EEH Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I tried to calculate how much that is each but my calculator won’t go that high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyd Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I remember coming back from deployment and primers were 5.00 dollars a thousand. That was 100 percent increase in a year. We just about lost our minds. That made Winchester small primer 25.00 for 5,000 it was just robbery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 If a person has a surplus of supplies (ie. bullets, primers, cases or powder) then they are free to sell them to their fellow competitors for whatever price they wish; They can choose to make a profit, or sell for cost (or less) its their choice. Would all of us do that? Perhaps not... but that’s what freedom is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ML123 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) Well from someone who has none, if I could buy them from someone here for $125/1k I would have happily done so. I am out of ammo. I wasn't shooting or reloading whenever we had these shortages in the past. I kept 1k-2k rounds on hand which was plenty for someone who only shot 1k-2k a year yet alone a month! But then I decided to try a 3 gun match, lol I bought reloading equipment this month to load for this reason otherwise I was perfectly happy with Fed syntech 135g for $234 shipped to my door!!! Even at $0.13/primer it is still less than .30/round to load and a significant savings over the going price for 9mm in any configuration right now. I am going to save $400-450 to load my first 1k rounds of 9mm right now and I NEED it to get through this year! I ended up getting primers by finding small rifle magnum primers for $40/1k and selling 2k of them for $245 and buying 1K of Federal small pistol for $160. So it cost me $85 for 1k small pistol primers and I am super happy with that deal!!! Sarge I appreciate wanting to keep this place respectful but we are all about free market and society and who know when or even IF we will ever get back to buying primers at .03 a piece. Edited September 29, 2020 by ML123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I haven’t shot a match since the 2019 CO Nationals so i’m a little out of the loop here... is it just the primers that are hard to come by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTrace Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 12 minutes ago, BritinUSA said: I haven’t shot a match since the 2019 CO Nationals so i’m a little out of the loop here... is it just the primers that are hard to come by? They are the hardest. Followed by jacketed bullets. Powder is still available, unless you are picky!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEH Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Precision Delta is getting them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 1 hour ago, BritinUSA said: I haven’t shot a match since the 2019 CO Nationals so i’m a little out of the loop here... is it just the primers that are hard to come by? yeah. I wanted small rifle primers... none. you know how reloading goes, I ran out of primers and powder. and have a few bullets left... ooooops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 10 hours ago, Sarge said: Are we as a forum actually going to let somebody sell primers for $125 per thousand? As strict as the classified rules are I would think price gouging needs to be added to the no no list. I had a much longer, enumerated reply to you Sarge that would probably get me time out here but I will just give you the gist. 1. That is the advertised price. What he actually gets for them specifically and what two consenting adults agree on price-wise for an item or service in general is, frankly, none of your business. But most importantly, two consenting adults agreeing on a price does not equal price gouging. 2. It is an election year. It’s not like election day just snuck up on any of us shooters/reloaders. You should have been planning and preparing accordingly already. 3. About a year or two after Sandy Hook, I sold primers for $50 a brick. I had posted a classified ad here. And my ad received its share of gripe-ers too. The mods and admin here knew such a classified ad would happen again. They should have re-iterated the rules for the classified section a month or two ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 5 hours ago, Chills1994 said: I had a much longer, enumerated reply to you Sarge that would probably get me time out here but I will just give you the gist. 1. That is the advertised price. What he actually gets for them specifically and what two consenting adults agree on price-wise for an item or service in general is, frankly, none of your business. But most importantly, two consenting adults agreeing on a price does not equal price gouging. 2. It is an election year. It’s not like election day just snuck up on any of us shooters/reloaders. You should have been planning and preparing accordingly already. 3. About a year or two after Sandy Hook, I sold primers for $50 a brick. I had posted a classified ad here. And my ad received its share of gripe-ers too. The mods and admin here knew such a classified ad would happen again. They should have re-iterated the rules for the classified section a month or two ago. $50 a brick could be understandable. $125 is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe4d Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 everyone on here is grown, dont like the price dont pay it, dont like the person dont buy in the future. What we dont need is a nanny system. I see and have been offered alot of grossly over priced items here,, guess what ? I scroll on by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intheshaw1 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Sarge said: $50 a brick could be understandable. $125 is not. That was 8 years ago, when primers where cheaper. Again, all things are relative. We gripe about $125 per k but that could be cheap compared to prices 6 