(stay safe !). Also I am shocked they got environmental permits for this from the other stuff I have reas. The manufacturer need to add to their production lines because everytime a Democrat farts there is a run on ammo. thank you for the incite of what is going on in the reloading problem (primers) , this is a year to remember . Overpriced, but at least available. Even at that, with the shortages I guess the sensible thing to do is avoid any major shootouts. So my small pistol primers are drying up and I am having to load 45 acp because I have 25 k of large pistol primers on hand. I wont turn on my fellow American, but Ill have to defend my family. With primer prices approaching U$.10 cent each, they now cost the same as most 9mm bullets. Gun sales on the other hand will stay big for as long as Biden is president . RAY CHARLES SAID IT GOD BLESS AMERICA AGAIN!!!! Why? I will have check for more recent prices. Nr.1 certainly supports if not mandates a substantial increase in manufacturing capacity. That being said I would like to thank you for taking the time and making the effort for writing this informative article. Hell, they can just send a semi full to a regional gun show . If someone can obtain the raw materials, establish an operation, and produce quality, in spec Primers that are safe and efficient for Commercial distribution, they need to be permitted to do so without needing to have the buying power of monopolies. A mix of the Covid-19 pandemic, civil unrest, and the possibility of an anti-2nd amendment President and Senate has caused demand to skyrocket. I hate to say this, but American people better come together and realize that there is a push to divide us and drive us into a dark war against ourselves. I am a reloader. Although we've spoken to a few manufacturers over the past months . That is the biblical thing to do. CCI Standard Primers $ 56. hopefully we little reloads will get to see some of them and they wont go just to the ammo manufacturers. Under what reason? But I doubt the gun-broker crowd are gonna let em go for what we pay. Primers. It can be done. I reckoned. . Especially the last paragraph. I search your site every couple hours about 6-8 times a day for primers, most specifically small pistol primers. One other thing, hand loading was once upon a time more economical that buying factory loads. Their customers will literally beat a path to their door, ets hope Olin doesnt try to coerce a duopoly by threatening retaliation. Capitalism is dead and we fall victim to 1 supply chain breaking a link. You buy when the Republicans are in power because people think the supply chains are safe. Our founding fathers formed this nation with God, foremost in their minds. Most serious gunners had a supply of ammunition and reloading supplies. Of all the components needed to reload ammo, it seems primers are the toughest to find, prompting many reloaders to refer to the current crisis as The Great Primer Shortage of 2020. The primer supply shortage doesnt just affect reloaders, though. Just my thoughts. If you have nothing to sell, how do you stay in business? The ATF. We may see some help from foreign primers, but we dont anticipate the large volumes weve seen previously. Recently I went to Google and researched Primers for sale. I was in here looking for any tips in finding primers for my shotgun reloading needs when I read into an array of political bullcrap thats weaseled its way into a beloved sport. Gosh??? The price went up 30-40% and stayed there. We never applied a cowboy law mentality to gun ownership. https://www.brighteon.com/3b58b1dc-107d-4341-b9da-3955499d8281, https://www.bullseyenorth.com/reloading-primers/browse/page/2. 00. Since the start of 2020, we have had extreme difficulty obtaining primers. He said the site at the former Lone Star Army Ammunition plant is uniquely situated for what they will be doing. Don't know where you live but my advice would be to start looking where all the masses of people's don't. My local gun store has many tens of thousands of primers for shotgun, rifle, handgun. Has the up arming of the Military had an effect on the availability of primers ? Raw materials and manufacturing have also been limited. When supply does improve, remember folks.stack it high and stack it deep. I passed on your in stock primers last week for this reason. I was shooting a thousand rounds a month but now the trips to the range are few and far between. However I can never walk through a gun shop without buying somethinggood shootin. 2023? Good luck fellow loaders. I did that very thing of taking advantage of low price ammo back since 2005 and forward till 2015. Obama, Trump, Biden doesnt seem to matter. 99. Well, technically not banned, but you have to pass a background check, buy a $200 knitting stamp, and wait nine months for approval. At a production rate of 4 million per day, a shortage shouldnt last long. You get bits and pieces of information at the local gun stores, but this brings it all together, basically the Perfect Storm. You didnt mention the political agenda of the anti gun left. Our country is on the brink. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Do you have a market at that price? Really, Im a lily white snowflake liberal. few years ago and still have a good supply. I have a nice stock pile built up and will be just fine through this decades shortage. Limiting purchases to 1,000 is ok if I can have the order held and combined with other orders to minimize hazmat, though I understand why PV has no interest in allowing a layaway approach. Thank you, guys. best comment of the day! A Third Primer Manufacturer Now Tooling Up For Production in Texas in Maryland Democrats Moving Toward a Ghost Gun Ban to Stop Violent Crime, SHOT Show: A 53-Round Fat Magazine AR-15 And A Bullpup 10/22 Stock From Desert Tech, Houston: Four Armed Robbers Attempt Gas Station Heist, An Armed Customer Shoots Three, Happy Ending: Rena Got Her Gun Back After Springfield, IL Police Confiscated It, Illinois Gun Owners Survived Day One of New Gun Ban that Outlaws Carrying Popular Defensive Firearms in Public. Lake City is a government ammo plant operated by Olin Corporation, I seriously doubt they'll run out of primers. Obviously that has nothing to do with centerfire cartridge primers, but its a real problem. At this point all my pistols are basically paperweights or nothing more than a 4 pound rock to throw at an intruder or assailant. PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY AND PRAY AGAIN. They are running 2 shifts along with Help wanted signs. Gun owners never learn. Rio G-1000 209 Shotshell Primers $ 35. Unfortunately, many of those