Primer Shortage?

[3856imp]

Primers and powder readily available 3 years ago. You should have bought some then.price was up but looks good now

[popper]

In 2017 LC had ~9B$ of Gov. ammo orders (7.62,9mm, 50 cal. & 223). And a primer facility explosion (ATK). Understand they also make some Hornady 223 stuff. Loneoak supposedly is ready to run again and the ATK(?) desert plant + Sig L.R. They are running full steam so we get to wait.

[3856imp]

Now unumtanium.

[3856imp]

If you aint got it you won't.

[snowwolfe]

I just checked gunbrokers. The average price of small rifle and pistol primers is roughly $180-200 per brick when the auction ends.

[MUSTANG]

I just checked gunbrokers. The average price of small rifle and pistol primers is roughly $180-200 per brick when the auction ends.

We may have seen the peak of the spike, or near it though. Prices for loaded .223 on Gun Broker have become somewhat stable in a range of $1.00 to $1.20 per round depending on variety. I am actually seeing some .223's on the shelves at several locations such as Sportsmans & Ski Haus, and Murdochs in Kalispell. There were 40 to 100 boxes of 20 at each locations several times when I went in over the last week to 10 days. Prices were about $7.50 per box. Supplies were limited to "Foreign Produced" in what they were offering; but there seems to be some stabilization (peak) occurring for now. This could mean that as shelves begin to slowly be refilled; we should see prices on auction houses slowly diminish if this occurs. Of course, it will be a slow process and any dramatic actions by the Congress/President in the next year could alter that current trajectory.

I am still hearing from sales staff that it will be 6 months to a year before we se primers available.

[brewer12345]

We may have seen the peak of the spike, or near it though. Prices for loaded .223 on Gun Broker have become somewhat stable in a range of $1.00 to $1.20 per round depending on variety. I am actually seeing some .223's on the shelves at several locations such as Sportsmans & Ski Haus, and Murdochs in Kalispell. There were 40 to 100 boxes of 20 at each locations several times when I went in over the last week to 10 days. Prices were about $7.50 per box. Supplies were limited to "Foreign Produced" in what they were offering; but there seems to be some stabilization (peak) occurring for now. This could mean that as shelves begin to slowly be refilled; we should see prices on auction houses slowly diminish if this occurs. Of course, it will be a slow process and any dramatic actions by the Congress/President in the next year could alter that current trajectory.

I am still hearing from sales staff that it will be 6 months to a year before we se primers available.

Maybe. Or maybe there will be a convenient mass shooting in February and we will be off to the races again.

[Brass&Lead]

I saw large pistol primers at Graf’s on Monday. I blinked and they were gone. It took about six minutes with each purchaser limited to 5000.

[abunaitoo]

Here, we almost always have an everything problem.
Powder, primers, haeds(bullets), ammo Even corncob and walnut for cleaning.
I bite the bullet and buy by the case when I can.
Have enough to get by for a while.
With this chinese virus, haven't done much shooting all year.
So haven't been looking for anything.
Just hope this nonsense ends soon, so I can get back to it.

[Handloader109]

Fergit the Primers!
Dang TOILET PAPER is again short around here.....

[dverna]

Fergit the Primers!
Dang TOILET PAPER is again short around here.....

There are substitutes for TP....primers....oh crap!

[porthos]

don't you guys think that there has been enough about primers on this site!!!!!

[DDriller]

don't you guys think that there has been enough about primers on this site!!!!!

We have to keep talking about them so the Primer Fairy will fly and bless us with primers.

[Idaho45guy]

We have to keep talking about them so the Primer Fairy will fly and bless us with primers.

Fact.

[MUSTANG]

Seriously; if we do not keep talking about it - there will be many less committed shooters who will give up and go back to alternate activities like knitting, or rock collecting/stacking, or paper mâché , or....

[Froogal]

Seriously; if we do not keep talking about it - there will be many less committed shooters who will give up and go back to alternate activities like knitting, or rock collecting/stacking, or paper mâché , or....

Or maybe even golf. Talk about boring.

[lightman]

In 2017 LC had ~9B$ of Gov. ammo orders (7.62,9mm, 50 cal. & 223). And a primer facility explosion (ATK). Understand they also make some Hornady 223 stuff. Loneoak supposedly is ready to run again and the ATK(?) desert plant + Sig L.R. They are running full steam so we get to wait.

If you mean the ammunition plant in Lonoke Arkansas, their parking lot has been full of cars all week. I guess I need to reach out to some of the people that I know that work there for info.

[Winger Ed.]

Or maybe even golf. Talk about boring.

I could get more interested in golf and even baseball if somehow it was combined with skeet.

[gbrown]

Watch a tennis match, that'll put you to sleep.

[gbrown]

I enjoy reading these threads, just seeing where everyone is, in their own situation. Gives me a good idea where I am at.