WARNING! Don't Buy THESE Primers!!

[@Buddygold9509]

I recently found a box of 1000 primers I had bought in 1973. $11.00 price tag on the box. Loaded them in my .38 plinker ammo and not a misfire among them.

[@robertotto5811]

As long as they've been stored in dry conditions they stay good. I had some Western primers from the late '40s or early '50s that all worked.

[@alwaysfreedom9354]

I have had the opposite experience. 40,000 Winchester pistol primers with high failure rate. Back in the 70s, I had .22 ammo go bad. On the other hand, I have Remmington rifle primers loaded in .45/70 ammo that is 100% good. In both cases, the .22 ammo and the primers were stored in Florida heat. No air-conditioning. I was attacked for mentioning this before, a year ago. "Primers never go bad!!!!" OK.

[@Buddygold9509]

@@alwaysfreedom9354 Texas humidity the same as Florida. Luckily they have been in A/C all of these years. Otherwise, might have been the same as yours.

[@robertotto5811]

@@alwaysfreedom9354 that Fla humidity got ya.

[@brucetucker4847]

$11 in 1973 dollars is $75 in 2023 dollars.

[@reloader7sixtwo]

My LGS is selling SP and LP primer in 294 OEM packs by CCI, I've picked up a few packs of each for $25 per pack, which works out to around 8.5 cents each. I have a good supply from pre covid days but I'm just replacing what I shoot from old stock. The last primers I bought in the fall of 2020 cost me around $35 on average per K, regardless of brand or size, primer now range from $85 to $120 per K with Federal Gold Metal Match being the most expansive, I like those primers but I'm not paying that.

[@allthingsconsidered3211]

25/100 is 25c per primer…

[@trashedmechanic1987]

I have seen federal premium magnum large rifle primers selling for $400 per 1000. Whats worse is people are buying them. No way I would ever pay that for them

[@F15ElectricEagle]

Hate to tell you this but the good old days of $0.05 to $0.10 per primers are over and will not be returning.

[@mhughes1160]

Sadly that can still be cheaper than paying $4-5 dollars a round for loaded factory ammo , but yes it’s terrible 😢

[@trashedmechanic1987]

I just got myself a black firday deal. Cci magnum large rifle primers for 7.99 a pack. Bought all they had left. Almost 4k.

[@mhughes1160]

@@trashedmechanic1987 👍that a nice topping for thanksgiving I already have quite a few

[@edwardh1591]

Most places are$100-$120 a thousand depending on primer. Just purchased 5000 small pistol primer for $69 a thousand. Most places are marking them up

[@shirleypigue9244]

where?\

[@OldPackMule]

If 115 9mm is $250 a case, then paying $100 for primers and $110 for projectiles and $40 for a pound of powder and scrounge the brass then you're at $250. Might as well buy the new rounds for the $250. Doesn't make economic sense.

[@pc-snoozing9724]

Love your videos! The last batch of primers (small pistol/small rifle and large pistol/rifle) I bought were between $ 25-27!

[@mamangisda1573]

Out here in the Pacific Northwest I just bought Winchester small pistol primers at $5.54 per 100 ($0.055 each). Small rifle primers are the same price. Purchase quantity is limited to 2 packages per day. Large rifle primers are not yet available. I offset the cost of primers by picking up 9mm, .45 ACP and 5.56mm range brass, which I clean up and reload. I did pick up a few hundred Fiocchi small pistol primers at a similar price; we'll see how well those work.

[@Nwwoods]

Where are those at I’m in the PNW

[@mamangisda1573]

@@Nwwoods Sportsman's Warehouse.

[@danielsirman8865]

even $100 per 1000 is outrageous. about $50 is where they should be, adjusting for inflation. i wish they were at the price they were 10 years ago. i was paying less than $30 back then. i realize things cost more now days, but damn. they are made right here in the USA!

