is supply running out?

[bradofcanada]

I just bought a bunch of primers from Cabelas.ca you may want to check there if needed.

 

[superd222]

Who buys primers by the hundred anyway?

My thoughts also...

 

[2bad4u2]

Availability and pricing is so bad in NS when I order primers I order by the case (5,000). It doesn't make sense otherwise. I'm normally ordering 20 lbs. of powder at the time as well.

 

[fastex]

Availability and pricing is so bad in NS when I order primers I order by the case (5,000). It doesn't make sense otherwise. I'm normally ordering 20 lbs. of powder at the time as well.

How much are you paying per 1000?

 

[Spawn-Inc]

I love how people say the Americans stock pile, yet look at the responses on here and people dont equate their purchases as stock piling.

how much do you shoot on average per year? if you shoot 100 rounds a year, i would say 1000 primers is stock piling. if you shoot 5000 rounds 10k worth of primers is realistic.

 

[ivo]

I was at Wholesale(Calgary) around Christmas looking for .243 Win brass, they had 62 bags of Winchester in stock. So I went back 2 weeks ago and they had none on the shelf, I asked one of the fellas if they had any in the back and he said they had 21 bags, so I bought 10. At the same time one of the guys working there couldn't find the last 8 pounder of H4831sc so after he got some help, it was located, so I bought that too(along with a few other powders, some bullets and primers).

I went through this crap last time and told myself I would never let it happen to me again, so yes I'm stockpiling.

 

[Super Trooper]

I was at Wholesale(Calgary)

I cleaned Wholesale and Bass Pro out of large pistol primers earlier today. Sorry.

 

[stevebc]

Last Saturday I bought Kamloops Wholesale's last pound of W231, but as noted, it is WSS...

 

[ipscgraz]

I am stocking as well.


Budget Shooter supply is out of cheap .311 150 grainers; I like to keep a thousand or so on hand.

 

[rocor98]

I bought large pistol primers at Budget shooter supply the other night .. Henry still has them in stock on his site today .. If it is on his web pages he has it! .... Link to Budget Shooter is above in the site sponcer area above ..

 

[hoochie]

I shoot lots, but still dont see why guys need 10K primers. How does that work anyway? you walk in and drop $300 in a single reciept for primers?

 

[c-fbmi]

I shoot lots, but still dont see why guys need 10K primers. How does that work anyway? you walk in and drop $300 in a single reciept for primers?

Sometimes even more, I use 11 different primers, depending on caliber and don't feel comfortable unless I have AT LEAST 3000 of each and 500 for my 50 BMG. CCI 200s and 250s I'm not comfortable unless I have 5000 each of them. I'm of the opinion that the day may come, in my lifetime, where this stuff may become restricted or just made so difficult to abide by the laws that the expense will be silly and/or they may make it so difficult to import that the US manufacturers will refuse to export to Canada. The law makers are out to get us one way or another, and to control guns and ammo in Canada. The long gun registry failed so I suspect they may take a run at reloaders next time as an inroad, because our numbers are much smaller than long gun owners. JMHO

 

[Dogleg]

this works for me,


but i think i would call it;

100 is a pack
1000 is a box
5000 is a case.

but that's just me.

Everyone I know says:

a box
a brick
a case

Same with .22 shells.

 

[Dogleg]

I shoot lots, but still dont see why guys need 10K primers. How does that work anyway? you walk in and drop $300 in a single reciept for primers?

It gets easier when your powder orders start involveing a forklift. Then it suddenly makes sense.

Say you need small, large and Magnum rifle primers, then match in each type for different rifles. You're already at 6,000 with a brick of each while simultaneously being just about out of everything.Thats assuming you use the same brand for everything. You're literally down to your last handful of primers all the time, which is a reloader's equivilent of driveing around with your gas guage on empty.


Then there's the handgunners and trap shooters. 10,000 doesn't mean anything to an avid handgunner, and not much more to a .223 guy.

 

[caramel]

Those # are just every day business for an avid shooter... JP.

 

[headspace]

My thoughts also...

I have when working on a special load that may call for magnum versus regular primers. No sense buying 1000 if I don't like the load.

 

[hoochie]

ok, slow to catch on... I thought you guys meant 10K for each primer type, not talking in total. Like 10K small pistol, 10K small rifle, +,+,+..... I thought you guys were saying you had over 100k primers and that wasnt enough

 

[The Breeze]

....I thought you guys were saying you had over 100k primers and that wasnt enough

I have just over 160,000 small pistol primers (down from over 200k) and i'm starting to get nervous.....

 

[aheppner]

I'm only loading .223 right now for my Savage. I have 1400 primers on hand, I'm only dealing with 1 caliber, 1 gun and 1 load. I could see if a guy loads several pistol and rifle calibers that 10k primers is really not much at all.

200k is a lot of primers tho

you will wear out a few guns before that get used up

 

[Paatz]

There's an article here that outlines where the various companies are with regard to supply and demand.
It seems primers are being prioritized for ammo:

RELOADERS:

ALL Remington, Winchester, CCI & Federal primers are going to ammo FIRST. There are no extra’s for reloading purposes. It could be 6-9 months b/f things get caught up. ….