mlmiller1 Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I was looking on Midway, adding up the total for buying only 5k & they went out of stock! hahaha. Oh well, didn't need them, but it was nice to see they got some, anyway. Cost would have been @$37/k delivered!!!!! OUCH!!!! Glad I stocked up last year & previous. Hope what I have lasts until this is over, if it is ever over! MLM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Ellis Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Placed the following order with Grafs and Sons at 4:04 AM on 31 May 2009.2 cases of 5000 - Federal Small Pistol primer #100 - $134 a case 2 cases of 5000 - Winchester Small Pistol primer - $132 a case 1 8lb keg - Hodgdon Varget - $146 Received a call today that the Federal primers and the Varget is in and do I want it shipped? Of course I said yes. The nice lady on the phone offered me the following options on the Winchester primers. 1. They can substitute CCI small pistol in place of the Winchester, 2. I can keep the Winchester on back order, 3. If you really insist we can cancel the Winchester order. Decided to keep the Win on BO. So, 11 days from date of order I'm at least getting primers and hard to get Varget. What was interesting was that they were willing to substitute CCI for the Win. Nice lady also said that Win primers are trickling in. Asked about CCI and Rem small rifle. None in stock. Shipment should go out tomorrow. The plot thickens.Received a call today that the Federal primers and the Varget is in and do I want it shipped? Of course I said yes. The nice lady on the phone offered me the following options on the Winchester primers. 1. They can substitute CCI small pistol in place of the Winchester, 2. I can keep the Winchester on back order, 3. If you really insist we can cancel the Winchester order. Decided to keep the Win on BO. Wait a minute. Isn't this the same conversation I had in June? Yup. Apparently in the confusion the Fed primers that were shipped in June didn't get struck off the order. So as far as Grafs was concerned the only part of the backorder that was shipped was the powder. I wasn't supposed to get those primers in June as it turned out. That explains how I got them in 11 days instead of 4.5 months. FWIW: The nice lady on the phone stated that a fairly steady trickle of Fed has been coming in. Not a lot of them but they are coming in. Haven't seen any Win primers of any type at all. SR and LR is sporatic and expect a 6 month delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgunz11 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 I got a call today that one of my suppliers had 100,000 Win Large Pistol Primers they could ship me. Of course the price has gone up $1.25 per k on them, but they say they are costing them more now. No word on getting any Winchester Small Pistol though, which struck me as kind of odd. Where are all the WSP primers going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01G8R Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Cabelas has Magtech small pistol in stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 I got a call today that one of my suppliers had 100,000 Win Large Pistol Primers they could ship me. Of course the price has gone up $1.25 per k on them, but they say they are costing them more now. No word on getting any Winchester Small Pistol though, which struck me as kind of odd. Where are all the WSP primers going? What was the price they were asking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Burwell Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 I figured if Powder valley was taking back orders on federal small pistol match primers I would go ahead and place the order over the weekend. I figured I would be waiting awhile, but I just got notice today that they are shipping. So now I should be set for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouSlide Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Got a call today that Grafs was shipping my 10K of Federal Small Pistol primers and 8# jug of Titegroup. Both out of stock when ordered on 9/7/09 and both shipping today on one hazardous materials fee Curtis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Ellis Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Got a call today that Grafs was shipping my 10K of Federal Small Pistol primers and 8# jug of Titegroup. Both out of stock when ordered on 9/7/09 and both shipping today on one hazardous materials fee 6 weeks is certainly reasonable in todays market. What I don't understand is that my order nearly 5 months ago is now being filled also. Maybe I shouldn't try to figure it out.Curtis: If you want me to be on the lookout for supplies in the BR area let me know. I've got 2 reloading shops in the area to prowl around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvall1201 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Wideners has Wolf Small & Large Pistol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNsTeR Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 I got a call today that one of my suppliers had 100,000 Win Large Pistol Primers they could ship me. Of course the price has gone up $1.25 per k on them, but they say they are costing them more now. No word on getting any Winchester Small Pistol though, which struck me as kind of odd. Where are all the WSP primers going? My suspicion is that Winchester has all their small-size primer machinery dedicated to making either military rifle primers or primers for loaded ammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pachanga22 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Cabela's has Remington SR 71/2 and MagTech® Primers SR in stock I tend to keep at least 5000 of each size and brand on backorder from them, Remington seem to be shipping a few lately. I got 15K in the the last couple weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwoods Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Oct. 20th CCI small rifle Natchez shooters supply limit to 5 boxes of 1000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNsTeR Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Cabela's still has Magtech Small Rifle in stock. They've got a free shipping coupon code 9HOLIDAY for >$150 orders valid through Nov 10, so just the $20 hazmat charge to ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHall Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Natchez has Winchester small rifles in stock 5000 limit kinda hurts but at least I have primers in the mail good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R A Miller Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Natchez also has Winchester small pistol primers in stock, or they did a few minutes ago. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthMuffin Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Natchez is out now. Cabelas just updated my WSP order from April -- new due date is 12/10. Ironically, they just shipped my titegroup power which they never even could get an ETA on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullauto_Shooter Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Natchez has Winchester small rifles in stock 5000 limit kinda hurts but at least I have primers in the mail good luck. I got the e-mail alert too. Picked up 5K WSRs and 8lbs of AA2230; hate ordering such small quantities due to the HAZMAT bite, but wasn't going to pass up the chance to get some WSRs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpops Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Thanks for the heads up guys...you just saved our shooting for this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmantwo Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I talked with the owner of PV yesterday, checking on my order from April 28th. He said they're shipping orders from the first week of April now, so my order should go out in another few weeks. 6 months wait as of now. I also have backorders at Natchez SS and Grafs, but only for a couple of months as yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpops Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I talked with the owner of PV yesterday, checking on my order from April 28th. He said they're shipping orders from the first week of April now, so my order should go out in another few weeks. 6 months wait as of now. I also have backorders at Natchez SS and Grafs, but only for a couple of months as yet. is that a light at the end of the tunnel? (or a train) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribble Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I hope so but you never know. I do believe the company's are just making enough primers to supply there ammo manufacturing lines instead of for the reloaders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atbarr Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I do believe the company's are just making enough primers to supply there ammo manufacturing lines instead of for the reloaders. Why would they do that? Profit is profit. A.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribble Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I do believe the company's are just making enough primers to supply there ammo manufacturing lines instead of for the reloaders. Why would they do that? Profit is profit. A.T. They make more profit off of selling loaded rounds then just components. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atbarr Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I do believe the company's are just making enough primers to supply there ammo manufacturing lines instead of for the reloaders. Why would they do that? Profit is profit. A.T. They make more profit off of selling loaded rounds then just components. I agree, but why would they not make primers for reloading also? Your comment above says "just making enough primers to supply there ammo manufacturing lines", they would be foolish to forget about all of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgunz11 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I do believe the company's are just making enough primers to supply there ammo manufacturing lines instead of for the reloaders. Why would they do that? Profit is profit. A.T. They make more profit off of selling loaded rounds then just components. That's silly to even think that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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