Fortunately, we buy about 18 months ahead, but if things dont get better in 2021, Im not really sure what we are going to do. They claim to have already invested $100 Million??? Cant blame the manufactures for that. Thank you Powder Valley Inc. for explaining and bringing clarity to the primer shortage. These things lack all good common sense. Oct 2, 2011 262 83 50 Billings MT. It will also make it near impossible for new shooters in these sports to even get a proper start and may force them to abandon their idea of becoming a practical shooter at all. If they can get prices sane I will buy a couple cases on principle. Vince, you absolutely correct!! FREE SHIPPING. we dont see things getting better anytime soon. Thats WHY!!! Any chance of Powder Valley starting a back order list so it isnt just by chance of looking at your site when you have a supply? I have plenty of powder as well but for the big cartridges but need powder for the small cartridges. I am one of those people, started reloading late 2018. thank you for this report. Aug 26, 2009 1,161 1,408 Thanks Bryan. My last purchase of 5,000 CCI small pistol primers was in March 2020. However I can never walk through a gun shop without buying somethinggood shootin. All testing should stop because the false numbers they produce are driving public hysteria. Hodkinson says the risk of death for people under the age of 65 is one in three-hundred thousand and it is outrageous to shut down society for what is merely just another bad flu. Maker of COVID Tests Says Pandemic is Biggest Hoax Ever Perpetrated. Heard on the street is that there will soon be a shortage of golf balls since our lame duck president is finding time to play much more golf. So I do hope they flow as smooth as CCI, Win or Federal Primers. According to publicly available data, since 2015 Olin has received more than 1,600 federal contracts to supply ammunition and components to federal agencies. Seems a bit weird to me. Downunder prices on primers have doubled since early 2020. Hallelujah and amen, brother Boch! The previous shortage was a lesson learned, Something does not add up. HRC made a statement in 1998 that the 2nd amendment doesnt mention ammo or components. Thats simply not anywhere near correct. A single large buyer placed an order for 400 Million primers in early September. I usually shoot about 12,000 pistol bulllets a year. ]". First you call people Hoarders, then you tell them to Stock up in times of plentiful supply. 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. Personally and as a nation, Vince, so true. Knitting needles over 2-3/4 inches long require a special permit in Washington state so I cant even take up knitting. Login / Join. The lack of foreign primers on the market is a major reason we believe this shortage is going to last for quite some time. 99. Expansion Industries is planning to hire hundreds of people at their new facility, just east of Hooks. I just started shooting skeet again and far it is about a 1000 shells a month. Jul 2, 2021. This is the best news Im a reloader and like the rest primers we need. The liberals are smart & patient. Available funds never allowed me to stock up so I didnt. I am not skilled or talented enough to be that guy, but I am certainly willing to make efforts to help in this idea. Having been through this before, I was prepared this time. Of all the components needed to reload ammo, it seems primers are the toughest to find, prompting many reloaders to refer to the current crisis as The Great Primer Shortage of 2020. The primer supply shortage doesnt just affect reloaders, though. I almost got rid of them awhile back due to their age but thank goodness I didnt get serious enough to seek a market for them. I have never liked the term hoarding. Raw materials and manufacturing have also been limited. Details. I dont understand why we the people here in the USA cant get primers, yet you go to gun store website in Canada and they have them in stock. What law prohibits the import of primers from Canada? The ultra-popular H4198, H4895, Varget, H4350, and H4831 family of powders are produced by ADI in Australia **. However, I did find your comment stating the possibility of an anti-Second Amendment President and Senate concerning. We never had this problem with assault weapon mass shootings in my past. I have actually started researching reloading primers. Im an avid hunter and have been now for 50 years. Good thing a buddy and I got 1000sands-ez-ez es of the cheap euro primers and the fiochiis were cheap also. Any magazine that mentions the trigger recall will lose their advertising. Must add the Federal Playing Cards to your cart, one per order. Unfortunately, the reality is there are numerous reasons why they have become nearly extinct in reloading outlets. Im sick of this mess. I suggest that if you are short on ammo that you practice with airguns and