months from now. Frankly, it's supply and demand. If price ceilings are set, we have shortages like we have now. These were set by companies when all this started as they would get a bad rap if they raised prices but if they would have we probably wouldn't see the shortages and price hikes we have now. Maybe if companies doubled the prices of primers people wouldn't have hoarded more than they need. And all things considered, even paying $125 for primers gets you to around 22 cents per round for 9mm, which I see going for 60-80 cents per round for factory ammo locally. If you think $125 is too much for primers right now, what would you sell yours for right now? Not selling is not an answer, seriously, what would you sell yours for right now? Everyone has their price and for some people it's 125, for competitive shooters it's probably even higher since we shoot more and know there are no primers out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, Intheshaw1 said: That was 8 years ago, when primers where cheaper. Again, all things are relative. We gripe about $125 per k but that could be cheap compared to prices 6 months from now. Frankly, it's supply and demand. If price ceilings are set, we have shortages like we have now. These were set by companies when all this started as they would get a bad rap if they raised prices but if they would have we probably wouldn't see the shortages and price hikes we have now. Maybe if companies doubled the prices of primers people wouldn't have hoarded more than they need. And all things considered, even paying $125 for primers gets you to around 22 cents per round for 9mm, which I see going for 60-80 cents per round for factory ammo locally. If you think $125 is too much for primers right now, what would you sell yours for right now? Not selling is not an answer, seriously, what would you sell yours for right now? Everyone has their price and for some people it's 125, for competitive shooters it's probably even higher since we shoot more and know there are no primers out there. I have a several year supply of primers and I won’t sell one single primer. I guess if I wanted to be an ass I could sell them for 50 cents a piece since that’s still cheaper than buying ammo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intheshaw1 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Sarge said: I have a several year supply of primers and I won’t sell one single primer. I guess if I wanted to be an ass I could sell them for 50 cents a piece since that’s still cheaper than buying ammo? I'm in the same boat, I have plenty and won't sell any because I know a resupply isn't coming soon. But if someone came up and offered you $500 per k as your stated price above and you sold them, it's the price both of you agreed on and we willing to pay/accept. For someone who wasn't prepared, they may be more than willing to pay $125 for primers vs not having any. It's still cheaper than factory and allows them to keep reloading vs having their equipment sit idle and spend the winter knitting vs reloading. Right now if I ran out of primers, I would hate it but I would pay the going rate to keep shooting and just reduce how much I'm shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solvability Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Let the market decide - that is the true value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balakay Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Sarge said: I have a several year supply of primers and I won’t sell one single primer. Then why open an ad selling primers?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJH Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 52 minutes ago, Balakay said: Then why open an ad selling primers?? Probably because he was looking for a steal, instead of having to pay market value. Or he was looking for a reason to let the butthurt flow LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 59 minutes ago, Balakay said: Then why open an ad selling primers?? Who opened an ad? Not me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balakay Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 21 minutes ago, Sarge said: Who opened an ad? Not me. YOU opened(read) the WTS post for the guy selling 13K Federal primers.. This triggered you to post your unhappiness with the $125/1000 price. If you admittedly have primers to last years, what is your interest in a post selling primers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHI Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) Some one is willing to pay his prices. He sold his Varget. That happens to be in stock at BCR. Edited September 29, 2020 by AHI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powder Finger Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 is that blue collar reloading? i just looked them up since i never heard of them before but it says they won't ship powder, primers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Prices on primers could be worse: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intheshaw1 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Chills1994 said: Prices on primers could be worse: And that's people bidding it up, not someone 'gouging.' Prices are relative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmill87 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) Heck if anyone in the Northeast wants to spend $600 on 2K Federal Small Pistol Primers I'll drive them to your house! (just kidding, unless....) I do wonder how many of those Gunbroker auctions never finalize, seems like a huge uptick in Non-rated buyers. Edited September 29, 2020 by cjmill87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Balakay said: If you admittedly have primers to last years, what is your interest in a post selling primers? Because if they were priced reasonably I would buy even more. Just like I will next year when things subside again as always. Probably buy 40k more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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