There is one positive sign that the great primer drought of 2021-22 may finally be ending. Midsouth Shooters Supply have been listing 1000 count CCI BR4 Small Rifle Benchrest Primers as in stock for nearly 3 weeks.
Of course their listed price of $149.99 plus HazMat and Shipping certainly chills one’s hands stiff before reaching for yonder Visa, but nevertheless having any popular primers in stock for more 3 weeks has to be a record in these troubled times.
Of course we reloaders may have just gotten smarter, and prefer to wait for ridiculous prices to come down naturally, but even so, any primers lasting for sale this long, has to be a good thing…n’est-ce pas?
That’ll be the day. I think Stupid eventually runs out of money or the foolish pursuit gets old. I’ve gotten to the point that I don’t even look at my emails to see what’s in stock anymore.
Seems it could be well into next year before pricing is anywhere near tempting.
(Also… I’d call it Hoarding. I seriously doubt there was ever any shortage.)
If you look primers are in and out a lot lately, you can find them most days in many places, just not fair priced. A bunch of my shooting buddies just bought 10K together from TargetSports I think. Shipping is free but with Hazmat, @ $30 bucks it brought them up to $93ish per 1K. I don’t need any for a long time still but when they come down I’ll be sure and grab a few “extra” that’s for sure. The cheapest I have seen is around $80ish shipped with Hazmat.
I’m seeing projectiles at close to normal locally and mail order. Brass cases as well, and starting to come back into supply. Powders about 20-25% higher than normal.
But primers are just crazy, double to triple pre-runup prices
Just when I thought we were seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and primers were starting to drop in price and increase in availability, the war in Ukraine is starting to create shortages.
Did anyone see the document from Lapua that said they are halting brass production on quite a few popular cases so that they can supply the Ukraine war effort?
I did see this earlier in the week and yup they are cutting some calibers: https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/some-lapua-brass-suspended-production.314858/ Will definitely suck for guys counting on these items. Depending on your needs I have been seeing and buying powder & projectiles at very good prices. If you need name brands and counting on certain powders it can be tough and expensive, but if you building blamo ammo or basic training ammo, handgun or rifle there are some killer prices on select items, just gotta know where to look.
As stated primers are around but still silly prices unless you are “desperate” but they’re still overpriced!
That would be sweet if a place like that was close to me. Even @ $80 I maybe would have bought a few K myself. Good for you for sure. Maybe things will shape up after the election, we can only hope.
Just bought a thou 450’s from Targetsports for bottle and can ammo. The 85 bucks turned into 140 delivered with add ons… Would prolly have been better off buying more 22lr with that money…
