Thank you, guys. Primers finally coming back in stock near me. So if they have so many then why do we have none? With Sierras purchase of Barnes we anticipate the availability of Barnes bullets to increase substantially in a very short period of time. It would help if powdervalley would upgrade website to allow for pre-purchase backorder with ETA pv gets from the big 4. They told me theyd be retired if they could sell to US customers online. If you have nothing to sell, how do you stay in business? Due to the ammo and components shortages, as well as insanely high prices, I have switched to .22 LR for IDPA and USPSA matches. Once. This is going to really hurt competition shooting. As you know, our Second Amendment is settled law. If someone can obtain the raw materials, establish an operation, and produce quality, in spec Primers that are safe and efficient for Commercial distribution, they need to be permitted to do so without needing to have the buying power of monopolies. Stock and conserve, bolster security, have a plan! Hopefully all gun supporters will see this new administration as a supreme threat to the 2nd Amendment and interstate commerce. Fortunately, I ordered 2000 primer from Powder Valley before the SHTF. The ultra-popular H4198, H4895, Varget, H4350, and H4831 family of powders are produced by ADI in Australia **. I read your comprehensive summary about primer shortages. , Recently went on a roadtrip to find primersstopped in a small reloading supply shop,and found shelves stocked with everything from primers to powder to bullets At a production rate of 4 million per day, a shortage shouldnt last long. "That shortage is sidelining a lot of smaller boutique manufacturers. I say, America First! NO exporting reloading components Until our shelves are Full!! Exactly. Thank you, Thank you so much for the information about the primer shortage and other reloading supplies . Thank you. ? This leaves primers, which are relatively difficult to make, as the component that causes the bulk of ammo shortages. In fact, theyre holding a job fair to staff the facility at the end of this month. You didnt hear? As far as demand is concerned, a perfect storm of factors has caused a run on the ammo market like we've never quite seen before. Thanks for the information. A couple weeks ago I found small and large pistol primers at Sportsman's Warehouse, Columba, SC, for $43 per brick. That says nothing of indy ammo makers. Thank you, Bryan R., for this very informative and comprehensive message. Under what reason? Watching our brothers running around playing Cowboy and Indians! Details. What Happened To All The Primers & Ammo 2021? Thats great news. Many people think that when a company like us places an order with the manufacturer that we receive the order in x number of days. Shes saying that there are shortages of yarn like you wouldnt believe. Its also limiting the production of many popular types of ammunition. Joe toes the party line of gun bans, magazine bans, ect. Obviously that has nothing to do with centerfire cartridge primers, but its a real problem. People go crazy every time a democrat gets in office. Available funds never allowed me to stock up so I didnt. Bidens policy on assault weapons is to register them. Has the up arming of the Military had an effect on the availability of primers ? Im an avid hunter and have been now for 50 years. Either way, we will win, as it should be , all they have to do is sell theirs cheaper than the start-up, and they put them out of business . I have a large supply of miscellaneous CCI and Remington primers that are from 20 to 30 years old and have not had a misfire yet. Without primers, you cannot produce ammunition. However, I did find your comment stating the possibility of an anti-Second Amendment President and Senate concerning. Having been through this before, I was prepared this time. CCI and Federal were both on the shelf and a limit of 1 each. Your referenced supporters arent defending the Amendment. Industry capacity is roughly 4.6 million primers per day. Thanks for the explanation but dont call them our leaders. I wish you would allow for customers to back order through the website. I am completely aware of law and the fight that us 2nd Amendment supporters put up every year. Expansion Industries, with a hundred million in capital, has secured a location and is advertising for staff to run the production lines it has planned to open later this year. Keep us informed. I was not out, but a buddy of mine was, so I bought them, and passed them on to him. The use has a implied negative connotation. They have openly stated they are hell bent on stopping the purchase of firearms and all firearm related items through interstate commerce. Manufacturers are, for the most part, unwilling to invest in new productive capacity. Thanks for the update. No problem getting brass or bullets, but my press cant run without primers and powder. Along with addressing the shortage issues, Hodgdon explains the challenges involved in increasing production in the USA and/or increasing imports from overseas. The amendment doesnt need supporting or the illusion of some patriotic hero defending it. Primers will be back in moderation by end of 2021 . Keep up the fight patriots! . Jan 21, 2021 #2 . Positive test results do not mean a clinical infection, he says. First of all, thank you for your prompt attention and delivery of my recent order. With God back in charge of our lives we can not fail! $0.013 - $110.99. the fly in that ointment is my fellow competitors did not so i either share {not} or compete with myself? We believe this is having an impact on availability, but probably not to the extreme that many think. Primer shortage may be the problem for some but us mag shooters that use Retumbo and H1000 , all have primers thanks to Hodgdon little to no supply since mid 2018. Now, if somebody would do the same for powder. The Remington bankruptcy has had a large impact on the shortage of ammo and primers. 