Large Rifle primer shortage?

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   I just posted this over on Milsurps but I though I'd share it here too.  So most of you, as have I, have probably been struggling to restock our reserves of large rifle primers.  I've seen my stockpile dwindle down the last 3-4 years to the point where I have been considering reducing my trips to the range.  Pretty drastic action on my part!  The only large rifle primers I've seen for sale have been on Gunbroker auctions where desperate reloaders have paid ridiculous prices for them.  I was perusing a national auction house when I stumbled upon an auction for the contents of a small gun store in Oklahoma that is apparently going out of business.  They are auctioning off approximately 100,000 mostly large rifle primers in lots of 5,000.   It begs the question, where's the shortage?  If a small lgs can have 100,000 primers on hand, who knows how many the big outlets can get but don't.  Is there actually a shortgage or something else working in the background?  Anyway, it really chaps my hide!

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Sapper740 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: July 15 2021 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 1737	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sapper740 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Large Rifle primer shortage? Posted: September 19 2024 at 1:24pm
	I just posted this over on Milsurps but I though I'd share it here too. So most of you, as have I, have probably been struggling to restock our reserves of large rifle primers. I've seen my stockpile dwindle down the last 3-4 years to the point where I have been considering reducing my trips to the range. Pretty drastic action on my part! The only large rifle primers I've seen for sale have been on Gunbroker auctions where desperate reloaders have paid ridiculous prices for them. I was perusing a national auction house when I stumbled upon an auction for the contents of a small gun store in Oklahoma that is apparently going out of business. They are auctioning off approximately 100,000 mostly large rifle primers in lots of 5,000. It begs the question, where's the shortage? If a small lgs can have 100,000 primers on hand, who knows how many the big outlets can get but don't. Is there actually a shortgage or something else working in the background? Anyway, it really chaps my hide!

britrifles Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: February 03 2018 Location: Georgia, USA Status: Offline Points: 8404	Post Options Post Reply Quote britrifles Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 19 2024 at 2:31pm
	Remington 9 1/2 primers are available at Midway. I’ve seen some others as well. Not seen WLR or CCI BR-2’s in a while which I do use. Seems it is cyclic. Lots of pistol and Small Rifle primers available, but not much for LR primers. I was fortunate to be able to stock up over the years, have something like 35,000 so don’t have to worry for a while. But I’ve had to change some of my go to powders. Have not been able to find any H4895 which I use in my .30-06 loads for M1 and 1903a3.

A square 10 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Special Member Donating Member Joined: December 12 2006 Location: MN , USA Status: Online Points: 16998	Post Options Post Reply Quote A square 10 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 25 2024 at 6:39pm
	have not looked recently but i have a bunch im using up right now so ill warch