Cost of primers
 

Must have really come down from the highs a couple years ago.
Cabela's had Win 209s for $50/1000 and Clerinox /cheddites at $60. In the past the cheddites were generally cheaper --maybe the new tariffs.
Using my Cabela's credit card gave me an additional 15 percent off, so $42.50 per brick, I thought that a darn good price and bought several. If they have to be shipped there would be a hazmat charge, but there is a store 10 miles from me.That discount ends tonight.
Haven't seen much change in powder prices.

This is good news on the primer front for sure. Now if we could only get the price of lead shot down & the selection of great powders back, we would really be in business.

Winchester Primers especially. A year ago they were double the price of today.

I was at Cabela's in Scarborough ME last week. There were no Winchester 209's, Cheddite's were $6.99 a hundred, very little powder and all one pound bottles. A few bags of lead 6 and their price on shot had gone up since this past summer to $62.99 a bag.

There was a nice condition Remington 31 12ga with a 26" IC solid rib. A very heavy gun, felt like at least 8.5 pounds, dimensions felt higher than a field gun. Guessing it was somebody's Skeet gun, $399. There was also a 32" Model 12, I think it had a rib, maybe Scott Kittredge will remember, it was also $399.

Wheeling Cabelas gun prices always seem very high, like $1999.00 for a Trojan 12

The shotshell powders will be working there way into the marketplace. You can pretty much be looking at mostly 1 lb containers. Maybe a few 4 or 8 lbers thrown in but the powder companies will make more selling in in 1 lb containers, so there you go. We already started seeing the Alliant powders in our area. Hodgdon will probably follow suit.

This is good news!!

On the primer front--I'm just glad we can get them again; it wasn't that long ago when we were willing to pay just about any price to get our hands on a brick of Winchester 209's. We were ecstatic when the Cheddite's became readily available & we were back in business & not buying from the scalpers.

The prices coming down is just icing on the cake with a cherry on top.

Yup, rib, cant remember if it was a solid rib

The $49.99 per 1000 Win 209's were at Cabelas in Scarborough Maine today. Cheddites for $59.99 and Federal 209A's for $69.99.

Also stopped at LL Bean in Freeport. Apparently they did not get the memo that the pandemic shortages are over as they were selling Winchester 209's for $12 per 100. :eek: