Cut the supply of ammo, where we can shoot & when, who can shoot, and everything (including our Rights & ways of life) slowly erodes to nothing. You know that. Im tempted to go through the exercise of disassembling loaded 62 grain 5.56, resizing and reforming at least 500 rounds to 300 Blackout. Over the past couple years here in The Peoples Republic of Illinois I have pooled my finances and purchased the contents of a couple gun shops being forced out of business, sold off the stuff I did not need to recoup some of my expenses. Thanks for the information. Great Primer Shortage of 2020. No Limit and $70 a thou- gone in a few hours if that. I was not out, but a buddy of mine was, so I bought them, and passed them on to him. Have not bought any since then. Advertise bulk semi-tractor trailer loads, hook up, and drive off. Democrats are now raving Communists hell bent on disarming the people to continue their run of corruption and selling out our country to a globalist cabal. $100 million invested in the factory, and they hired the neighbors nephew with a harbor freight welder to make the sign on their gate. This is why we believe this could end up being the greatest primer shortage of all time. It can be done fairly easily. COPYRIGHT 2021, THETRUTHABOUTGUNS.COM. They have begun preparation work on the East Campus of TexAmericas Center, purchasing the main G Line of the former Lone Star Army Ammunition plant, and have begun preparing the site for operations. Personally and as a nation, Vince, so true. I really enjoy your company, and use it almost exclusively. They should lift some regulations and let Americans be Americans. The platform Biden-Harris ran on openly stated they have the desire to shut down interstate commerce for firearms and firearm related purchases. This all started when Obama put a limit on the amount of lead a business can either store or order. The most important thing you said is PRAY to God for our country and our elected?? How many times have we seen this since 1992? I think you better do your research some more, theres lots of us liberals that are die hard gun supporters! As kid in 1968 or so, I did that once to a whole roll of caps for my cowboy cap gun. They wont flow down the Dillon primer tube. They will do their best to take out the 2nd Amendment and a couple other amendments they dont like i.e. And one of those slips one in sideways occasionally -3-5 per 100 in the hand primer. That's what industry experts tell us: "With [ammunition] demand far outstripping supply and inventory levels in the channel at all-time lows, we see strong demand continuing [. Vista Outdoors will offer them double or triple their price and buy their entire production output, to prevent reloaders from getting them. See link below. I have plenty of large pistol primers and large rifle but need small rifle primers. That is what led to all this nonsense of the primer shortage. As demand for primers by ammunition manufacturers shot through the roof, less were available for reloaders. PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY AND PRAY AGAIN. Prepare for the next downturn. Are you guys planning on raising maximum order back to 5000 at some point? CCI Primers #11 Percussion Caps 100-Count $ 11 99 11 dollars 99 cents. Unfortunately, knitting needles are also in short supply, and the demand for knitting needles has sky rocketed right along with primers. (Edited) Primers were not in short supply in Pennsylvania until about November of 2019. Someone poked themself with a knitting needle, so Congress banned them to protect us all. Its gonna squeeze the major players hard, and about time. At six, I was not smart but adventurous. Really hard to swallow the full charge when youre limited to 1k. Details. Thanks for nothing Nanook!!!! WaltHer Felipe Forevuh. If quantity restrictions are to be on orders, it needs to allow big enough order to off set the haz-mat fee. Sep 15, 2020. Many champion shooters who would normally be out at the range practicing their skills have been in seclusion in their homes to protect themselves from Covid and have taken up knitting to fill their days. 99. I really think manufacturers are hoarding for the uncertainty of our election, I agree with you when you take GOD out of everything,well just read what he did to Israelites !! The lack of foreign primers on the market is a major reason we believe this shortage is going to last for quite some time. Great! Exactly. The fix was to slim down the tip of the firing pin and install a bushing into the bolt face to accommodate the smaller firing pin. There is a war for the soul of our nation going on like never before. Or RCBS ? Recently, they also have begun a recruiting drive, advertising an on-site job fair they have coming up Jan. 29. So, if all the primers that would normally be be available for reloaders are being diverted for factory ammo, where is all the the factory ammo!?!? I believe part of the shortage is artificial. It would help if powdervalley would upgrade website