Yet another primer shortage......

[growr]

At least here in Billings MT there are NO primers at all.....flashback to the shortages of yesteryear................

How about where you live? Gone as well? How many times do we have to go through this garbage?????

I am not in need but I know many are.

Randy

 

[MyDads38]

I was "lucky" enough to locate 5K Small Pistol Magnum primers. I don't use magnum primers, but if regular primers don't become available, at least I can use them. At the onset of this pandemic, I got online to order SP primers and they were sold out already. Local shops carry very few reloading supplies.

I made 2 orders at XTreme Bullets, took longer to receive but I did get both orders-BEFORE they raised their prices!! Everglades Ammo pulled the same stunt 2 weeks before XTreme Bullets. Raised their prices and eliminated the 2K/4K quantities from the website. I'll remember this, when this pandemic blows over!

I'm okay on powder, now and for the future. I have a new melter and about a dozen new bullet molds-just in case....

Hope this doesn't last long term.

 

[Sam McCord]

No shortage here, there's a potload of them downstairs in the gun room. All types!

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I see no shortage here in NEPA.

Let's try not to work everyone I into a false fear and cause another shortage. We are our own worst enemy.

 

[rwsmith]

You may have luck....

...finding them online, but you have to buy enough to make the hazmat fee worthwhile.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

There was no shortage before the quarantine! But a bunch of people that don't bother to learn, decided to buy their supplies after the emergency arrived.

I you were one of the three little pigs, and I were the wolf, I'd be having ham for dinner!

My supply is getting uncomfortably low, I have been loading for weeks, and I'M down to 40 bricks of primers. I'll stock back up when thing cool off a little, but I'm not expecting to pay $8.99/1000 (full retail) like I did in the 80's!

Ivan

 

[Engineer1911]

^^^^^ PROPER PLANNING ^^^^^. Primer prices are rising faster than inflation, excellent return on investment.

 

[Just another 22 shooter]

No primer shortage here. I'm pretty well set for the rest of my shooting and probably will have few left over for my beneficiaries to inherit.

 

[memtb]

At least here in Billings MT there are NO primers at all.....flashback to the shortages of yesteryear................

How about where you live? Gone as well? How many times do we have to go through this garbage?????

I am not in need but I know many are.

Randy

Randy, Where I live, plenty of primers..... not sure about the stores, however! memtb

 

[robertrwalsh]

I haven't even bothered to look here in CA. I get a good supply in (not hoarding, just an acceptable depth to the supply closet) when they are easily available and cheap. I usually buy at gun shows, which are not operational right now but look like they will be again in 2-5 weeks maybe. My last purchase was about $135-5,000 Winchester, small pistol standard and large pistol. i haven't actually checked in the gun stores lately.

 

[stansdds]

Fortunately, I bought primers a couple of years ago when they became inexpensive and plentiful. I'm sure the prices are escalating and there will be a shortage as ammo companies move the bulk of their primer production to ammo production.

 

[Eddietruett]

Everywhere I’ve been there is plenty of large rife and large pistol. Everyone is wanting the small ones. Story of my life. Where was this mindset in my younger years when I was out playing the field?

 

[fredj338]

We are back to 2012-13. Shortages are everywhere. So like then, you need a reserve to last you a year minimum. When things get better, stock up. To give you an idea, i shoot about 10k rds a year in handgun. I recently opened a case of cci dated 11/2010, so you can see I have stocked up.
Though I think this shortage lasts longer than 2012-13.
Manuf then ran 24/7 shifts to keep up. Manuf now are not working at all or working limited hours & staff. I am thinking a year minimum & prices will only go up from here.

 

[fredj338]

...finding them online, but you have to buy enough to make the hazmat fee worthwhile.

Check again, not much in pistol primers online.

 

[fredj338]

I see no shortage here in NEPA.

Let's try not to work everyone I into a false fear and cause another shortage. We are our own worst enemy.

Well it isn't a false fear if the shortage is already here? The problem is the people that didn't have started buying a lot. It is not unlike the self induced TP shortage. You see it flying off the shelves & think what you have may not be enough.

 

[muddocktor]

Yep, I thought ahead and stocked up on primers and powder before they got hard to find. And just bought 6k of bullets in various calibers too, so I got a decent supply on hand.

 

[mikld]

I don't consider the lack of components a "shortage". It is a "Panic", and "Over buying/hoarding" situation. The component manufacturers have produce a sufficient supply of components but those unprepared reloaders panicked and bought much more than usual/needed "gotta get mine before someone else gets it all"...

 

[walnutred]

I don't consider the lack of components a "shortage". It is a "Panic", and "Over buying/hoarding" situation. The component manufacturers have produce a sufficient supply of components but those unprepared reloaders panicked and bought much more than usual/needed "gotta get mine before someone else gets it all"...

So you are saying shortages are artificially created when people panic buy? Like buying magnum primers when you don't use magnum primers, but they were on the shelf?

 

[nedlate]

So you are saying shortages are artificially created when people panic buy?

That was exactly how the 22lr shortage occurred!
Ed

 

[ArchAngelCD]

The primers I am now using are mostly marked 2009 so most of my older primers are gone.