[@floridagunrat1625]

I was at the gun show today, and primers were going for around $100 a thousand or more. I wouldn't even think of buying them are other places in the 80 to $90 thousand price. Even worse is the cost of powder with some types pushing $66 a pound. The price of bullets has also doubled 2 tripled. Not reloading because you cannot get components is one thing but when the price of components exceeds the cost of buying loaded ammo it really will put a damper on the entire reloading Hobby.

[@deeeeeeps]

They printed 40% of all currency in 2020-21' . Therefore your purchasing power lost 40%. I hate to break it to you but you are also $300,000 in liabilities to the government.

[@jackdickenson5313]

I have never spent more than 30 dollars for 1000 primers ever and I never will! The price gougers can go to hell as far as I'm concerned!

[@walterschmidt5204]

I hope I’m wrong but I don’t think we’re going to see 1000 primers for $30 ever again.

[@russelder9743]

Hate to say it but its over ...I finally gave in and paid 88.00....hope in the end your right ...but I like to shoot quite a bit...so I am sorry to say II paid it

[@MSB-rq9xd]

I said the same thing when the primers were $50.00 per 1,000. Fast forward (and no primers bought) to today, and I paid $89. for 1,000 Winchester #41 small rifle. I guess I showed them !!!!!!!

[@Graydog-sx6le]

We’ll never see primers $30-$40 a thousand ever again. The cheapest here in NC from a wholesaler ( Outdoor Limited ) is $80-$90 for a thousand right now for small pistol primers. I remember I could get them for half that 5 years ago.

[@fideauone3416]

Me too. I just won't ever buy any again unless they get at least down to $30. In the days I shot a lot, $10-12 a thousand was the usual price.

[@clydeacor1911]

I remember around 1999 I was paying $9.99 per 1,000 for CCI magnum pistol primers. And was paying $89.99 for 1,000 rounds of 5.56 and $119.99 for 1,000 rounds of 308.

[@rivermenx4999]

The price of primers and powder makes reloading impractical. If you have the brass, reloaded ammo has generally been about half the price of new ammo. Right now, it's only a few cents per round difference.

[@davesbackyardchickensandou3905]

Unless you load for something like three fifty seven magnum or something or the rounds are very expensive or any big calibre. Yes 9 mm 380 and 45. You almost can't reload that cheap because you can buy the loaded Ammunition

[@Rustebadge]

Not necessarily true sir. I load for 17 different calibers, some of which are obsolete. I can load cheaper than you can purchase factory ammo, usually. If you're buying left-over Turkish or central-American trash, you can buy it cheaper but the ammo quality will rarely be the same.

[@EvilWiffles]

I wish that were the case for 9mm subsonic. Even with primers being overpriced, I'm getting more ammo per dollar compared to buying bulk subs. And my reloads are much better in terms of minimal blowback.

[@dustoff499]

Depends on what you reload. For me, I enjoy reloading, more so than the trouble of shooting them. This component shortage is some serious BS.

[@markanderson5077]

I bought a 1000 CCI small pistol primers in March from a well known mailorder company and paid about 13 cents each. It's not just the primer, but tax, shipping/handling and a HAZMAT fee. Primers-$93.00; shipping $13.55; HAZMAT $22.99; tax $7.05 and I gave the NRA 42 cents roundup. I could not find primers in the box stores, so I took the plunge and ordered on-line after a wait. I paid a penny each in the old days, but they are long gone. I can now buy 9mm cheaper than reloading them, but loading .357mag and 45 ACP is still a better deal.

[@royvick3123]

Yep, I remember a penny a piece! I bought bulk bullets and reloaded .38 spl wadcutters for just a few cents each.

[@markanderson5077]

@@royvick3123 those were the days. A pound of Unique was about $13.00; 1000 primers $11.00; could buy bulk cast bullets at a gun show for pennies each. I could reload .45ACP for about 7-8 cents a round. They were cheaper when I started casting bullets from scrounged wheel weights and mined bullets from the range. I don't cast anymore. " Oh yeah, life goes on long after the thrill."

