Why in the world would Remington decide to make a run of Etronx primers instead of something useful to a majority of people, like a higher volume of normal primers? http://www.midwayusa.com/product/831...ProductFinding If you have an Etronx rifle laying around, I guess you can load for it instead now.
I suspect that someone thought that they had better offload the backlog before the shortage ends,,,,
More "This is what happened when I,,,,," and less "What would happen if I,,,,"
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Worthless Idea. I remember they were almost giving them away when they realized no one wanted them at a shop local to me.
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I don't even know what they are, but if remington is in the business of making them, why would they not make a run of them?
Etronx rifles are a great source for donor barrels. Very low round count on most you encounter.
Regular primers are $30 to $40 per thousand the EltronX primers are $225 per thousand, which would you rather sell?
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Regular primers are no longer short supply nor high price. Just this past saturday I found them for $29 at a gun store in Jax Florida and they had plenty. My guess is if you sell a gun you need to make sure their are components for them.
may want to do a quick search on them, you'll realize soon enough why.Originally Posted by starmac
Electric primers have one place only. 20mm and 30mm Gatling gun platforms.
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I don't know whether they made a run of them or not. Those have been the only thing in stock on Powder Valley's website through the length of the shortage. They are probably old stock. And I agree that the electric primers was the answer to a question that nobody asked.
Can you imagine how fine of a trigger could be made out of a microswitch? Can you imagine how much pressure an electric primer could be designed to hold? Think steel case.
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I reckon being able to sell them at 22.59 cents each is reason enough to make them.
Just because they're priced at 22.59 cents each doesn't mean they are selling them.
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They aren't a tax payer supported public service, they're a private for-profit company. They can make and sell anything they think is in their best interest, not yours. They may be making a good decision for profitability and that's what it's all about. They serve the share holders.
I imagine the tooling is different and there is not any reason to not make any on a machine that is just sitting there. Use what you've got.
Could be that Remington wanted to make and sell these for 1 of 2 reasons
1) one of the higher ups needed them
2) It was re-featured (the firearm and ammo) in one of the more recent American Rifleman so they in essence got advertisement
On simple terms, it could be the result of supply & demand.Components are scarce and Remington makes a run of these?
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They made them for only 3 years a decade ago and there are a whopping 6 for sale on gunbroker. 4 of them brand new in the box unfired. I don't think that is very much demand. I am leaning towards old stock with a bit of thought into it, but I don't remember seeing them so often in my occasional searches to see what is in stock, where, and how much $.
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