Where have all the small pistol primers gone?

[Thomas15]

I have been stock piling all primers for the last 4 or 5 years . I have amassed close to 80,000 .....25,000 being SPP ,25,000 LPP and 15,000 SRP and 15,000 LRP. Most of my purchases have been Winchester, some Federal and about 5000 SPP are CCI magnum primers. Now all I need are bullets for the large rifle(30 cal).

As far as SPP go I have about 17K federals. The current drought is a continuation of the last one, there was a brief shower last summer and I stocked up 20 k but have since used 3K

I have a bunch more CCI and S&B SPP but mostly use federals in my revolvers. I think I'm going to try some Winchesters just in case I run out of federals.

 

[rburg]

So many problems, some solvable and others not so much. Its time everyone learns the joy of hoarding. Not just primers but also powder and bullets. If there is a component you just can't live without, get more. Its not easy, but it can be done. And when the supply drought ends, buy even more. If you're running out, you're shooting too much. Learn from it. I know its tough when you're young and have competing demands. Your wife wants to go to a concert or buy new drapes. Sometimes you just have to say no.

There should be some well recognized rules of reloading. You need to keep inventory. That means count what you have and keep it on a cheat sheet. Take it with you everywhere. Especially gun shows and shops. Don't rely on your memory, its faulty. Buy when you see a deal. Keep buying if the price is cheap enough.

And then if you've got one or two guns that aren't reliable with all components, buy some of the nail polish like stuff. Two guys names, but not Harry and David. It even comes in colors but I only have green. Don't know why but its what I use with my soft primers. If I loaded hot, I'd buy a little bottle of red and paint the primers of those. If you're kind of dumb and can't remember, paint in the last digit of the serial with the same stuff, kind of as a reminder.

 

[kraynky]

We don't get many Federal primers here for some reason. Mostly CCI and Winchester, or if I go to Cabela's I can buy S&B cheaper. LGS price for 1,000 here is $39.99, darn near everywhere. S&B's at Cabela's, $24.99. I find they all work about the same for me. I just seldom see any magnum S&B's.

 

[Nick B]

I mostly shoot Winchester But CCI SPP's are very easy to come by where I live . Everglades Ammo is based in my town and they have a walk in store .
CCI primers are 26 bucks a K there .

 

[fredj338]

So many problems, some solvable and others not so much. Its time everyone learns the joy of hoarding. Not just primers but also powder and bullets. If there is a component you just can't live without, get more. Its not easy, but it can be done. And when the supply drought ends, buy even more. If you're running out, you're shooting too much. Learn from it. I know its tough when you're young and have competing demands. Your wife wants to go to a concert or buy new drapes. Sometimes you just have to say no.

There should be some well recognized rules of reloading. You need to keep inventory. That means count what you have and keep it on a cheat sheet. Take it with you everywhere. Especially gun shows and shops. Don't rely on your memory, its faulty. Buy when you see a deal. Keep buying if the price is cheap enough.

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Amen. Though IMO, not hoarding but being prepared. I found an inventory app for my phone. Now I do have a list whenever I run across something or someone wants to group buy.

 

[Nick B]

I shoot 1200-1600 rounds a month so my reserve inventory is huge .

 

[Thomas15]

So many problems, some solvable and others not so much. Its time everyone learns the joy of hoarding. Not just primers but also powder and bullets. If there is a component you just can't live without, get more. Its not easy, but it can be done. And when the supply drought ends, buy even more. If you're running out, you're shooting too much. Learn from it. I know its tough when you're young and have competing demands. Your wife wants to go to a concert or buy new drapes. Sometimes you just have to say no. ......

Yes I agree. When the reloading components situation started to correct itself the prudent thing seemed to be to prep for a possible Clinton in the Whitehouse. This was a major reason why I stocked up on everything I didn't have and that was mainly primers and bullets.

We have just got through a major shortage, in particular powder so there was a good lesson to learn. I started out thinking a 2 year supply of components was plenty but now it's a 4 year supply. I do hope though that Federal SPP make an appearance by the end of the year.

 

[Dicem]

I was at a gun show at Orange County CA yesterday and I saw plenty of CCI small pistol for $24.95/1K and Winchester small pistol for $22.95/1K. As I have a good inventory of Winchester and a couple of thousand CCI I didn't buy any more, only Bullseye. Ammo Bros. in Santa Ana CA sells CCI small pistol for about $27.

I have only loaded CCI for 3 1/2 years (about 20K on a 4 die single stage). 9's, 38 spl, 357 mag and 45acp. I understand from a friend that he sees no difference between CCI, Winchester and Federal with all kinds of different loads.

 

[Eddie Southgate]

I get nervous when I have less than 10,000 of any size of primer . Why would you wait till you were down to 100 ? Did you not learn anything from Osama Obama ?

 

[daniel lawecki]

That's large pistol mag & standard. Rifle mag & standard so you'll need 40,000 your running a little short.

 

[686man357]

Our local academy store has started carrying primers...Winchester and cci. No federal.

 

[Eddie Southgate]

That's large pistol mag & standard. Rifle mag & standard so you'll need 40,000 your running a little short.

If you are referencing my post you can add 100,000 and you would be ballpark close . I bought that many (50,000 ) large pistol primers last time I bought them . I have plenty of Mag primers but I seldom use them for anything except the Speer plastic practice rounds for indoor and stinging the occasional dog caught dumping in my front yard .

Eddie