[@gungadinn]

I posted this on one of your recent videos that 10 years ago, I was purchasing CCI #34 and #41 primer by the case, (5,000 primers to the case) for $82.50 a case of 5,000. Alliant powder was $77.95 for 5 pound containers not the $275 a 5 pound container prices seen now. I'd place a large order twice a year, as the company I purchased from covered hazmat charges if you purchased 20 pounds of powder or 25,000 primers. Today's prices make you look for more affordable ways to get practice in.

[@markwetmore8986]

They shouldn't be over.03¢ each, ( 30 for 1000). should be no spread on price form large to small. Cost the factory the exact same amount to create.

[@johnknouse8846]

I saw them for .08 the other day. I hate paying it, but .10 is what I paid for the last LRP I bought. I use to grab a brick every time I was at the local sporting goods store, so I had a pretty good supply when it got crazy and you couldn’t find any reloading supplies, but I was down to my last brick, so I went ahead and paid the $100. Guessing I’ll never see $30 a brick again!

[@douglasmcneil8413]

It's not just that I won't pay that much for primers. It's that I flat can't afford to pay that much for primers. 6 years ago, what I earn put me well into the middle class. Two reasonable raises later, and in this state, what I earn is considered poverty now. I don't blame my boss. He didn't make gas prices hover around five bucks a gallon and all the rest of this inflation that the "experts" say isn't happening. He's barely keeping his head above water also. So no, I won't be buying primers at that price any time soon. And neither are a lot of other people.

[@iralack974]

Primers usually go for 9 cents to 10 cents in a pkg of 1000

[@glennpupino4890]

It's Bidenomics

[@steveb6103]

Back in 2019 before the election. I stocked up on ammunition and reloading supplies. So while other people couldn't find ammunition after the panic buying, I was well stocked. And still have plenty. The price marked on the boxes of Federal primers is $35 for 1000. But I got them for less because I bought 5000 of each.

[@ccjj9970]

Thanks for saying this. I wish everyone realized that we have the power to control ammo/reloading prices. If we had the willpower to wait out this mess and refuse to pay exhorbinate prices, the cost would absolutely come down across the board.

[@charliejones7574]

Primers are not a magical mystery....they can be made at home with very little machining

[@christophermeyer3980]

I found CCI-400 on Midway USA for $84 per 1000 and no hasmat fee, I used to get them in 2019 at gun stores for $28 to $32 and then NO one had them untill about 8 months ago.

[@dbod9815]

Wow, looks like Primer prices have tripled in 10 years. In 2013 small rifle for 223/556 was $30 / 1000.

[@Desperado3248]

The greed and price gouging will eventually cause the end of civilian reloading

[@paulmarshall9189]

Why?

[@jonleone777]

No if wont. People are stupud and will pay these prices.

[@billy4395]

Don't know much about, will that effect 209 black powder primers I use in shot shells

[@marshmower]

Greed or foresight. Why give everything away and have bare shelves. Blame the buyer. Let that stuff coagulate on shelves. The dumb kids will buy things because they have nothing to reference. They been on the world 5 minutes and for those 5 minutes, things only got higher.

[@thethirdsealpatriot]

It is all by design.

[@N.California]

9 cents per primer. During the Trump administration and before, 2-2.5 cents was the everyday price. I would buy 1000 primers for 25-29 dollars and now, it ~$100 bucks for the same box. Insane

[@876mpr]

$90-100 per thousand is horrible gouging and extremely suspicious to boot. How can a 1000 round case of cheap US-made 9mm be $260 if 1000 primers are $100? The projectile and case are a lot more expensive than a primer.

[@marshmower]

Ammo in general.... I probably haven't bought anything in over a year. And i try to get the deal. All in all, i wish i had bought more from Walmart late 13 or 14. Prices came down and stock was on shelves. Lots of Tula (like it or hate it). Any handgun ammo youd want -almost. When that went away so did the excess stock at other stores. And so for a buyer, you could pick around more. Things might be STARTING to peak but unless the shelves sit full for a month..........

[@rockstorm4381]

In 2019 I paid less than .05 cents for Federal Large Rifle Match ($45 for 1000). If it's gonna cost the same or more than factory loads, I will just have to quit reloading.

