other common practices in manufacturing such as supplier contracts which need to be fulfilled. The absolutely worst thing you can do in manufacturing is cut your output intentionally. Nobody does that. It ignores possibly opening up your market to new competitors, like Expansion Industries, and more foreign competition.
I think this problem is 90% demand and only 10% supply. I think the surge in demand since COVID isn't fleeting. It could take a while for new capacity to come online. A decent recession would help choke demand. Maybe next year.