save the ammo for the days when you will need it. I dont care which so long as its a known. This would be similar to crude oil supply,,,,,None, Zero, Zilch was exported until we were/are self-sufficient,,,Now we are exporting oil Definately worth getting 5k to make the HazMat and shipping palletable. There is serious demand in the industry for this product and right now, for various reasons, the supply chain is falling woefully short. Really, Im a lily white snowflake liberal. Big primer flash equaled faster powder burn which resulted in pressure signs. Hogden sources some of their range from Mulwex (owned now by Thales) in Australia. I understand the reasoning behind limiting primer purchases to 1k. The fix was to slim down the tip of the firing pin and install a bushing into the bolt face to accommodate the smaller firing pin. So when can we order our allotment. In 2008 we saw a huge influx of Russian primers. But will they work in a Dillon? Its a wonderful life. By doing so, a shooter avoids the ups and downs of supply and demand. As with previous surges in ammunition sales, primers are the current weak link in the . They are getting $7.99 per box of 100, with a limit of 2 per customer. Its like when your electricity goes out during a storm or whatever, you just dont realize how much you take flipping a switch, (or having a plentiful supply of primers to choose from), for granted until its GONE. Winchester works to make sure all primers are reliable, instant and precise. In Winchester testing labs, primers are constantly and rigorously tested for consistency and sensitivity at temperatures and conditions far beyond the range of normal usage. Havent manufacturers realized this isnt a temporary bump but a new level of demand? At six, I was not smart but adventurous. Do Powder Valley employees do what Ive heard about another big retailer, and their employees tell all their friends and family and hold them back and then poof.theyre out of primers! The people who are trying to take over American are buying them so we cant fight back. Left or Right may not matter soon. I understand there is a lot to it, but this is one of those circumstances, in my opinion, that could be effectively addressed by American Ingenuity. I blame Democratic policies, which includes Biden. $12 a sleeve, eat a dick. A couple of new members of my local small club have taken on loading and have experienced primer issues of which I will certainly help them with some primers. Why then is .22 LR so hard to get now and why is the price so high? Enough that even with hazmat shipping it was under 3 cents a primer. dang, was thinking more of casting /testing hand rolled 12 guage slugs, Talk about shortage. GM150M. I say, America First! NO exporting reloading components Until our shelves are Full!! At this point all my pistols are basically paperweights or nothing more than a 4 pound rock to throw at an intruder or assailant. Its very real and they have money behind them. Thanks for being there for us Powder Valley, it very much appreciated.. Primers will come back, and it be just like 22lr or hand sanitizer. While Im aware of the desire and support efforts to confound the profiteers from buying quantity and reselling them, Power Valleys current primer restrictions are not helpful. Please lead the industry and create this, complete with email and phone text notices. If youve tried to purchase ammo or reloading supplies lately, youve probably noticed a lot of products are out of stock. I call it.saving for a rainy day. Keep up the fight patriots! Reset Quickview APS Pistol Primer Small Pistol. For the rest of eternity every four years there will be runs on ammo goods when a Democrat starts sniffing at the presidency. Fortunately, I ordered 2000 primer from Powder Valley before the SHTF. I am stocked up, so Ill just quit competition, and try to help out my friends, basic needs. You know that. Details. The standard No4 firing pin was hitting the primers over a large area and causing them to flash like Magnum primers. Someone poked themself with a knitting needle, so Congress banned them to protect us all. Im not a prepper, but Im starting to realize, prepping isnt a bad idea, in moderation. What I take away form this is the a small group of folks have taken what supplies there are and pushed them into the secondary market, just like what occurred with powder. So,,,,,AMERICA FIRST!!!!!!!!!!! . It can be done fairly easily. Thats great news. What do you read into, Stacking the Supreme Court? Being in the commercial ammunition business for over ten years, Ive met hundreds it not thousands of shooters and reloaders. The ammo and primer shortage is real, and it's here to stay well into 2021. 