[@brucetucker4847]

What does .308 match ammo cost these days? $50/20? If ammo is going to be > $2 per round then $0.15 per primer is nothing.

[@wemcal]

Great video and great information… we start getting primers in my area about 4 months ago.. I would call the 3 big outdoor stores every 3 weeks for primers. Sometimes a case might come in with a two box limit and finally Remington, fiocchi, cci and federal primers appeared under $10/100sp. There’s a 10 box limit on some while others don’t have a limit.. I really don’t want to fall in another primerless slump again

[@claiborneeastjr4129]

I fondly remember when local gun show vendors had a plentiful supply of Winchester primers, all sizes, for $28 per 1000. I luckily scarfed them up even when I didn't need any more, so I have plenty today (2023). Recently I saw some a vendor was selling some primers, and they were in a black pack, marked Fort Smith, for $175 per 1000. Never heard of them, and wouldn't have bought them, even tho at the time, primers were very scarce. I'll stick to WW, CCI, Federal, and Remington. Fortunately, they will keep for decades. We appreciate your informative videos.

[@Prepare2Survive]

Before the 2020 madness I was paying between 2 and 3 cents each for all the primers except the match grade ones. The most I paid in the beginning of this recent shortage was 4 cents each. I'm seeing them in local stores now for 8-10 cents each, but I'm not gonna buy any until the prices go below 5 cents each. Luckily I stocked up years ago and still have enough to last me a while.

[@bobmorgan1575]

Those prices will never be seen again.

[@Prepare2Survive]

@@bobmorgan1575 Why not? The US govt increased the money supply by 40% so price inflation should level off around $35 to $40 per 1000 after everything settles down and those newly created dollars get a chance to stabilize in relative value within the system. What was $25 before + 40% inflation = $35 in the near future. I realize the govt keeps spending and printing more money all the time, but as long as there aren't any huge increases in money creation like during the pandemic or anything else that creates ammo shortages we should see primers for under $50 per 1000 within the next couple years.

[@chrisgualtieri]

@@Prepare2Survive What is your advice to the people like myself who are just starting out? Should we keep a nominal quantity on hand until the prices go down, or would it be better to stock up at the higher price when we see something we could use? I’m genuinely asking. A good friend of mine sold me all of his equipment and I don’t know what my next step should be.

[@Prepare2Survive]

@@chrisgualtieri I wouldn't buy anymore primers than you are going to use in the next 3-6 months because the prices are starting to come down.

[@robertboyd3863]

Are you also going to wait for gas to return to $.25 a gallon to buy more ?

[@akbound.prepper5676]

Here in the upper Midwest of ND at Scheels the last time i was in the store was about two months ago and a 1000 primers were priced $100 and $120 . With that being said i have been reloading for 20 years back just 3 years ago i was able to get a 1000 primers for $35.00 to $50.00

[@tombaker2523]

I recently bought a pietta new army 44 and the only Remington # 10 s at 40.00 a tin I bought all four just to be safe if I had known the consumables were so hard to find and expensive would not have gotten into black powder the only consolation I have is able to convert to a 45 long colt so I have a dual ammo revolver. Thanks for the video and God bless you all 😊

[@ralphcooper6985]

Reloading is my relaxing hobby. My hobby was interrupted about three Year's ago... That being said I now enjoy my manufacturing of primers just cap and ball but...I was able to have decent small handgun caliber smokeless ignition. Stay curious!

[@cvabuck5489]

Glad to hear this message. I legit thought there was a bad influx of Chinese primers or something.

[@michaelprue9024]

I stocked up 8 years ago. I’m good. Been holding onto my reloading supplies just in case.

[@alcosteam]

ANYTHING over 4 to 4.5 cents per primer is pure robbery. That is figuring a 30% increase over the past 3 years and we are told inflation is not that high. Primers are sitting at a 250% increase at the minimum. I have seen CCI 41's with 139.99 per 1000 price tags on them, that is what we were getting 5000 piece cases for just 4 to 5 years ago.

