209 primers

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by John Campbell

I won't cite specifics, but the stash of 209s that I laid in during the Obama years appears to have suddenly turned my garage into Fort Knox !!

That jackass is the reason I bought a bunch of powders I wouldn’t normally buy . I bought what I could that would work in my parameters . So now I have six to twenty or so different powders that’ll do the same thing in shotguns . Rifle powders are a skoosh more particular but I’ve got enough of that to last me a bunch of years . Well except for RL-25 but there are others I’ve not tried that’ll do just about the same thing and I have decent supplies of several of them .

[OH Osthaus]

my son just called- he is almost totally a bow hunter -

but occasionally takes out one of those space age in line muzzle loaders for the late season

he has a new scope to sight in and he was down to two 209 primers in his pocket so he stopped at a shop to buy some

he called to ask what was going on

[B. Dudley]

They have gone the way of everything else that is hard to get these days.

And it wont get better...

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

They have gone the way of everything else that is hard to get these days.

And it wont get better...

I have a strange feeling "these days" may last for a rather long time

[Setter Man]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

I have a strange feeling "these days" may last for a rather long time

Probably. Just like TP, people will hoard.

[J.B. Books]

A good read on the "Great Primer Shortage of 2020".

https://www.powdervalleyinc.com/why-...pply-shortage/

[B. Dudley]

And all the people buying everything up will be looking to sell at a loss in 5 years because, guess what... they didn't use any of it. It is the cycle that keeps repeating itself.

[Eldon Goddard]

Charlie do you need some primers? PM me if so.

[Setter Man]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

And all the people buying everything up will be looking to sell at a loss in 5 years because, guess what... they didn't use any of it. It is the cycle that keeps repeating itself.

For sale: 10,000 rounds of 5.56 ammo. They are the green tipped rounds, you know the ones that pretty much all shooting ranges prohibit but they are just what you need for a zombie apocalypse.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

And all the people buying everything up will be looking to sell at a loss in 5 years because, guess what... they didn't use any of it. It is the cycle that keeps repeating itself.

If you haven't already familiarize yourself with the National Firearms Safety Act H.R. 5717 introduced a year ago in the US House of Representatives. It didn't go anywhere in 2020 but could return this year with a much greater chance of being passed into law. If passed as written it includes a 50% excise tax on ammunition and components. If passed it will certainly cut that potential loss from the high prices people are paying today. That bill also includes a 30% excise tax on firearms.