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[Highpower-FClass]

This is getting really out of hand

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/876032083

One brick of 1000 CCI small pistol magnum primers - current bid $200

Some years ago I mistakenly bought 5000 CCI small pistol magnum primers thinking they were regular small pistol. Seemed like a mistake at the time but apparently I was a genius... They're apparently worth a cool grand at this point

 

[Kurz]

And he's a Non-Rated seller!

The BIN is $275.00

 

[K22]

Time to to switch hobbies to black powder rifle or hatchet throwing.

 

[SSL]

Time to to switch hobbies to black powder rifle or hatchet throwing.

Then they will come for our hatchets and knives....

 

[Highpower-FClass]

If you still have those primers and don't need them....it must be a sellers market. SELL!

Sell? At this point? That would be crazy as it is obvious they will be worth at least 400 a brick in a couple of months. Those primers are now part of my retirement plan.

 

[mikeinct]

1998 Gold was 265.00 Per Oz. Today gold is $2,063.00 give or take fifty bucks. Crazy prices on everything these days. mikeinct

 

[243BR]

1998 Gold was 265.00 Per Oz. Today gold is $2,063.00 give or take fifty bucks. Crazy prices on everything these days. mikeinct

At the risk of being called an "academic keyboarder" again, that's a 9.78% annual return. Very good return, but not a get rich return.

 

[pirate ammo]

Sell? At this point? That would be crazy as it is obvious they will be worth at least 400 a brick in a couple of months. Those primers are now part of my retirement plan.

You need some of those small magnum or those large magnum for $40.00 per let me know I'll save you some.

 

[Papa Charlie]

Went to Cabela's yesterday. Talk about mother Hubbord's cupboard. The library was almost empty. The racks of used guns outside the library were gone. The cases of new rifles and hand guns were almost empty. There were was no powder, no primers and the racks of ammo were pretty sparse.

The whole world has gone crazy. How much of what was purchased is being used as stock to resell given this thread.

 

[chop house]

i thought i might bottom fish the local small gun show for half filled containers of powder, left over bullets, whatever...

went to the venue 5 minutes after opening... lot was full, line was out the door, people standing shoulder to shoulder 20 yards back, only a couple of masks in sight.

i suddenly had sympathy for the guys that bought tables. i used to work these shows and bemoan a slow day... but these vendors had no escape from the covid naysayers streaming in... pinning them into that smallish room with stagnant air.

i decided there was nothing in there i needed badly enough to take the risk. i came straight home and hit 'submit' on the order i had already prepped to midsouth...

just sayin'

 

[GaryL1959]

i thought i might bottom fish the local small gun show for half filled containers of powder, left over bullets, whatever...

went to the venue 5 minutes after opening... lot was full, line was out the door, people standing shoulder to shoulder 20 yards back, only a couple of masks in sight.

i suddenly had sympathy for the guys that bought tables. i used to work these shows and bemoan a slow day... but these vendors had no escape from the covid naysayers streaming in... pinning them into that smallish room with stagnant air.

i decided there was nothing in there i needed badly enough to take the risk. i came straight home and hit 'submit' on the order i had already prepped to midsouth...

just sayin'

Must have been the same show I went to today, packed, shoukder to shoulder, lined up out the door, couldn't look at anything due to the crowd. Did see quite a bit of 'stuff', ammo mostly, going out the door....no components, and ammo prices were through the roof.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

At the risk of being called an "academic keyboarder" again, that's a 9.78% annual return. Very good return, but not a get rich return.

This is why metals are not a very good investment. I laugh at all the commercials on it

 

[pirate ammo]

This is why metals are not a very good investment. I laugh at all the commercials on it

Invest in ammo and SPAM,you can always eat the spam.

 

[D-4297]

And everyone thought the "T-shirt" about investing in precious metals , Brass , Lead & Copper was a little over the edge . Not so much now .

 

[AccelR8]

I stopped at the shop near the range I belong to. A sign on the door said “The following primers limited to 1000 per customer” and then it listed large rifle, small rifle, large pistol, small pistol. It wasn't clear, 1000 total or 1000 each. Since I stopped specifically to get rifle primers, I though I'd ask.

I took one box each of small and large rifle to the register. The lady immediately showed me the sign. I said yes but my question is does that mean total? A long blank stare was the response. Then she said “Well what gets me is when people come in and try to buy everything on the shelf.” I said yeah, I know, and they sell it on the internet at an inflated price. In my peripheral vision I could see the next guy in line nodding his head in agreement. I said well for what it's worth I didn't clean you out there are still multiples of each on your shelf. This is enough to take me through the summer and fall into winter.

I told her it's not my intention to argue, let me take the large and you keep the small. She says well let me call the manager. She calls him, explains, and then says OK, he said he'll let it go this time but he will get a clarification going forward.

They seemed to have at least a few boxes of everything, including bench rest and CCI military primers. They even had 1000 round boxes of each opened and apparently people are buying the little 100 round boxes one at a time.

One time at Cabelas, where they keep primers and powder behind the counter, I told the clerk I wanted one box of primers...he opens the box and gives me 100 primers, I said, no I mean a box of 1000. His eyes just about popped out of his head and he said you want A THOUSAND primers?!!!

I didn't tell him I prefer to buy 5,000 at a time.

Honestly sometimes I wonder. Is it just me?

 

[AccelR8]

I belong to a face book group, just today some joker posted a picture and wrote "I found a local store that had two cases of (a hard to find projectile that many people are looking for) and I bought all of them." 3,000 projectiles. Then he adds, I don't even reload!

If true, I'm sure he'll try to sell them at 4 or 5 times what he paid.

 

[pirate ammo]

I belong to a face book group, just today some joker posted a picture and wrote "I found a local store that had two cases of (a hard to find projectile that many people are looking for) and I bought all of them." 3,000 projectiles. Then he adds, I don't even reload!

If true, I'm sure he'll try to sell them at 4 or 5 times what he paid.

You need to quit hanging out with them people.

 

[redrockranger]

I remember when I was considering buying physical gold when it was a little over $300 an ounce. I kind of missed that boat. Brass, bullets, primers and powder are where it seems to be at now.

Check the price of gold.........Now

 

[pirate ammo]

I belong to a face book group, just today some joker posted a picture and wrote "I found a local store that had two cases of (a hard to find projectile that many people are looking for) and I bought all of them." 3,000 projectiles. Then he adds, I don't even reload!

If true, I'm sure he'll try to sell them at 4 or 5 times what he paid.

 

[pirate ammo]

Just looked at gunbroker site,people are nuts PERIOD.2 cases small pistol now at $1,320.00. How these people going to ship these things.