[@MClyne24]

Here in Australia we are paying 13c USD if you can even get them, distributor for Federal primers has over 30,000,000 small pistol on backorder

[@bobjohnson1633]

My local sportsman's warehouse has em for like ¢6. Only sell 200 a day, but if you grab that once a week, you'll be good for shooting.

[@merrilllewis3926]

Sportsman's warehouse in Pocatello has fiochi small pistol primers for less than 6 cents each. Problem is only two boxes per customer. That's 150 round boxes.

[@PatriotPaulUSA]

I refuse to pay that. I have gone this long without buying I will wait for these insane prices to stop.

[@jamessellers6276]

Is that new primer manufacturer in Texas ever going to start selling primers? If they make a quality product for less might cause the big players to lower their prices. Or maybe they’ll price them as high as the rest. Right now Federal, CCI, and Remington are owned by the same group and are a monopoly.

[@357maximum4]

You spelled cartel wrong 😂

[@PC-uh6hk]

I have primers I bought over ten years ago and a box of 1000 CCI 200 Large rifle cost me $11.25. I have over 4000 primers of different manufacturers for different rifle calibers.

[@adambarker3578]

I love to reload but it is pointless if you think you are going to save money until prices come down. I’m only reloading odd rounds that I can’t fined in stores.

[@phillhuddleston9445]

It doesn't seem like that many years ago when 1,000 primers were under $20.00 and loaded 9mm fmj's from Winchester, Remington etc. were under $10.00 for 50 rounds. This is price gouging set up by our very own government! I don't expect ammo prices to stay the same, everything goes up with inflation but ammo is going up much faster than inflation can account for. Ammo and components have nearly tripled in price over the last twelve or so years. In 2010 you could get 1,000 round cases of Federal M193 and M855"s for a little over $200.00 now it's well over two and a half to three times that amount. In the early 2000's you could get Wolf 7.62x39 Russian ammo both FMJ's and HP's for around $85.00 a 1,000 round case and name brand .22LR ammo for around $13.00 for a 550 round box. This is not due to inflation even factoring in the COVID inflation over the last few years and yes I know I'm getting old so you don't have to call me grandpa or anything like that.

[@winnon992]

I’ve put my reloading on hold for now. I can buy loaded ammo 9mm for .25 cents a round. 45 acp for about .40 cents. Maybe for a scarce round but I can buys lot of ammo loaded much cheaper . Don’t forget, powder and bullets are High right now too !

[@ronskancke1489]

The 9 mm you are buying for that price are solid bullets. 115 grain. I like 124 and 147 grain Hornady hollow point bullets. Cost about 40 cents each to reload. I don't buy brass. Have enough now for 20 years and I'm 72 so go figure.

[@christopherdikovics9503]

Was lucky to find Federal Match large rifle primers for $99.99 per thousand .

[@brucetucker4847]

I'd ask where but I'm sure they're long gone by now.

[@rgthomson1]

LR primers should be 5 cents and defo no more than 8 cents, only buy enough to get by if they are price gouging

[@MegaRiffraff]

I was going through my primers couple days ago,one box of 1000 cci LR 2016 price sticker $28.00

[@garyp1672]

Here in NY, primers are running .10 a piece

[@brucetucker4847]

Where? I can't find large rifle at any price.

[@danielswartz6818]

Found a receipt from 1965 for primers. 65 cents for 100. Wow!!

[@jeffbaade3521]

Cmon dude. You don’t buy a lot of primers because you don’t reload much. I was paying, like most reloaders, about .3-3.5 cents per primer per 1000. Regardless of small pistol/rifle or large. .09-.10 is triple what it used to be before the Covid insanity set in. Like many I bought a lot beforehand just to stock up like a good prepper should do. So I’m waiting until at least they come down to .06-.07 cents per 1000 before I buy again. If inflation was 10-15% that not double or triple. We are just getting gouged by CCI and Remington and Winchester etc on this primer crap. Sheesh.