reloaders entered the market anticipating that it would be easier to make their own ammo since readily available ammunition was so difficult to find. Sheeple never learn in all arenas of life. With God back in charge of our lives we can not fail! So disheartening as I send a press to Dillon for repairs. This new company doesnt appear to be vaporware. Follow my wife around and shoot. Fortunately, we buy about 18 months ahead, but if things dont get better in 2021, Im not really sure what we are going to do. (Edited) Primers were not in short supply in Pennsylvania until about November of 2019. I dont care if they work in a Dillon tube or not just so they work in the cartridges. You would too. What law prohibits the import of primers from Canada? In the interest of fairness, an allocation method should be devised using a civilian wait list, so that we can get in line to purchase to purchase a primers when and if they become available. Lead btw is one component of the primer. Thomas have a good idea. It begins all of the way back at the mines for raw materials. Have not bought any since then. Mark. Great article. Remember what some of the democrats were saying before the election. Manufacturers are not suppling them in any sizable amounts to distributors and the distributors (when they get them) cannot keep them in stock for more than a few hours. (Cue, Joe Piscapo in Johnny Dangerously). How long before the companies that manufacture reloading equipment and those who sell it will start to feel the economic pressure from lack of the necessary components for reloading, not to mention the current political situation. Well done. I do have a fear that unethical commerce will ruin this sport and create dissension in its ranks in the name of profit. Q: I have seen/heard many rumors and conjecture on powder shortages with Hodgdon Powder. Knitting needles over 2-3/4 inches long require a special permit in Washington state so I cant even take up knitting. Its an oxymoron. Its also limiting the production of many popular types of ammunition. Is the supply completely dried up or is it just a drip? Gold Medal Centerfire Primer .150. CCI Primers #11 Percussion Caps 100-Count $ 11 99 11 dollars 99 cents. They are making primers at the same normal rate and not increasing production on purpose. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Sometimes can find a random bag in a Bass Pro/Cabelas in the Florida-North Carolina stretch but I have only seen 2 of them in 3 years. Next theyll be a shortage on marbles and slingshots!!! Really appreciate it. 25 years later, still no problems. Apparently they cant or else they would have already done it. Even if they sell exclusively to manufacturers, that means more stock will be available from Olin and Vista. Gunbroker is going to make a lot of money on primer transactions. The Texarkana Gazette wrote about the new employer . I blame Democratic policies, which includes Biden. 1000 at a time isnt worth the shipping and hazmat. Email is simply not the way to go. Some modifications and restrictions in gun ownership is necessary over time to keep us safe from misuse. Reset Quickview APS Pistol Primer Small Pistol. So when can we order our allotment. Modify Search. 22-Dasher Sergeant of the Hide. Our President said that He was told We have no ammunition . This leaves primers, which are relatively difficult to make, as the component that causes the bulk of ammo shortages. With it looking like Biden being president things will Id love to see you at the range but that may be some other year! Since so many people have lost a chunk, or all of their income, it makes sense that reloading, which saves on the cost of ammo at the expense of time, would become more popular than ever. Ill keep checking and checking and hope for the best. I wish left wingers would relocate to one of the 100 other countries that practice their desired form of government and leave the USA to patriots. B. Bullspotter Private. Toilet paper was also in high demand but modern manufacturing made it more availability. 1. This is why many online retailers have now chosen to limit the purchase quantities to an extreme low level in an effort to reduce this. Industry capacity is roughly 4.6 million primers per day. Hasnt management ever heard of Market Research? Unlike primers you use toilet paper every day. But it does add time and an extra Step. Unless you have less than 100 rounds for your various calibers. We the people, the voters on either side, are all in the same boat. Lots of buildings engineered to handle explosive manufacturing with lightweight blowout walls and roofs, for example. Thats a great idea Tom. Minuteman. Thanks for sharing-. The pandemic specifically has incentivized shooters to learn how to reload their own ammo. Expect prices to go up and quantities to go down. Im sick of this mess. Expansion Industries is planning to hire hundreds of people at their new facility, just east of Hooks. As an individual, as of right now, theres little you can do in the face of the reloading equipment supplies shortage. They work for us and need to be reminded of that. This has happened before and I decided the last time I would buy a little every other month until I felt I had enough. 99 $ 2. Ive been wondering about the reloading supply chain.Thank you for the timely and well though out article. Great Primer Shortage of 2020. I love to reload, Thank you for info. Exactly. In 2008 we saw a huge influx of Russian primers. Any magazine that mentions the trigger recall will lose their advertising. They all went bang so far. I agree with your last statement, we need to PRAY! Non-corrosive, all weather primers deliver fast, dependable ignition under any shooting condition. People getting sick, missing work to take care of their kids, and self-quarantining from factory workers to delivery drivers, and all throughout the supply chain caused a lull in manufacturing this spring. The pros seem to still have a bottomless supply but the rest of us will have to cut down or eliminate live fire practice. With shortages of bullets, powder, brass and primers, that has simply not been the case. Magtech (1) PMC (1) Servicios and Aventuras (1) CCI (29) Cheddite (1) Federal Premium (16) Fiocchi (1) Murom (1) Remington (12 . 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. Thanks. In the meantime I would encourage everyone to pray for our country and our leaders as we navigate this perilous situation. The warts never came back but I never did that again. At least Im getting 209as for $40 now. The number of profiteers seems pretty high. This sounds good. 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