AriM Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I really hate the gouging and racketeering that is going on with the prices of reloading components....sorry, but the spot price of lead is WAY down....you can check it for yourself....and primers being sold for $30 1000 and over is also pissing me off....and the hazmat fee for powder....I think i am going to start reloading my spent primers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 You're paying only $30/1,000 for primers??!! Yoiks! Let me at 'em!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Ho Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 The prices are a little high. Just be glad you weren't in dire need of primers a few months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 (edited) http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8097 Edited December 11, 2009 by G-ManBart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCC-1 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 If i can find primers for 30/1k i will buy them... i cant find SP primers anywhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulm540 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 cabelas has federal small pistol magnum. All I can find. ordered a couple of sleeves and it should last me thorugh next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 You have to check the usual sources regularly. Last week Graf & Sons had CCI small rifle magnum primers for $120.99/5K shipped not including Hazmat. CYa, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgunz11 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 (edited) I'm sorry, but you must have been out of the reloading stuff for a while. Let me break it down for you as I sell primers (dealer) for $30 per 1000 when I can get them. Wolf Small Pistol Primers at Powder Valley are $25.20 retail. That's a good price, but you'll never be able to buy them for that because me and other dealers keep them cleaned out. They give me a 6% discount off of retail, so they cost me roughly $23.70 per 1k. Now add to that shipping, HazMat, and insurance. If I can score 50,000 of them at once (very unlikely), they cost me about $25.80 once I get them to my store. You go online and order them, I print off a packing label/receipt, put them securely in a box, stuff the box, tape the box up, print off a label, put on all the DoT's Dangerous Goods labels, and have UPS come pick them up to deliver to your home. Let me break it down for you... Insurance just to cover the stuff being in my store A box I pay for A page of printer paper I pay for Printer cartridges to print the receipt Stuffing I usually get from other shipments so it's free Tape I pay for A label machine I have to rent Shipping labels I pay for A daily UPS pick up account I pay for HazMat stickers I have to pay for ETA: I forgot about all the little stick on the box label holders we have to put on there too! My time (not to count my initial financial investment upfront to have them in stock) in packing the box and sending it to your couch so you can bitch about me making $4.20 PRICELESS!!! You want to know what I hate? People hating free enterprise. I emplore you to search out the best prices you can and shop with those folks. And as I recently did some lead research, you're dead wrong on that too. Lead is considered a precious metal commodity and the prices are pretty stout on it right now even if you buy 40,000 lbs of it in 1 shipment. People making quality lead bullets aren't using scrap tire weights! The HazMat fee is charged by the courier (UPS or FedEx) and they pay it to the Dept of Transportation, a government entity. If you don't want to pay HazMat, don't buy online. Edited December 11, 2009 by kgunz11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgunz11 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8097 Yeah, this one wont last long, but it might. One Mod already looked at it (and posted) and didn't consider it industry hate related even though I feel it is an attack against dealers of powder and primers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgunz11 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 And I sold 450,000 primers in the month of October, so the prices must not be too out of line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00bullitt Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 YEP.....This one is hitting too close to home--CLOSED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AriM Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 And I sold 450,000 primers in the month of October, so the prices must not be too out of line. so you sold 450,000 at a profit of $4.20 per one thousand....that is $1890...."PRICELESS"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Opened just long enough to add: Please read the Hate forum rules pinned to the top of every page in this forum. Specifically the part, helpfully highlighted in red, that says: • Rebuttals are not permitted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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