Where are all the primers?

[sixgunner357]

I’m looking for Federal 215 & 210 primers and can’t seem to find any! I’d take the equivalent of another brand but can’t find anything. Is there an import freeze that I’m unaware of?
Thanks for any help!!

 

[Scotty454]

Just wait till you find out what they cost when you do find them. Lol.

No import restrictions, crazy demand is what happened. For a lot of reasons.

 

[bertn]

Been living under a rock for the last little while? lol

This is going on for quite a while now. Most people who have been through primer and ammo droughts before have learned from it and have enough stockpiled to last them a few years.
So it is stockpiled and hardly anything new coming in and whatever comes in gets bought up by people who were not prepared.

 

[Snider shooter]

We are two years into a shortage. Possibly by end of this year we might see large rifle primers.

 

[Redblack]

Yup…. Prices of primers are disgusting right now and plenty of people are getting scammed online. Hold out if you can.

 

[Killbillc68]

Sorry that you just found this out but yeah there’s lots of things in the reloading world that are super hard to acquire and when you do you need to pony up. You might want to look at what you have possible you might be able to do some trading.

 

[Cmaiden39]

Yup…. Prices of primers are disgusting right now and plenty of people are getting scammed online. Hold out if you can.

Yup. As someone just started getting into it, just payed 180$ for 600 large rifle ones.. :/

 

[Suther]

Yup…. Prices of primers are disgusting right now and plenty of people are getting scammed online. Hold out if you can.

This is a good point to bring up. Lots of scammy #### going on with primers lately, and desperation causes people to proceed past red flags that would normally set of alarm bells.

Be careful. If you find any primers online for sale make sure you do your homework on the retailer to make sure they aren't a scam.

 

[Bubba Yugga]

Federal 209A shotgun primers and CCI BR-4 small rifle primers in stock at Shooters Choice.

 

[4frnt.]

I'm super lucky my local gun range (also manufacturer of reloaded ammo) has every primer size in stock right now, but they're Ginex. They're 90-100$ for 1k.

 

[pipeliner]

Best of luck! I found enough primers for a couple hunting seasons.

 

[kamlooky]

So $.60 each is ahhh deel then?

Ohlee Mohlee.

 

[bjmurata]

I've been handloading since 1976 so been through several of these component crunches. I learned early on to stock up on stuff in the good times when they are available. I also get it that not everyone can do that due to their particular financial or whatever other circumstances. I was fortunate in that I was able to do just that
I was talking to a shooting buddy the other day and we both agreed that with the current shortages and the price of components we probably wouldn't be handloading.

 

[billbmcleod]

I used to load .38 spl with Federal SP primers due to the light hammer strike on the revolver I used them in. Federal's it appeared were softer and with CCI's I could count on a misfire here and there. If I had to load for it today I would probably be looking for a stronger spring. That is asssuming I could find any primers.

Bill

 

[MosinNagantM44]

I scored some from my customers. I am lucky to have good relationship with them and I got a few hundred for free.

 

[Sun_and_Steel_77]

I scored some from my customers. I am lucky to have good relationship with them and I got a few hundred for free.

If that's a current picture of you in your avatar then I'll score ya a few hundred primers...but it won't be for free, and I'm really not into the whole "relationship" thing at the moment.

 

[350tracker]

Some are taking full advantage on this shortage even on EE. Lucky I got what I needed before it got bad.

 

[track]

Yup. As someone just started getting into it, just payed 180$ for 600 large rifle ones.. :/

Holy crap! I thought that I paid to much for 500 215M primers, $80.

 

[fiddler]

I've been handloading since 1976 so been through several of these component crunches. I learned early on to stock up on stuff in the good times when they are available. I also get it that not everyone can do that due to their particular financial or whatever other circumstances. I was fortunate in that I was able to do just that
I was talking to a shooting buddy the other day and we both agreed that with the current shortages and the price of components we probably wouldn't be handloading.

This is not the first go around with ammo or component shortages, nor the second, nor the third....And history has already forgotten of the Great 22 Shortage in just over a decade.

if anyone is new to this you should keep enough ammo for your sport shooting, and a few seasons worth of your hunting ammo. It was just a few months ago people were going out the day before the hunting trip trying to shop for ammunition. Either couldn't find their brand or couldn't find any at all.

The silliest part about loading is that until recently the Primers were the most economical item to purchase. Previously at 2 or 3 bucks a box for primers Why would you not buy one or two thousand? for 30 bucks each? It costs more in gas to make that trip. I don't mass purchase anything, or never break the bank. I just pick up a bit here and there of the stuff I use, when I find it..

I picked up a box of 1000 small pistol primers recently, paid more than usual but it was the insurance cost of continually shooting/loading for the next couple years.


How is it possible that us older shooters know anything?

 

[Cmaiden39]

were and when was that!?