Component Sightings

[Marco Califo]

Without some kind of vetting or confirmation this can be exploited on threads like this to lure unsuspecting victims in.

We were talking about MidwayUSA and Powder Valley. Which was exploitive? Anyway, click at your own risk is normal, and with the informed readers here . . whatever you are suggesting? Bad links get called out or removed, thus, I do not recall any recently.
Midway no longer has those CCI LPP available. "Time is of the essence".

[Metal god]

Yeah I had to put some thought to stags point . I can see a fraudster come to sights like this and post links to there own scam pages . I agree Midway and Powder Valley are not sights we need to worry about . However I have seen on other gun forums member’s warning of fraudulent sights they were burned at .

I wouldn’t know how you could police such a thing other then maybe a minimum membership time line or minimum amount of post

[markr6754]

Originally Posted by flgolfer29

I added 2 bricks to the shopping cart, but a shipping cost was added to the total.

Sent from my SM-G981U using Tapatalk

Just tried a new order. 2 bricks at $67.15/ea added $19.95 shipping. 3 bricks went to Free Shipping. In both cases, OH sales tax is added.

My original order must've grabbed a $99 shipping special.

In any case...orders fill and ship quickly.

[Unclenick]

There are some common signs of fraud. Refusal to accept credit cards is one of them. If the payments are all by Zell or other intermediate payment services, it almost always turns out to be a fraudulent site. I've looked at the site information on Whois and ICANN (which use different methods). If you find the owner or contact phone number is in Cameroon or some other country, that's a sure sign of fraud for munitions-related items. Some, however, hide that information by going through an anonymizing service like anonymizer.com or 2ip.io or DreamHost.com or others. If you see a registration come through one of those, you almost certainly are looking at a site from another country that has been made to look like it is inside the USA. If the site gives an address, use Maps.Google.com to get a street view of the place. If it turns out nothing is there or it is a residence or other business or other suspicious looking place, stand clear. The Kaspersky site has a primer on identifying scam sites.

Some of these sites have been reported to authorities repeatedly, but remain up. I don't know what it takes to bring a fraud site down, but it must be like moving a mountain. Even ones with U.S. addresses that have been reported to the FBI and police nonetheless remain up. Chances are the actual site owner is anonymizing and just picked the address out a phonebook or from Google maps and the poor owner is having his property title searched and his name reported to authorities when he has nothing to do with it. Forged address just like forged phone numbers. The scammers are sociopaths in that they care only about their own wants and have no compunctions about sacrificing anyone else's needs to fullfill their own.

[stagpanther]

It doesn't take a bad guy to log on here and post a fraudulent link (though that is theoretically possible)--it could simply be a well-meaning post by someone who did a search with the intent of "hey guys, look what I found". That could then suck some people into buying. I think what Uncklenick post is a good primer (obviously everyone knows the usual suspects like Midway, Midsouth, P Valley etc don't need that) though I personally look for "too good to be true" signs, repetitious bad grammar etc. Then I'll google "is XXX legit" and see what comes up; as well as BBB complaints and other rating services. I've only been totally had once by a firearms business--blackjack bullets--and that was only because they were legitimate before they decided to stiff people with outstanding orders.

[Marco Califo]

Natchez currently has 10 different primers in stock:
https://www.natchezss.com/reloading/...tock_only=true
but no Large Rifle.
But, I don't know maybe it is a scam or click bait

[stagpanther]

Natchez currently has 10 different primers in stock:
https://www.natchezss.com/reloading/...tock_only=true
but no Large Rifle.
But, I don't know maybe it is a scam or click bait

They don't accept returns of used undergarments.

[Marco Califo]

They don't accept returns of used undergarments.

Is that something an aluminum gas check could have prevented?

[stagpanther]

Is that something an aluminum gas check could have prevented?

Hmmm...my feeble brain powers haven't deciphered that one. But their policy does actually say that.

[Metal god]

FWIW I'm looking for Winchester LP primers if anyone comes across any

[Marco Califo]

The only LP I have seen are at Natchez. They are magnum. They are CCI and $110.
Natchez has primers in stock, but are pricy.

[akinswi]

Seems to be shortage on LP primers lately… figures when I started loading for 45acp again. Midway seems to have an ok selection on sp and sr primers

[Smoke & Recoil]

Diamond K Brass
Advertising many primers in stock.

[Metal god]

Has anyone gone to any gunshows lately. I’m going to one in AZ later this month . I figure they will have primers ? If not that trip may be a waste of time and gas .

[ghbucky]

I did a search of the thread and don't see any references to https://reloadingunlimited.com/

I was suspicious of them when they popped up in a search, but I checked them out and looked legit from everything I could find. Only accept Credit card payments, and limited on #s of stock you could load into the shopping cart. (2 of my tests).

I've ordered 5000 CCI SPP and 4lbs of PowerPistol from them and they were delivered.

[ghbucky]

Just got an email from powder valley,

1 day sale on Servicios Aventuras Small Pistol Primers
$71.99 for 1000... hard to believe that is a bargain.

https://www.powdervalleyinc.com/prod...istol-primers/

[Marco Califo]

Natchez has Large Pistol and Large Rifle (Cci #34) in stock @ $130.
High price. But first Large anything I have seen for a while.

[stagpanther]

Natchez can have a rather broad definition of what "in stock" means in my experience.

[Marco Califo]

Natchez can have a rather broad definition of what "in stock" means in my experience.

I don't think so, but stock for scarce items moves fast, and now the LPP are gone. You snooze, you lose.

[akinswi]

Been looking for 34s for awhile bought a brick .

Thanks Marco

[Marco Califo]

www.Midsouthshooterssupply.com has 19 primers in stock this morning (up from 11 two days ago), including various Large Rifle and Large Pistol.

[stagpanther]

Thanks Marco--I rushed so fast to buy a couple boxes of the #34 I didn't even notice the 250's wre also available for much less!!! Can't believe I just paid $300 for two 2 bricks of #34--but that should keep my big magnums flying for another year or two.

[akinswi]

Im not far from clarksville may take a trip down there

[Marco Califo]

Www.Midsouthshooterssupply.com and www.natchezss.com
Each have 10+ primers in stock. Grafs, Midway and Powder Valley also seem to have improving supplies
I do not think there is a need for more exotic auctions and pull-down Primer alternate supply channels.

[stagpanther]

For those that might be interested in precision rimfire ammo--Oberle Enterprises has some RWS R-100 available. It's only by the brick or case. I'm not brave (or rich) enough to buy a case without first knowing the lot number is a good fit for my rifle--though generally even a "bad" lot usually shoots better than anything else out of my CZs.