Who has Small pistol primers

[Brasso]

OK, I've checked websites for Midway, Mid South and Natchez Shooters Supply. All are "out of stock" for SPP. Anybody know who has some. None of my local gun stores have any either. Thank you.

[FullTang]

My LGSs all have small rifle primers, so I've been using these instead (roughly equivalent to MSP.) These work great in my loads.

[Neverhome]

I have no idea unfortunately. I only have 7 or 800 left. But I have about 3000 small rifle so I could probably work something up for pistol with them if things got real bad.

[JimB..]

Your best bet at this point is to find an individual close to you with some excess. Maybe putting your location in your profile would help.

[Brasso]

Thank you all for your replies. I just might try the small rifle primer idea.

[Winger Ed.]

Keep checking the local guy.
Stocking dealers tend to get shortage items first.

[farmbif]

wow, the out of stock crisis is happening once again, Jeff Bartlett, gibrass, still advertises some primers in stock, not sure what he has left.

[farmbif]

I remember a thread going back years ago, someone was saying that they worked at the cci plant and claimed, I think it was, that small pistol magnum and small rifle were the same primers. I'm pretty sure it was on this web site.

[GhostHawk]

I see even Ballistics Products is mostly out of stock of small pistol primers. They had magnums at same price.
https://www.ballisticproducts.com/Fe...nfo/030FED200/

[Texas by God]

My LGSs all have small rifle primers, so I've been using these instead (roughly equivalent to MSP.) These work great in my loads.

This. Drop back on your normal charge weight and carry on.

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[Gewehr-Guy]

On the subject of primer shortages, I read in a WW2 era Rifleman magazine where they were short of LR primers, but could still find a few SP primers. So they removed the anvil, flattened out the pin strike and inserted the small primer inside the old LR cup. The primers were rather high, so would not chamber in all rifles. I just thought that was interesting what they had to do to get a few cartridges to shoot

[Black Powder Bill]

I'm down to selling the last few before the cut off to save for me.

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[rustypot]

I found 2000 at gun show last week,but none of the shop seem to have any.When I was visiting NC a couple of weeks ago at the gun show in Hickory I got a good deal on old stock large rifle and large pistol primers,also 22lr ammo fore 30 to 40 a brick

[Loudy13]

SP primers are on the shelves in my town its the small rifle magnum that haven't been seen in months, of course I am almost out of those!

[higgins]

I got 2K CCI 500 at the nearby Sportsmans Warehouse today for $24+tax per thousand. I went in to get a camp chair and just habitually checked the primer display. After a double and triple take I got them. CCI was the only SP in stock. Can't imagine how they got there; the website said they were not in stock. Maybe someone ordered a lot of them and never picked up the order? Plenty of large and small rifle and large pistol in stock.

[Black Powder Bill]

That 24$ price is really good for a retail outfit.
Mine are now priced at 40$ thousand Inc tax.

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[Lagamor]

Spoke to my local shop. He has some Large Pistol primers, and there's no shortage of Shotgun primers, but he has to get creative for Small Pistol primer. He has some in a generic looking box that are really hard.
He said distributors expect the Small Pistol Primers to come back in stock late August/early September. I already put my money down.

[AK Caster]

I just checked gunbrokers. Small pistol primers are bringing north of $125 per 1,000 on some auctions. Hang onto your hat, its going to be a wild ride. Like most of you, I seen these swings come and go for the last 40 years. If old timers dont have a good supply they only have themselves to blame.

[Sig]

I managed to score 15K of Federal SPP at Shydas in PA a couple of weeks ago at $30/K. They were limiting purchases to 5K but I had 2 buddies with me.

[rbuck351]

I got caught in a primer shortage in the 70s IIRC. I haven't been short on anything since and won't let it happen again.