to allow for pre-purchase backorder with ETA pv gets from the big 4. Id love to see you at the range but that may be some other year! I know I did, 25k SPP, and no I dont have any left.all traded off or sold long ago. Canada has primers and they wont ship to the USA. People need to stop buying $33.00 in primers to sell for $700.00. It is gun control that they couldnt get done in the courts. You would too. With the recent purchase of Remington by Vista, there is a good chance that Vista will be diverting CCI and Federal primers that would typically go to reloaders to Remington ammunition production. I understand why you limit a 1000 primers per person when you have the primers in stock. Biden did say he would put bozo Orork in charge of gun situation and he said hell yea we will outlaw ar & ak47 our country dont fear god and that has become dangerous! I dont understand why we the people here in the USA cant get primers, yet you go to gun store website in Canada and they have them in stock. This has happened before and I decided the last time I would buy a little every other month until I felt I had enough. And gals. It would be great if sellers would add text alerts to their alert me when in stock system. Most serious gunners had a supply of ammunition and reloading supplies. Hopefully this is for real and they can produce some quality primers. The orange one. After that date primers disappeared and prices went up to $80 to $150 or more. I have a large supply of miscellaneous CCI and Remington primers that are from 20 to 30 years old and have not had a misfire yet. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Please let us put them on Backorder so when in it gets charged and ships making it easy and simple. So Hodgdon can't ship more Varget or H4350 in the USA unless Hodgdon . 2 No, our employees do not share information and get the primers to all their buddies. Good, now lets hope Olin doesnt try to coerce a duopoly by threatening retaliation to any retailer that sells this new brand of components. Ive reduced my shooting and have a stash of ammo. Very excellent advice. I have never liked the term hoarding. The items came quicker than expected and in good condition. Prototype production up front please, as fast as you can. 00. CCI Primers, Remington Primers, Winchester Primers, Federal Primers, Cheddite Primers . Expansion purchased the old Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant located 12 miles west of Texarkana, Texas that made all sorts of things that go boom for the military from World War II through the Vietnam War. Buckle up, its gonna be a bumpy 2 years till Congress goes Rep. I wish you would allow for customers to back order through the website. Most of the time I do not put a whole lot of weight on what a politician says but when a politician issues a campaign promise to End the online sale of firearms and ammunitions. are rarely conquered. Feb 15, 2022. drgondog said: Conversation with Gene Sears Supply yesterday. All testing should stop because the false numbers they produce are driving public hysteria. Hodkinson says the risk of death for people under the age of 65 is one in three-hundred thousand and it is outrageous to shut down society for what is merely just another bad flu. Maker of COVID Tests Says Pandemic is Biggest Hoax Ever Perpetrated. Even at that, with the shortages I guess the sensible thing to do is avoid any major shootouts. This will definitely put a hurting on all the shooting sports, hell pretty much anything with a bullet. If I could find a Cap Gun, I would get one! Why are there plenty of primers available in Canada and at reasonable prices? At a production rate of 4 million per day, a shortage shouldnt last long. Really, Im a lily white snowflake liberal. There you have it. Have any primers you want to sell if youre moving on to new hobbies? Primers were available at a large sporting good, and gun shop near me as of last week. We still have products were receiving from orders placed in February and March and most of those items are only being received in partial quantities. I guess its a good thing I started stocking up back in 2001. They rot from the inside-out. Something I can add is, this is my 30th year in law enforcement and we have great concerns about ammo as well. But Im still on the hunt. Participant. But the shortage isn't only caused by high demand. So it will take about 90 days to fill the one big US gov. 99. Dont try to force it down our throats with a side of propaganda. Bob Northrup. Oboma was elected no 22s Biden was elected no reloading supplies seems odd. Search Showing. Capitalism is a great thing till people start putting it above a states choice and using the profits from it to buy laws to contradict them. I then hit them with a rock, on a concrete sidewalk. Since the start of 2020, we have had extreme difficulty obtaining primers. Ive been reloading for 46 years and Im just not used to seeing such a thing as this happening. Its a business, plain and simple. More