Primers

[Kevin McCormack]

At a small gun show in Gettysburg PA yesterday, $150 per thousand was the universal price on most tables for rifle & pistol primers. Shotshell primers were virtually unobtainable; I saw a partial brick (600) W209 primers sell for $40. The more common powders were going for $ 30 per pound; bags of wads at 250 count were bringing $ 10 apiece. Standard trap and skeet loads for 12 and 20 gauge were routinely hawked at $15 per box of 25 with very few dealer's exceptions. Identical situation at the VA Gun Collectors Spring Show today in Manassas VA. NO slack anywhere!