Comments on: Primer Availability

By: Drew458

Drew458 — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:38:31 +0000

Nearly an entire year has gone by since this was posted. And primers are still darned hard to find, even at double or triple the price they sold for in 2007.

There simply can not be that much demand for ammunition. And there is less military demand for ammo now than there was back in 2004-2007.

So who are the hoarders, the ammo companies?

By: Don Miller

Don Miller — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:11:11 +0000

Wonder what the long term affect will be on the shooting sports. The hoarders have increased the price of primers from $17 to $40 in the middle of a Depression (U6 unemployment is at 17%). I have simply found other things to do. Funny, since I quit using 4 cent primers I have also noticed I am spending zero on powder, bullets and new rifle barrels. Lots of other things to do in this wonderful country, and most of them are getting cheaper, not more expensive.

By: ROBERT W. CYPHERS

ROBERT W. CYPHERS — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:04:18 +0000

VERY HELPFUL AT A TIME A RELOADER IS TRYING TO LOAD MAGNUM LARGE PISTAL
AMMUNITION. .
THANK YOU

By: MERLE R.

MERLE R. — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:57:44 +0000

VOTE….YES,YES,YES,….BUT I,M WAITING FOR A REVOLUTION ….JUST SAY THE WORD!!!

By: bob taylor

bob taylor — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:19:34 +0000

like ray said, VOTE!

By: charles lagoy

charles lagoy — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:22:19 +0000

my sons and I reload ammo to use at the rifle range with out large rifle primers we can not afford to bye ammo and shoot 500 rounds. So I gust we will have wait and see if things get better. GOOD LUCK WE WLL NEED IT

By: James West

James West — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:56:11 +0000

Well, I’ve got a copy of “Buns & Whammo” somewhere round here from 1967 (I think) which expresses fears of a shortage of sporting ammo due to the escalating demands of the war in Vietnam.

By: J Beary

J Beary — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:18:21 +0000

From what I can gather between the enlightening article and quite a few of the reply posts, I’d judge it was the paranoid whack-job wing-nuts hiding in their basements that are causing the primer shortage. A few thousand Dale Gribbles with delusions and difficulty assessing threats make reloading hard for the rest of us. Those kooks actually ARE a threat to me. They bought up all my primers!!!.

By: A&A Firearms LLC

A&A Firearms LLC — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:08:51 +0000

Thanks for the update, very helpful.

Anthony

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:41:46 +0000

And second of all,
If you like Primers this much! “I have none but can wait to work up my 8mm Mauser/45/70 and 325 WSM and 357 38 loads. I’ve got my 44 mag loads worked up and am unable to reload any thing now any how. I’m busy away from the bench working for uncle sam. Wait until you find out how much you would like to have a little gasoline in your tank! “Here we go”!