Primer prices

[buck1]

35.00 down in the south west

[lwknight]

I just checked Midsouth , Midway , and Powder Valley.
They all have just about everything in stock at under $30.00 for most primers and a few as low as $24.00
I guess the primer shortage has gotten the coup de grace.
I hope all the hoarding , gouging resellers that bought up everything to sell for double its worth choke on mountains of unsellable primers.

[cajun shooter]

Still in the 31-35 per thousand here. You can how ever just walk in and find them and you are not limited on the amount you buy.

[Moonie]

$32 per 1,000 at the local Walmarts and still $40+ at the local gun shops here, but at least they finally have some in stock. Had to break down and buy a couple thousand CCI at Walmart due to being totally out of a couple sizes, but no more until they come down some more. And definitely no more from a few local shops that really reamed the locals here (some were buying everything Walmart had and then resold them at double the price).

You can get primers at the local Walmart?? In 20+ years of reloading I've never seen primers (other than BP stuff) at a Walmart.

Interesting.

[theperfessor]

Last week I was at local gunshop. Primers were $42/k and up. Left with my money still in my pocket. Plan to go to gunshot this weekend and check prices there. If they're less than $35/k I'll probably buy 2k just to add to reserve supply. If they're less than $30/k I'll probably get more.

[redneckdan]

35-40 per thousand around here.

[sirgknight]

Unless there is state law against mail order primers and powder, I don't understand why there aren't more of you to order these on-line, pay the hazmat and shipping, and still pay way less than $30/1000 for primers. I've got about 8 to 10 fellow reloaders and we occasionally make a combined order and share the hazmat and shipping. The last order we made cost us about $26/1000, shipped right to the front door by UPS. Now that some primers are as little as $16.49/1000 it would be much, much less than that. It would actually pay to order them and have them sent to your front door. No time spent traveling, no gas cost and no wear-n-tear on vehicle.

[Slogg76]

"You can get primers at the local Walmart?? In 20+ years of reloading I've never seen primers (other than BP stuff) at a Walmart." Yup Moonie, our Walmarts sell reloading components. In fact they are usually far better stocked than the local gunshops when it comes to reloading components. I noticed when traveling out of state many Walmarts do not carry reloading components. Must be by locality. It also depends on who is working the sporting goods section as well. I noticed one Walmart in particular carried quite a variety of components and after talking to the sporting goods staff there I discovered they reloaded themselves and were quite knowledgeable. They were the ones that also pointed out that local shop owners were sending their staff in to buy up all there primers, ammo, etc. and where re-selling it at double the price. They quickly help set up limits and contacted other Walmarts and advised them to do the same.

[Fixxah]

Just stopped into a shop and they had LOTS of primers for $35/K. Unfreaking real. Good thing I still have many to use.

[bobthenailer]

in 08/2010 i got my primer order from midsouth that i placed in 12/2009 they were about $27.00 per K with haz & ship for 20,000 primers