[@georgehoggatt3759]

Three years ago, i started buying primers and powder at garage sales for almost nothing. Most people thought I was crazy. That maybe a fact but i have enough ammo to sup.

[@DocJustinT]

I just bought 5,000 CCI 400 for 6.5 cents a pop. With HazMat shipping, that's still under 8 cents each.

[@columbiawarmachine9795]

You are not kidding KZbin is messing with us Gun channels it is pissing me off they just don’t push our videos like they should be

[@craigt5990]

The first primers I bought about 20 years ago were 1.8 cents apiece. Yep $18/1k.

[@Glasshopper]

tell everbo

[@lamiabanca]

Here in Europe in 2017 we can buy Russian Murom kvb9 for 17€ x 1000. Now the party Is end

[@jeffday2574]

I have learned how to reload primers in a pinch. It keeps you shooting. Just order primer compound each pack loads 2000 primers. Lol use caution as always wear eye protection remember they go bang easy

[@ctfan1486]

They need to get down to $50 a brick. $95 a brick is ridiculous! I finally found LG rifle primers, first time since covid started, at $115 a brick. I could use some but not at that price. They were remington and winchester lg rifle

[@frankw7266]

Before 'Rona & the election, you could get them for about $32 to $35/box. I know we're dealing with some serious inflation, but there's no way I'd be giving anyone above $50-$60, let alone $100. I get it, if you need them, you need them, but only buy what you're going to load... don't "stock up" at that elevated price, as it only perpetuates the gouging. Luckily I'm stocked up enough that I'm still working on boxes with $12.99 price tags on them.

[@agoogleaccount2861]

Component bwankers... During the wuflu people were running scams on ammo now they do it with primers

[@markthegunplumber8376]

Local BiMart store here in Orygun is charging $18.95 for 100 BR-4 primers. nope not me I told the sales lady that was gouging. One town over Sportsmans is around $90 to $100 per 1000. Crazy times we're living in.

[@ralphpeed3596]

What I would be concerned about is are they primers that were stolen from a large shipment and are they actual properly working primers. There are numerous entities out there that make a fortune selling cheap knockoffs that may or may not function as the original does.

[@hunterman600cc]

The price of components is INSANE at the moment. Makes you wonder where the ceiling is.

[@falcon02012]

A box of 1000 small primers costs $45 in the store. the same store cost $120 last year.

[@richardwaid4718]

There’s very little correlation between small rifle, large rifle primer etc. prices. They’re on Midway today.for $90. They were scalpers selling them for $250 a brick a good while back but fairly recently I’ve seen them for $80 a brick locally for any of the sizes. Limited to one brick of each.

[@usafret4709]

If you find them locally, you have to weigh out the price of shipping and HAZMAT for any savings online. Large rifle primers are about $.14 a primer. You can get cheaper US military primers or Serbian primers closer to $.11 a primer. Prices and demand are still high, with a low but growing stock. Pistol and small rifer primers are plentiful.

[@brucetucker4847]

They do not exist locally. Only one store within an hour drive of me carries reloading components and if I literally called the minute they got them back in stock they'd be gone before I can drive there. Everybody condemns everybody else's panic buying but somebody is sure doing a lot of it. It's worse than toilet paper and hand sanitizer in 2020.

[@akliving5795]

Sorry guys the days of 25$ for a thousand primers are long gone. 60$ to 90$ is the new standard.

[@Banjoandguns]

New president it will change always happens

[@mooseman684]

Something is very wrong when you can buy a loaded round of .22LR ammo cheaper than a primer. I have been buying more Loaded ammo for plinking as its cheaper than loading my own due to primer costs. I'll use my stock of primers for My Precision target and Hunting use. Gougers can keep the overpriced primers.

[@stevegarboden2437]

The most I've ever paid was $28/1000 for Federal Gold Medal, I've walked by several thousand primers give or take $85 and up. At the rate we've been shooting the shooting I've probably got enough to last me the rest of my life??, prices will have to come WAY down for me to shell out my $$

[@tsparky9196]

In SoCal they are running 95-120/1k. At the Tulsa gun show this November what was available was around 85. Several vendors had Russian primers for 70 but a quick google search for them showed people often having mis-fires, so that was a pass. My favorite online seller has them for 85-105 (plus the $30 hazmat fee). I only buy to replace at this point.

