Downunder prices on primers have doubled since early 2020. While this doesnt impact our frustration it is good to understand. Probably pre-covid stock being sold at replacement cost price plus markup. I think you better do your research some more, theres lots of us liberals that are die hard gun supporters! What Happened To All The Primers & Ammo 2021? 426 likes, 3 comments - Sunset Makeup (@sunsetmakeupofficial) on Instagram on April 17, 2023: "Our Sunset Makeup Felt Tip Eyeliners Available now at sunsetmakeup.com ." Sunset Makeup on Instagram: "Our Sunset Makeup Felt Tip Eyeliners Available now at sunsetmakeup.com Our DMs are permanently . Manufacturers are not suppling them in any sizable amounts to distributors and the distributors (when they get them) cannot keep them in stock for more than a few hours. I could see direct to market beong viable these days as well as small players who are Willing to catch that ire. I am sure the Covid-19 problem has taken its toll, but to think that the world has stopped producing ammo makes no sense. Our country is on the brink. A single large buyer placed an order for 400 Million primers in early September. I love to reload, Thank you for info. 99. Assault weapons should have been classed with machine gun status when they first hit the market. The .22 LR is not a good self defense cartridge, its not reloadable, and it doesnt require primers in the traditional sense. Thank you for this article, I found it a good read. I really enjoy your company, and use it almost exclusively. A Closer Look at the Primer Shortage. Jan 21, 2021 #2 . Shes saying that there are shortages of yarn like you wouldnt believe. As with previous surges in ammunition sales, primers are the current weak link in the . Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I havent been able to find primers for almost 2 years! There are definitely some profiteers who buy primers and then sell them on auction sites or other multi list sites. Only located one brick of small pistol std primers, at $75 for the brick. Put him first and he will lead us to where we need to be! Id like to see more thoughtful approach to allow your regular customers to get in line without hoarding and costing us all a fortune in hazmat. I have been doing a lot of reloading because I wanted to preserve my primers, so this is great news. It's no secret that the demand for firearms and ammunition has reached record levels due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the civil unrest in cities around the United States, and the prospect of an anti-gun president on the horizon. Im fortunate that I cast all my own Bullets . This is the best news Im a reloader and like the rest primers we need. Thanks for the informative article. Follow my wife around and shoot. Read on as the experts from Powder Valley delve deeper into the primer shortage of 2020. I appreciate the time Powder Valley took to print this because I was wondering where the Wolf primers were. Elitists from both sides will sit back and watch! 99. But Im still on the hunt. This only works if Olin can meet the demand. Most important statement of this article is the last words. The article is informative. Jack#9. Thanks for the explanation of where have all the primers gone ! They plan on employing more than 400 by 2023 and have plans beyond that. I f you could up it to 3000 per person, the hazmat and shipping fees will not be so painful. I believe there is favoritism also, in addition to the points you have cited above that prevent the average Joe from getting primers. Amazing how a virus with a 99% survival rate has brought our economy to its knees. Do you have a market at that price? See images (2) and (3) above; When will ammunition be more available and cheaper? The Texarkana Gazette wrote about the new employer . I read your comprehensive summary about primer shortages. Please give us any updates as they become available. best comment of the day! $100 million invested in the factory, and they hired the neighbors nephew with a harbor freight welder to make the sign on their gate. (stay safe !). Just think about how much better you will feel, relaxing in your front room, a skeen of yarn by your side and your knitting needles clicking away while a beautiful comforter materalizes in front of you from your dilligent efforts. I need SP, which No one seems to have. Knitting needles over 2-3/4 inches long require a special permit in Washington state so I cant even take up knitting. The NSSF estimates that first time gun owners has increased to 6.2 million people over the past few months. And one of those slips one in sideways occasionally -3-5 per 100 in the hand primer. Just stand by. Pray for our country and our nation leaders to do the same and I can believe our great country will turn around!! Owner CCI is just down the road from me. Obama, Trump, Biden doesnt seem to matter. Now, should you save every one of those 9mm brass casings, the rest of the components - bullets, powder and primers - would still run around $295, which means you'd save only about $65 to do the reloading. Please let us put them on Backorder so when in it gets charged and ships making it easy and simple. Something is amiss here.. Im one that saw all this coming and stocked up early,my prediction I see soon the housing market will have a glut of for closures ,building supplies will be the next shortages. More importantly, primers