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Unread 12-07-2020, 04:47 PM   #11
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Here's a pic of a buy during the "Old Days" ..... actually just a few years ago. 34 bags (850 pounds) of West Coast Magnum shot, 17,000 primers, 10,000 wads and 57 pounds of powder.

In comparison a friend made the 4-1/2 hour road round trip two weeks ago and a sign on the door showed limits of 300 Cheddite primers, two 500 count bags of wads, and one 8 pounder of powder (but nothing but a few bottles of oddball powders were left in stock). Shot however was still available at 10 bags max and that was the Peruvian Eagle brand.
Looks kinda like my trips to Shirks a few years back , I’d go up and pick up for one of the local dealers that’s no longer with us . Quite a few times I came back with triple the allowable weight of powder . Last week I bought a bunch of 16 gauge stuff off a kinda local fellow that’s giving up loading . Thirty three bags SP-16 wads , 5 pounds SR4756 , 4,000 primers , 650-16 , JR-28 , JR-410 , press acces and the reason for me buying the stuff 5-7G’s the old WIN AA style 16 gauge hulls of which 4,000 appear to be once fired .
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Charlie, It is hit or miss here- mostly missing. In late October/early November a local gun store had Winchester 209 primers- it appeared to be at-least 20,000 + and much more of the Winchester Large Pistol primers. All gone in less than 2 weeks
These were the first primers I had seen since March.
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where have all the primers gone....I looked on the internet tonight and not one primer of any kind could I find...some things up but don't know a thing yet...see if you guys can order any primers...I went to the gun show here at home and no primers were there...and ammo dealer told me a fellow could have done good if any body had primers to sell....this will put the hurt on us small reloaders....charlie
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Just checked with our local Bass Pro Shop. NO reloading components whatsoever. And they've been out for weeks, with none on the way.
Brownell's has NO primers. Ballistic Products has NO primers. Cabela's has NO primers. Midway has no primers.

Why?

COVID-19?
The Russians?

Short supply chain? No.
Huge increase in shooting/reloading enthusiasm? No.
Hoarding? Maybe.
Paranoia? Maybe.
Recent developments in DC? Maybe.
Hope for the future? Ahhhh...
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Intentional 'infringement'? possibly...

One is not armed - cannot effectively "keep and bear arms" if his arm is not charged.





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All the same "sky is falling" blah, blah, blah that was percolating in 2008 when Obama was elected and was going to have the House and Senate. The Biden administration is inheriting a train wreck and Covid and probably won't have the Senate. Any thing related to gun control will be waaay down the list of priorities. As fulfilling as it might be to blame political forces, sorry to burst your bubble, it's basic supply and demand.
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Thanks Jay...

So why the abysmal gap between supply and demand?





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So why the abysmal gap between supply and demand?
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Don't know if you noticed but most businesses spent several months this year closed and were only able to ramp up production in September. Hell, I had to wait almost 3-months for a new set of tires to come in. Anyone try to buy packs of TP last summer - there wasn't any. With increased demand in the spring, production being shut down for an extended period, then people freaking out over the siege of the suburbs, what the heck do you expect? But it is easier to blame it on politics and much better for the industry.

It's economics 101.
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Good points Jay,





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You guys got me spooked. Stopped at local reloading supplier today and bought a few bricks of primers--maybe should have bought the whole sleeve. Also couple bags of shot and some 20 ga claybuster wads.
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