[@kathyarmstrong649]

Since we're talking about primers I'll put this out there. I bought some PMC Green primers at a gun show a few years ago and they were garbage. A quick Web search confirmed that! I tried them in a known good .38spl load and was plagued with duds and squibs and that was two cylinders full. Burned a full brick of them in the trash. They haven't been available for quite some time but avoid them at gun shows and test them if you have old stock of PMC Green primers.

[@sammartinez8084]

We need your show 👏👏👏👏👏

[@ghostgunsgeark.l.4439]

I do ammunition full time and before covid the pistol primers were .03 / primer and .05 / rifle primers.... It is difficult to find them for less than .13 / pistol and .18 for rifle now. Even from the MFG. I am only buying 40K per shot so maybe a better cost if I buy more each time.?

[@deepspace8029]

I found the cci small primers 1000 for 68. I'm going to make my first today. Good to know.

[@anthonyhandspiker2084]

In Canada the going rate is 100 dollars a thousand but large rifle primers are non existent

[@Rk-mz4bb]

Where I'm at in the US the same.

[@JamesS.254]

my local gun store here in Ohio is selling 100 count pack CCI primers from $10 up to $13 depending on size and if magnum.

[@ronnieb7408]

Most primers are 80 to 120 per thousand but time you add taxes, and the $25 hazmat shipping fee your close to 150 plus per thousand

[@shanematthews9220]

Last week purchase 1000 large pistol for$85.00 reasonable I thought. Purchase at big box store. Loading for 44 mag and special. Bought central Florida at Lady Lake Villages.

[@theproudamerican1967]

I received an email a couple days ago from an online retailer listing small pistol primers, 9mm projectiles, 9mm brass, and powder. None of these products would be considered bottom of the barrel or top quality. For kicks i added enough of each component to my cart to load 1000 rounds of 9mm. After cost, tax, shipping, and hazmat charges my total came to $442.38! Comparable manufacturer loaded 9mm is about $295 after tax and shipping for a 1000 round case. I can literally buy 3000 rounds of loaded ammo for the same cost to make 2000 rounds! And i get to save all the time it would take me to load 2000 rounds at my bench. I could use that time to work overtime at my job and afford another 1000-2000 rounds of already loaded ammunition. I am not a math savant but 5000 is more than 2000 by my figure.

[@cbm2156]

When you buy large rifle primers, there is the price for the primers, then there is the shipping charge and state tax which can bring the price per each up quite a bit.

[@rudinel7403]

Currently in SA, we’re buying what we can find and we’re paying (if you’re lucky) in the ranges of 35c to 40c per large rifle primer. And then it’s not even the match or BR primers

[@GB-zi6qr]

Just my .02¢, there are people that are scalpers They don't care what market it is, just that they can buy up a large quantity of this item. Then they will double the price. The manufacturers don't mind because they at least get their asking price. The tech industry is now going through the aftermath of a high demand time frame where scalpers pulled this same stunt. Pro shooters that are sponsored don't feel the pain because their ammo is provided. I do reload, I have greatly curtailed my shooting. I haven't bought a box of primers in over a year. This does stink but the best thing we can do now is let them sit on all those primers until they get hungry and can't pay their bills. Treat them like they want to treat everyone else. Primers shouldn't be more than .03¢ each. This is where we the people have to band together, refuse to pay these over inflated prices and make them starve. Unfortunately this is an aspect of the free market system.