are not something you can simply "add another production line" to instantly increase production. Gosh??? 69. $0.013 - $110.99. Erosion is usually very slow & unnoticable until whatever was there is gone. Some powders will be in stock more quickly, but we believe it will take much of 2020 to improve availability for all powders. So the single large order buys up production for about 90 days. Democrats are Anti-American and Anti-Constitutional scum. Tired of waiting for 300 Blackout ammo, brass, or primers to become available. At least with the hand primer I can watch a TV show and prime. And gals. This all started when Obama put a limit on the amount of lead a business can either store or order. I went inside and was treated to iodine, a band aid and a lecture by my grandmother about stupidity. It will also make it near impossible for new shooters in these sports to even get a proper start and may force them to abandon their idea of becoming a practical shooter at all. We are not seeing that this time as the Murom Apparatus Producing plant is only producing at partial capacity due to the COVID-19 restrictions. are rarely conquered. With shortages of bullets, powder, brass and primers, that has simply not been the case. I just find the misinformation counter productive. And also the skudel but is the new jurk wont take our guns but will inforce a slow down and in time a halt of production of the supplies needed to use our guns. The people who are trying to take over American are buying them so we cant fight back. Normally, we would say stock up. But that time has passed, and I would encourage everyone to learn from this. The only hangup was that these products were available for export. Expansion Industries, with a hundred million in capital, has secured a location and is advertising for staff to run the production lines it has planned to open later this year. This led to an increase in ammunition production, which used up most of the primers in production. Along with addressing the shortage issues, Hodgdon explains the challenges involved in increasing production in the USA and/or increasing imports from overseas. Home; Shop; Our Story; Contact Us; They have openly stated they are hell bent on stopping the purchase of firearms and all firearm related items through interstate commerce. I am completely aware of law and the fight that us 2nd Amendment supporters put up every year. Fortunately, I ordered 2000 primer from Powder Valley before the SHTF. Therefore we would never pay that price for primers. Im probably going to use whatever I have left and just throw in the towel. Enough that even with hazmat shipping it was under 3 cents a primer. Praying for change is OK. Overall a good article. The Remington bankruptcy has had a large impact on the shortage of ammo and primers. Their logic is lacking. Quite frankly, Im surprised they didnt build it in northern Mexico. We have seen the cost of our practice ammunition go up 3-4X over the past few years and now cant even find any. Were losing right now because of speculation. Thanks for the update. Mark. not a single primer will be out there doors until late 2023 at best.. At a production rate of 4 million per day, a shortage shouldnt last long. They told me Winchester fully dedicating primer production to cartiges for rest of 2021 to meet demand. Honestly, I dont understand why. Good news: investors are doing just that, starting up a new company in the great state of Texas dedicated to making primers by the truckload. Are you guys planning on raising maximum order back to 5000 at some point? Remingtons distributor downunder has been engaging in less than ethical behavior over the rifle trigger recalls. Hopefully things will get back to normal soon!! . Theyre defending their interpretation of it. I have three sleeves of large/Magnum primers left if anyone wants them, been selling them for 500.00 a sleeve but will do 450.00. I mean, I know a place that has 431K Ginex SP primers in stock -AND- on sale if you call $79.99/1000ct a sale. So,,,,,AMERICA FIRST!!!!!!!!!!! I wonder if possibly, there is an intentional shortage being perpetraed on us? Asking for a friend. Rio G-1000 209 Shotshell Primers $ 35. We found that out in the early days of converting Lee-Enfields to .223. Expansion purchased the old Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant located 12 miles west of Texarkana, Texas that made all sorts of things that go boom for the military from World War II through the Vietnam War. There is a war for the soul of our nation going on like never before. Thank you for this very well thought out article. Leaving us all with expensive boat anchors. He ran for the hills as soon as the rock connected with the little mound of cap powder.. probably going to a military order recently placed before they loose there funding for at least four years. ? Apparently they cant or else they would have already done it. At this point all my pistols are basically paperweights or nothing more than a 4 pound rock to throw at an intruder or assailant. When Ben Franklin walked out of the constitutional convention, he was asked what kind of government we had. For notbeing aware and ignorance. Reactions: KZP. Thanks Ryan for update, I feel your grief as I am in the tire business and they are shortages there also, parts for cars, lumber,etc I think the whole country is scared and rightfully so! Raw materials and