Primers... The good, the bad, the ugly.

[bakerjw]

Rifle and pistol primers.
The good. I have quite a few.
The bad. I don't have enough to fill a few thousand rounds of 5.56 or 9mm.
The ugly. No one has any in stock anywhere....

Darn these times are strange eh?

[Froogal]

Same here. I have enough, but I do not have excess. Can't buy paper towels either.

[rancher1913]

I preached in several posts about forgetting about stocking powder and instead stock primers because they were the Achilles heel of reloading, guess lots of people thought I was wrong, glad I took my own advice.

[contender1]

As a 50 yr veteran of the BSA,, an Eagle Scout,, our motto; "Be Prepared."
I've never had any worries about having enough supplies for my amount of shooting. (I shoot USPSA competition AND own a gun range.)

My local pusher called me about 2 weeks ago,, and I got 4000 WSP primers.

[dverna]

My mantra would be:

The Good
The Better
the Best

Plenty of everything and able to help others out as well. After experiencing shortages over the last few years, the words of Forrest Gump come to mind.

[bakerjw]

I was a boy scout myself which taught me a lot of valid life skills. Knot tying, first aid, survival, swimming, scads of things...

I am well prepared as ammunition goes, but you can never have too much as we've seen. I'll at least have some brass at the ready if stocks ever come back into line.

[ioon44]

This is not the first time we have played this game, I stocked up back in the winter.

I hope every one will Repent, Pray and Vote for President Trump, looks like this one is for all the marbles.

[gwpercle]

Rifle and pistol primers.
The good. I have quite a few.
The bad. I don't have enough to fill a few thousand rounds of 5.56 or 9mm.
The ugly. No one has any in stock anywhere....

Darn these times are strange eh?

You have to remember ...remember 2013 ...the past shortage .
From 2014 until 2018 I was looking for sales , buying powder and primers and stocking deep .
Why .... every 4 years we gonna have powder & primer shortages .
Don't forget....in 4 years we'll do it again...stock up for it and stock deep .

Get bullet moulds now ...they may be outlawed soon as they pass new laws .
Gary

[gwpercle]

This is not the first time we have played this game, I stocked up back in the winter.

I hope every one will Repent, Pray and Vote for President Trump, looks like this one is for all the marbles.

You remembered ....LIKE !!!

[Froogal]

I preached in several posts about forgetting about stocking powder and instead stock primers because they were the Achilles heel of reloading, guess lots of people thought I was wrong, glad I took my own advice.

But how many should stockpile? Not too long ago I had twice as many as I thought I would need for at least one year, and when 1/2 of those were gone I would just buy more. THAT was the plan. It never occurred to me that there would EVER be a shortage of reloading components.

[quilbilly]

Around here plenty of large rifle primers are available but no other sizes. I haven't seen a small pistol or small rifle primer on a store shelf for a couple months.

[BNE]

Thankfully I have been able to steadily add to my collection. 2013 was toooooo frustrating.

[Winger Ed.]

Around here plenty of large rifle primers are available but no other sizes.

I think the small primers are going to make loaded ammo like .380, 9mm, 5.56, etc. at the factories.
There is more of a 'urgent need' in the market place for loaded ammo than just the primers.
Also, if you're in the ammo making business- selling a factory fresh loaded round is MUCH more profitable than just a separate primer.

[lightman]

Most of us have been through several shortages before this one and learned to stay stocked up. How much to keep on hand is the hard question. Kind of like having a "lifetime supply of lead"! Just find a vendor that will accept backorder and get in line. Something will shake loose given time.

These times sort of make a good argument for two primer sizes offered in some calibers!

[MrWolf]

I figure 25,000 of each type is a good start. Add to it as good deals become available.

[rcslotcar]

^^^^^^ yup!!!!!!

[GhostHawk]

I took it to heart Rancher, bought a second 50 cal ammo can and filled it. Nice variety of Lg and Sm Rifle, Lg and Sm Pistol.

Already sitting on enough Red Dot. Would not mind having another 100 lbs or so of COWW. But I'm not hurting.

Getting pretty late to do much now.

[LAH]

Guys please stock up. It saddens me to see people short of primers. We went though a few years of plenty & even sales. That is the time to buy, same with powder & 22 LR ammo. I'm blessed to have enough stuff my shooting routine isn't changing. BTW there's a guy with 700 pound of wheelweights in Marion, VA for 200.00. If I needed any I'd be there tomorrow.

[Dieselhorses]

I have about a tenth of a million Because I couldn't make up my mind (like a woman buying shoes) I ended up with, well "a lot" of powder. Stock up!

[LAH]

(like a woman buying shoes) I ended up with, well "a lot" of powder.

Like the shoe thing.