[@unclemike5840]

Howdy , for the rhythm

[@James_Sovereign]

Update from Australia re. 9mm. I'm paying $95AUD ($60USD) for 1500 Fiocchi small pistol primers. I'm paying $120AUD ($75USD) for powder, VihtaVuori being 0.454 kg (1 lb) and Lovex etc. being 0.5 kg (1.1 lb). I'm paying $120AUD ($75USD) for projectiles, 750 x 135gr round nose copper plated (not FMJ). Brass I have a ton of as I've been collecting it for years but the going rate seems to be around $75AUD ($47USD) for 500 9mm Winchester once fired that has been deprimed, full length resized, and steel pin wet tumbled. Factory 9mm I can buy for $30AUD ($19USD) for a box of 50 Federal Syntech, or $280AUD ($177USD) for a slab of 500.

[@HuGenitals]

I remember $0.04 for a good large rifle BR-2 I remember at the peak of the lunacy small rifle Rem 7.5 or CCI 41 were $.0.50 each.. that was next level insanity..Primers became bitcoin.

[@benjaminsinger1897]

I'm still waiting for load data for a 223 Wylde cartridge to come out. Then I will know what size primers to buy.

[@nopc9728]

What do you guys think of the French "Cheddite" Primers? I bought 1 pack for $16 two months ago, haven't tried yet. They are for my homemade bullets. I'm very busy working so I haven't gotten around to working on my firearm projects.

[@billclancy4913]

I'm still using primers I paid $20/ thousand, a few years back. I no longer shoot 200-300 rounds of pistol in an afternoon, and have gone to using a co2 blowback device and a laser to dry fire almost daily. MantisX is a nice scoring/teaching tool.

[@drcoffee5588]

Its still cheaper to buy loaded ammo than to reload anymore. I have kept my primers and once used brass for the end of the world scenario. So long as I can buy ammo at $0.35/rd Im not reloading

[@jonleone777]

That is exactly what the establishment (ammo makers) want. This is all a conspiracy.

[@jeffglasman19]

We cant buy primers or powder in Canada ,they all tell us it is not available.

[@caseyfenlon2238]

So I’m new to this art so I’m just going to ask, all I can find is Winchester large Rifle primers, will these work for 6.5 creedmoor? I keep reading bad stuff about them on the forums…but idk what to believe on forums. Anyone know?

[@mtevilone]

The most I was paying was $50 for bench grade, and $40 for the rest. For large and small primers. I was buying them on sale many times, and saving 15% on some of them. I am well stocked, and sell none of them.

[@kimness7796]

At PA gunshows, primers are around $100, both sizes. But that "includes tax". See the price on powder???? I've been buying reloaded 556, 9mm, .40 ammo cause the price is decent and the stuff comes in nice boxes. Also "includes tax" for cash.

[@davidblanchard5252]

I bought 1000 large rifle primers for $129.00 plus tax shipping and has mat fee for $188.00 but they are scarce.

[@Buddha-of8fk]

I bought 10,000 CCI large rifle primers a long time ago. Still really haven't put a dent in it. Can't remember what l paid but I know l got them at a garage sale.

[@neafranklin7905]

Large rifle primers have been $0.20 per for quite few years where I'm from . And buying online usually the shipping is more than the primers

[@glennmurray4099]

I can find small pistol primers as low as 6 cents a piece at Sportsman’s Warehouse. You can only buy 2 100 piece boxes a day. I’ve seen small pistol and small magnum pistol for about $100 or $110 a thousand. Some gun stores there are no limits.

[@johnelder4273]

I can buy 1,000 rounds of .556 for $400. 9mm for $300. Why would I pay $150-$200 just for the primers? Just buy ammo until prices drop.

[@TheWabbit]

I'm seeing $90 to $135.00 for primers locally, at gun shows they think it's $150- $200 per 1000. As long as I can keep loading 44mag I'm waiting on buying anymore until prices come down or I run out.

[@ntwtransam]

Newsflash federal 215’s are not easy to find. My local shop hasn’t seen them since before Covid and they are nowhere online either.

[@brandonwelty369]

Cci 400s/500s near me are down to 85/1000 and theres like 50 bricks on the shelf, i think people are hoping they get down to like 60

[@jerrythomas463]

I found hood supply at my local gun shop at 0.9 cents each. Little Higher than pre coof.