manufacturing have also been limited. Trifecta Handgun Rest (The place to order your own handgun rest)www.trifectahandgun.comFacebook https://www.facebook.com/trifectahandgun/Instagram https://ww. Im an avid hunter and have been now for 50 years. Remember the Obama primer shortage? I was not out, but a buddy of mine was, so I bought them, and passed them on to him. Has Powder Valley received any primers? I cant find brass in .45-70. Thats WHY!!! With it looking like Biden being president things will Well done. A large government contract and were all screwed again. Q: I have seen/heard many rumors and conjecture on powder shortages with Hodgdon Powder. They may not get bans, or restrictions passed, but I CAN see them finding away to permanently break the current supply chain issue. Rise up put God first! I just go this in my morning Email briefs: Im tempted to go through the exercise of disassembling loaded 62 grain 5.56, resizing and reforming at least 500 rounds to 300 Blackout. I mean what could possibly go wrong? Their customers will literally beat a path to their door, ets hope Olin doesnt try to coerce a duopoly by threatening retaliation. All the years of letting God be taken out of society has caught up to us but its not too late to put Him back in charge. However when you place limits of 1,000 on primers plus hazmat and shipping doesnt make financial sense. Magnum and std large rifle primers are the most difficult to locate, the std being the hardest. By doing so, a shooter avoids the ups and downs of supply and demand. I believe part of the shortage is artificial. Thank goodness primers dont seem to have a shelf life. As demand for primers by ammunition manufacturers shot through the roof, less were available for reloaders. This is to abolish the Constitution by leftist-interpretation that the Constitution is obsolete and needs to be abolished. We believe this is having an impact on availability, but probably not to the extreme that many think. Biden did say he would put bozo Orork in charge of gun situation and he said hell yea we will outlaw ar & ak47 our country dont fear god and that has become dangerous! And unless they can make over 30 million primers PER DAY it will not make any impact. These price increases are from capitalism and whatever the market will bear for those not prepared when there is a shortage and will have to pay a substantial price increase for their needed product. Not sure if you noticed but we do have W209 shotshell primers in stock at this time. We all know that water attracts golf balls and he has contributed greatly to the soon to be felt shortage. Our government now is corrupted until we get a new president things will stay the same. Available. But the shortage isn't only caused by high demand. Really hard to swallow the full charge when youre limited to 1k. And, when we do, they are normally wrong. I find it interesting that youre here looking for shotshell primers yet you consider our article on why there is a primer shortage and subsequent follow up to be engaging in unethical commerce. After the 2013 scare, primers could be bought by the tray locally before they could be bought by the brick online, and that was before quantity restrictions were ultimately lifted. Whisky said: Midsouth has had CCI SRM for the past week and Federal LP have shown up once or twice in the last couple of weeks. The timing and political nature of the virus and ensuing propaganda tsunami are not coincidental. I agree limitations must be in place. The places stocking and selling primers albeit at a higher cost from $70 to $100 (more than in the old time) have been Brownells, Midway, and Powder Valley. The amendment doesnt need supporting or the illusion of some patriotic hero defending it. Defend your opinion with solid logic. They rot from the inside-out. As for the new primer facility, it will be cranking out all sizes of primers for Expansion's ammo and also to supply several small, medium, and large ammo makers within the year. Gun sales on the other hand will stay big for as long as Biden is president . As far as demand is concerned, a perfect storm of factors has caused a run on the ammo market like we've never quite seen before. Limiting regular PV primer customers to purchasing a single box of 1,000 that incurs the full hazmat charge only richens the shipping companies and applies a huge penalty to the buyer. Price: 7.99 | Price Per: $0.0799 | Count: 100 | Retailer: Reloading Unlimited | Desc: CCI Civil War Reenactment Musket Caps (100/50 . When so, they could ship automatically or maybe trigger an automatically generated email notice that would need to be responded to within X amount of time to complete the sale and shipment. He will prevail and the Spiritual Battle will be Won!!! Why then is .22 LR so hard to get now and why is the price so high? However, I disagree. Gold Medal Centerfire Primer .150. So if they have so many then why do we have none? We all know home land and the other armed forces have put in orders for ammo that will keep all manufacturers tied up for 3 to 4 years in the wake there might be a round 2 of a civil war to speek. Ill now stop floundering around the internet looking for whats not to be found. . With Sierras purchase of Barnes we anticipate the availability of Barnes bullets to increase substantially in a very short period of time. 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