importantly, primers are not something you can simply "add another production line" to instantly increase production. Thank you, guys. I suggest the rest of the reloaders reading this forum quietly build up their own stock pile when the current shortage is over. I reckoned. Reload your primers. I like doing business with you. To make more money. Misinformation throughout the debacle of our country deciding between Trump or democracy has been exceedingly dangerous. Lake City is a government ammo plant operated by Olin Corporation, I seriously doubt they'll run out of primers. I wasnt up to speed on Remingtons negative impact to the market. It wouldnt surprise me if the big boys try and squeeze them out of business by slashing prices beforehand. A firearms enthusiast with a $200 hand press and other tools like a $150 electric case prepper can assemble the raw components - bullets, primers, powder, brass cases - and make them into live . Major manufactures are just catching up(some) and some, like LC were 2 1/2 years behind before their distributors shut off the order switch last year. Expect prices to go up and quantities to go down. A Corner on the Primer Market. And most of all thanks for the reminder to pray. What do you read into, Stacking the Supreme Court? Site Links. Thanks for the info ,I have a little different take on the ammo and reloading supplies problem we all are facing in these dire time witch includes a new person in charge who has no respect for the constitution our country lives and dies to protect. However, as every pistol shooter knows, 2000 primers does not last a long time. 69. I have cut back my consumption of all feeds to my gunning activities, shooting less and enjoying it less. For those of us, that use Powder Valley almost exclusively for components, it wold be nice if you set up a will call data base to keep customers names and contacts on file so you can contact them where you do have primers for sale. I passed on your in stock primers last week for this reason. Read my other post about Sheeple. I understand there is a lot to it, but this is one of those circumstances, in my opinion, that could be effectively addressed by American Ingenuity. Once. Ive talked to Canadian sporting goods companies who have reloading supplies falling off their shelves TODAY, and for great prices. Havent manufacturers realized this isnt a temporary bump but a new level of demand? Stock up when there is abundance . You could keep the limits in place and allow customers the peace of mind that when primers or other reloading supplies are available, they will be delivered in the order received Just a thought. Details. My couple of thousand rounds in reserve must be preserved as the future is not as rosy as I had hoped. The ammo and primer shortage is real, and it's here to stay well into 2021. They plan on employing more than 400 by 2023 and have plans beyond that. All of those that laughed me to scorn for hoarding flint locks have suddenly grown silent! Another result of this madness is the lack of availability of rimfire ammunition. Keep us informed. His reply, a republic, if you can keep it. Stock up in times of plentiful supply so that you are not affected as greatly during these times of extreme shortage. Yikes. I generally buy 50-60k of primers at once because I shoot that much in one year. Wonderful article. Amazing how a virus with a 99% survival rate has brought our economy to its knees. So we are getting ready to do our part to help out with that issue.. I am just going to wait, shoot less, and hopefully production will eventually overtake the shortages and we can all pay a fair price for things. Lets not lose our freedoms!!! 22-Dasher Sergeant of the Hide. Normally, we would say stock up. But that time has passed, and I would encourage everyone to learn from this. Thank you for this very well thought out article. Any idea as to what the limits will be on small pistol primers and when they will become available? Their logic is lacking. The new administration is definitely anti gun and anti 2A, and right now they have the ability to really hurt that community with the current situation. I have noticed, that especially this week, there have been a lot more primers available vs. the last few months. Our country is on the brink. We never applied a cowboy law mentality to gun ownership. Probably pre-covid stock being sold at replacement cost price plus markup. November 20, 2021 at 10:38 pm #388407. glennsevert. Many people think that when a company like us places an order with the manufacturer that we receive the order in x number of days. Being in the commercial ammunition business for over ten years, Ive met hundreds it not thousands of shooters and reloaders. 1. Lucky Gunner's Jake Felde said the lack of primers had the greatest impact on small ammo makers and reloaders. On top of that, there have been changes in upper management at Murom which have caused further disruptions. Jack#9. 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