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??? Trifecta Handgun Rest (The place to order your own handgun rest)www.trifectahandgun.comFacebook https://www.facebook.com/trifectahandgun/Instagram https://ww. Erosion is usually very slow & unnoticable until whatever was there is gone. only take what you need, If you have 20K rounds and 20K primers, I think you are more than good for a war. Maybe they should be knocking on or kicking-in your door, first. Stock up when there is abundance . $0.013 - $110.99. 12 cents a primer is about what I have seen for online that is in stock as well. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. (Edited) Primers were not in short supply in Pennsylvania until about November of 2019. We gonna need lots of primers for lots of ammo. Magnum and std large rifle primers are the most difficult to locate, the std being the hardest. Thanks for the information. 99 $ 2. Find in-stock ammunition at the best prices.FAST. You are the only website to furnish us with information. Remington simply did not have the financial capabilities to have an abundance of raw materials on hand and had to shutter some of their production capacity. Ill be glad when this BS is over. Your report has put a lot of the rumors to rest for me . We all know home land and the other armed forces have put in orders for ammo that will keep all manufacturers tied up for 3 to 4 years in the wake there might be a round 2 of a civil war to speek. Something I can add is, this is my 30th year in law enforcement and we have great concerns about ammo as well. Misinformation throughout the debacle of our country deciding between Trump or democracy has been exceedingly dangerous. Remingtons distributor downunder has been engaging in less than ethical behavior over the rifle trigger recalls. 25 years later, still no problems. Minuteman. Sure would save a lot of time for us shoppers. I am thankful that most responsible gun owners do not see things the same as you and fully understand the threat that is on our doorstep. I could see direct to market beong viable these days as well as small players who are Willing to catch that ire. IF THAT IS TRUE, the shortage will ease up sometime in December. . Only buy what you need if you want to keep your 2nd Amendment, this is a time we need to band together and spread the wealth. Ive wondered why I havent see ANY CCI primers Toilet paper was also in high demand but modern manufacturing made it more availability. Boo hoo . Keep checking your trusted online distributor Powder Valley for new arrivals of primers from all four manufacturers. This will definitely put a hurting on all the shooting sports, hell pretty much anything with a bullet. Over the past couple years here in The Peoples Republic of Illinois I have pooled my finances and purchased the contents of a couple gun shops being forced out of business, sold off the stuff I did not need to recoup some of my expenses. Because its not only consumers buying primers and then turning them into profit on gunbroker and the likes, its also retailers and retailer employees doing the same thing.. Certainly President Biden has never been Anti-2nd Amendment, stated as such, or taken a position that he was opposed to the 2nd. Just stand by. Primers. Positive test results do not mean a clinical infection, he says. Thank you for this very well thought out article. They wont flow down the Dillon primer tube. More importantly, primers are not something you can simply "add another production line" to instantly increase production. I fear that I may have wasted my time? I agree limitations must be in place. I have three sleeves of large/Magnum primers left if anyone wants them, been selling them for 500.00 a sleeve but will do 450.00. The personal ammo makers are a huge part of their sales and will always be there because they are loyal shooters. Unless you have less than 100 rounds for your various calibers. Now you pay twice that if you can find one. If the traitors would quit attacking the Constitution, we would not have this problem. I lost all my reloading supplies in a boat accident. Expansion Industries, an ammunition manufacturing company whose corporate offices are based out of Carrollton, Texas, is preparing to open a manufacturing facility here. Responsible gun ownership is a model Ive followed and its proven itself to keep a nation safe while at the same time satisfying the needs of gun owners. From the Distributors who sell to Retail . Oboma was elected no 22s Biden was elected no reloading supplies seems odd. Our country is on the brink. Put him first and he will lead us to where we need to be! They want to curtail your right to keep and bear arms, so when they control the ammo, they control your firearms. I have plenty of large pistol primers and large rifle but need small rifle primers. I really enjoy your company, and use it almost exclusively. We all need to learn from the past so it wont happen in the future. Demand, however, is just one part of the story. Thats a great idea Tom. 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