World record price for primers

[L. Boscoe]

My local range/shop has Match LPP for sale @ $159/1000.

[Shadow9mm]

Shop here wanted 179 per 1000 for standard primers

[reddog81]

They were going for $225 to $250 on gunbroker last year.

[akinswi]

at least you dont have too pay a hazmat fee

[ciwsguy]

$89.99 per brick here at a new local retailer. No limit

[stagpanther]

$89.99 per brick here at a new local retailer. No limit

That's a lot of money for a brick! Oh you mean per 1,000?

[akinswi]

Originally Posted by ciwsguy

$89.99 per brick here at a new local retailer. No limit

which local retailer? I live in KY aswell

[tangolima]

That's nothing. During the Obama shortage, I replied to an ad in our club's newsletter. 200 primers for $12. When I met the guy, he wanted $120. I showed him the ad. Apparently the price was so silly that the editor thought it was a typo and changed it to $12. Perhaps someone had paid him that price.

I apologized and left.

-TL

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[Nick_C_S]

World record price for primers

The title of the post was so amusing I had to have a look.

I know, it's not really funny.

After the Obama shortage, I stocked up. Right now, I can load and shoot as I please. But even at that, I'm low enough where I've got one eye on the market right now.

Yeah, what's going on right now isn't really funny.

[tangolima]

Originally Posted by Nick_C_S

The title of the post was so amusing I had to have a look.



I know, it's not really funny.



After the Obama shortage, I stocked up. Right now, I can load and shoot as I please. But even at that, I'm low enough where I've got one eye on the market right now.



Yeah, what's going on right now isn't really funny.

I did too. But I start to accept that 7 cents a primer will be the future. I bought some more around the price recently to replenish my stock. They exist if you don't insist on brand name products.

Shortage is not funny. But in a strange way I am thankful to have shortages. I learned to improvise and to explore outside my own comfort zone. If not for the shortages, I am still loading with varget, HS6 and nothing else.

-TL

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[jetinteriorguy]

I’ve come full circle on powder stock. During Obama’s first reign I bought any powder that might work in the calibers I load and any amount I could get my hands on. Over the years I managed to trade away or sell all the powders that turned out to be less than optimal, and stock up big on all the optimal ones. So now I only have about a dozen or so in stock, but in larger quantities.

[ciwsguy]

Ky gun company Louisville store. I’m sure their Bardstown location also has it.

[ciwsguy]

Originally Posted by stagpanther

That's a lot of money for a brick! Oh you mean per 1,000?

That's a lot of money for a brick! Oh you mean per 1,000?
A brick is 1000.
A sleeve is 100.
A case is usually 5 bricks, sometimes 10 depending on the mfr packaging.

[dwhite]

I'm stocked with a new policy. I burn 1K, I buy 1K.

If things get scarce again I'm good for a while.

[AlaBusa]

I am picking up 30,000 SPP for $50 per 1k tomorrow.

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[FITASC]

Gun store in N GA had CCI LRP for 180/1000; 3 boxes left

[tangolima]

Originally Posted by AlaBusa

I am picking up 30,000 SPP for $50 per 1k tomorrow.

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Want to disclose the source? Thanks in advance.

-TL

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[reynolds357]

Originally Posted by L. Boscoe

My local range/shop has Match LPP for sale @ $159/1000.

Be sure to remember to not give that gouger any future business.

[Unclenick]

Originally Posted by ciwsguy

A case is usually 5 bricks, sometimes 10 depending on the mfr packaging.

A case is also called a "slip" by a lot of folks, but I have no idea why. The dictionary says a slip can be a long pew that you slip into or a case that slips over something, like a pillowcase. The reasoning may lie somewhere in that mix, it being a box that you can slip five (or ten) bricks into, but I don't know the actual origin of it. You certainly slip a sleeve over a primer tray, but that's way at the other end of the quantity spectrum.

[FITASC]

Quote:
Originally Posted by L. Boscoe View Post
My local range/shop has Match LPP for sale @ $159/1000.
Be sure to remember to not give that gouger any future business.

What gouging? Did you or the OP buy at that price? If not, how did you get gouged? If anyone WILLINGLY paid their ASKING price, then they determined the price asked was acceptable, so AGAIN, no gouging. Just because someone is charging more than YOU want to pay, doesn't mean anyone is gouging or being gouged.

[reynolds357]

Originally Posted by FITASC

What gouging? Did you or the OP buy at that price? If not, how did you get gouged? If anyone WILLINGLY paid their ASKING price, then they determined the price asked was acceptable, so AGAIN, no gouging. Just because someone is charging more than YOU want to pay, doesn't mean anyone is gouging or being gouged.

That is gouging. He does not deserve repeat business. If you don't think so, trade with him.

[Nick_C_S]

What gouging? Did you or the OP buy at that price? If not, how did you get gouged? If anyone WILLINGLY paid their ASKING price, then they determined the price asked was acceptable, so AGAIN, no gouging. Just because someone is charging more than YOU want to pay, doesn't mean anyone is gouging or being gouged.

Correct.

Sellers are free to ask whatever price they wish.

Buyers are free to accept or decline.

No gouging.

[reynolds357]

Originally Posted by Nick_C_S

Correct.

Sellers are free to ask whatever price they wish.

Buyers are free to accept or decline.

No gouging.

And buyers are free to remember the gougers and not trade with them.

[FITASC]

They aren't gougers; they are business men trying to earn a living. You have no idea what his fixed and variable costs are. You have no idea what his replacement costs are (or if he can even get replacements) and that is what he will set his price for. Gas at my local station jumped $.20 in 3 hours - why? Because his replacement cost jumped during the day.
But, you are free to not do business with anyone not selling components today at prices from Trump's tenure; good luck with that.
A gun related example; folks thought I was crazy for buying lead shot for my shotguns when it was $55/bag; now it is $75/bag IF they even have it. And people are scrambling and willing to pay the price if it was only available. Add in the latest gun control screaming after a few incidents and things will only go up in price as the possibility of nothing being available shortly looms over our heads.

[Nick_C_S]

And buyers are free to remember the gougers and not trade with them.

Precisely. Which is why I said that already.