Thread: The Great Primer Shortage

There are no primers to be had in the USA on store shelves.

Typical retail for primers for a box of 1000, depending on brand or type, is $25-$35 US$.

You might find primers second hand now for $200-$400 a box of a 1000.

People here are even scouring estate sales to hoover up primers.

Out of the tens of millions of guns sold this year, it is estimated there are five million new gun owners. A lot of people have realized there is no magic force field around their house or suburb, nor are the police necessarily going to save you, especially if you are living in a democratic party run city. These spazzy panicky people bought up all the factory ammo and apparently primers are getting sent to factory ammo production, so there is none left for reloaders.

Prices on ammo and components were dirt cheap from 2016-2019 and it was commonly talked about on the forums. Buy now while it's cheap and stock up. Those that did not well, so sad too bad.

I think I have about 20K primers and a ton of ammo, so I can shoot for years and let all the drama unfold.

Friend of mine owns a big gun store. When a pallet of ammo comes in, even with a 2 box limit on some cartridges, it all sells in hours.

In the previous panic in 2013, I don't remember that much of a rush on primers. Sometimes different types would be sold out but if you looked around they could usually be found. Interestingly back then, a lot of magazines sold out and today AR and AK magazines are readily available.