2. Or RCBS ? Only located one brick of small pistol std primers, at $75 for the brick. Primers. Now ammunition is drying up. Reloading. Has Powder Valley received any primers? And not a single primer will be out there doors until late 2023 at best. I usually shoot about 12,000 pistol bulllets a year. I understand why you limit a 1000 primers per person when you have the primers in stock. WTF. I guess the main thing that causes me to question the validity of this primer shortage and/or ammo shortage in general is that you can go to a website like bullseye north and see that theres plenty available in Canada. Unlike primers you use toilet paper every day. I generally buy 50-60k of primers at once because I shoot that much in one year. Cant blame the manufactures for that. I don't see any federal legislation on ammo or components so that should ease some minds . Good luck fellow loaders. He said the site at the former Lone Star Army Ammunition plant is uniquely situated for what they will be doing. With modern manufacturing the availability of primers should had improved but it hasnt. Cut the supply of ammo, where we can shoot & when, who can shoot, and everything (including our Rights & ways of life) slowly erodes to nothing. STOP! Thank you for this very well thought out article. Great more primers for the horders to buy up and never use, just in case shit hits the fan like you really have a chance! dave jones, Long time PV customer, I whole heartedly agree with your explanation. I cast all my own bullets and have loads of powder and brassall USELESS- without primers. November 20, 2021 at 10:38 pm #388407. glennsevert. This could also be done in the form of high taxes on primers ,powder ect. Rifle,Pistol,Shotgun formed a co-op of manufacturing of primers where the employees got paid and goods sold at cost how much we all could shoot??? Vince, thanks for the pragmatic approach to our countrys CANCER! When supply does improve, remember folks.stack it high and stack it deep. We may have a market at that price. Most of the time I do not put a whole lot of weight on what a politician says but when a politician issues a campaign promise to End the online sale of firearms and ammunitions. 99 $ 2. Why then is .22 LR so hard to get now and why is the price so high? Because we have a level 7 FFL we have options. I cut my shooting by 75%! Ive had 2 different European primers that caused me to get a hand primer. Well, we are in a proverbial monsoon downpour right now. Great civilizations, societies, empires, etc. Wonder why guys have been hoarding up the primers?? Sorry if your profits cant include California but hiding that loss behind a statement of effectively end businesses is unfounded. thank you for the incite of what is going on in the reloading problem (primers) , this is a year to remember . Im no longer that desperate. . The cost will be at least 3X normal. According to publicly available data, since 2015 Olin has received more than 1,600 federal contracts to supply ammunition and components to federal agencies. By doing so, a shooter avoids the ups and downs of supply and demand. There was a surplus of AR-15s last year at $800. The standard No4 firing pin was hitting the primers over a large area and causing them to flash like Magnum primers. I believe that many Americans would be. Thanks for publishing it. Boo hoo . With the recent purchase of Remington by Vista, there is a good chance that Vista will be diverting CCI and Federal primers that would typically go to reloaders to Remington ammunition production. Quite frankly, Im surprised they didnt build it in northern Mexico. We are slowly facing a bad mojo and there seems to be no slowdown or stoppage. I havent set up my reloading equipment since I moved, but I really could use some large rifle primers. Remington primer production capacity has never been great. Category. I think you are spot on. Biden did say he would put bozo Orork in charge of gun situation and he said hell yea we will outlaw ar & ak47 our country dont fear god and that has become dangerous! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Im still wondering why not. Yellow box Norinco .223 would often result in pierced primers. With primer prices approaching U$.10 cent each, they now cost the same as most 9mm bullets. They plan on employing more than 400 by 2023 and have plans beyond that. There are a lot of rumors going around about the shortages of reloading supplies . Something is amiss here.. Im one that saw all this coming and stocked up early,my prediction I see soon the housing market will have a glut of for closures ,building supplies will be the next shortages. Well, technically not banned, but you have to pass a background check, buy a $200 knitting stamp, and wait nine months for approval. Minuteman. CCI is just down the road from me. Im using my large rifle primers now for my 45 ACP, until they are gone too ! Good news: investors are doing just that, starting up a new company in the great state of Texas dedicated to making primers by the truckload. Hasnt management ever heard of Market Research? Remember the Obama primer shortage? I love to reload, Thank you for info. Non-corrosive, all weather primers deliver fast, dependable ignition under any shooting condition. But I doubt the gun-broker crowd are gonna let em go for what we pay. GOD help us all. 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