Small Rifle Primer Shortage

[Ccrider]

Just curious. How long do you guys think this primer shortage is going to last. How many primers do you keep on the shelf to weather these types of shortages?

 

[rwj]

The amount needed for a season... especially during presidential election years!

 

[Bill K]

Have not seen any sign of primer shortage in my area and the gun shops here.

 

[jackson1]

Better vote and pray. If the wrong person and persons gets elected, you will quickly learn about shortages or worse. Not just primers.

 

[Dgd6mm]

How long? Who knows. I need about 30,000.

 

[Ccrider]

Have not seen any sign of primer shortage in my area and the gun shops here.

Can’t get any local. None if the online stores have them.

 

[dgeesaman]

Have not seen any sign of primer shortage in my area and the gun shops here.

I haven’t seen a shortage but the local shop has a 1000pc limit on primers and 1 jug on powder. That seems to be a reasonable compromise.

David

 

[jelenko]

The past couple shortages have been about 18 months.
I decided to keep 3 year's supply on hand.

 

[tominboise]

Around 10k of each size....I order 5k when I get below 5k.

 

[PatMiles]

Better vote and pray. If the wrong person and persons gets elected, you will quickly learn about shortages or worse. Not just primers.

FREEDOMS!

 

[rogn]

If you look around a bit you will see that there are many more empty shelves than just SRP. My Wife does a lot of canning and small mouth jar lids are now getting difficult to find. Some sources are asking more than a buck a lid. Thats probably a 4-6 X mark up. If things dont stabilize before too long there will be a lot more of this.

 

[mdram]

not just srp, all primers are in short supply

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

I reload my primers, just pound out the dent . put some match head material in and put the anvil back in place with super glue. I call them (match primers). Soo easy.

 

[Liven The Dream]

Posted before !
last week Sportsman's Warehouse Bend Oregon.
I was looking at the powder area , 3 boxes of 1000 Federal Primers only in the store.
As I looked a Guy doing Mock 1 flow by and with one arm out cleaned the shelve .

 

[Lefty Trigger]

Watch out for price gougers to, came across a guy selling primers on Gun Broker for $110.00 per 1000. I can still buy locally but the prices are going up with Federal match large near $45 per 1000.

 

[mdram]

my lgs was $50-55/1k for cc41, spp, lpp
3 weeks ago, i bought fed ar match from them for 45

 

[pirate ammo]

Don't need no stinking primers for some of my stuff,got two that use FLINT.

 

[Ccrider]

Found some an hour away. Not exactly what I wanted but we will make do and experiment some. They have 205, 205m AR, br4 and Winchester. I went ahead and bought some 205 and br4. BR4s are 60 per 1000. They should shoot really good for that price. 205 were 40.

 

[spaniel]

I keep about 10K each size on hand for everything except magnum pistol and large rifle primers, then it's 5-6K. I saw Powder Valley was completely cleaned out so I got worried, took my inventory, and feel better.

 

[JimPag]

Anyone who knows me knows that the word shortage doesn't exist in my world. Excess is more like it. I have enough stinking powder, primers, brass, and match bullets for 2 lifetimes.