primers primers primers!

[deye243]

Thats USD for 5,000.

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I bought 10000 of them for $1700 from qld

[Oldbloke]

What's going on? Last couple of years 3 or 4 new production facilities have been built. But prices havnt moved at all. If anything still sneaking up.

[Billo]

I paid $10/100 for CCI400 Small Rifle primers this week

Good times , ust need to get the hornet back from the gunsmith

[bladeracer]

What's going on? Last couple of years 3 or 4 new production facilities have been built. But prices havnt moved at all. If anything still sneaking up.

I'm waiting on percussion caps

[Oldbloke]

I paid $10/100 for CCI400 Small Rifle primers this week

Good times , ust need to get the hornet back from the gunsmith

WOW

Long way from desperate but a few hundred SRP & LRP would help my stock situation.

22Lr is still "up there" as well I see.

[perentie]

What's going on? Last couple of years 3 or 4 new production facilities have been built. But prices havnt moved at all. If anything still sneaking up.

I'm waiting on percussion caps

So am I ,but in the meantime I bought one of those shotgun primer conversions from Northern shooters in case I am stuck. Not used it yet but.

[bladeracer]

What's going on? Last couple of years 3 or 4 new production facilities have been built. But prices havnt moved at all. If anything still sneaking up.

I'm waiting on percussion caps

So am I ,but in the meantime I bought one of those shotgun primer conversions from Northern shooters in case I am stuck. Not used it yet but.

I've seen modern muzzleloading rifles that use 209 primers. Didn't know there was a conversion. Can you get them for revolvers? I just need caps for the revolvers, I'm shooting blackpowder cartridges in other things.

[wanneroo]

What's going on? Last couple of years 3 or 4 new production facilities have been built. But prices havnt moved at all. If anything still sneaking up.

Primer prices continue to ease down here in the USA this spring. I don't think we will get back to $30 for a thousand but maybe close to it. I think I saw a sale for $39.99 for a thousand.

There is no longer any shortage of any kind of primers. All up to companies in Australia to import them.

[perentie]

What's going on? Last couple of years 3 or 4 new production facilities have been built. But prices havnt moved at all. If anything still sneaking up.

I'm waiting on percussion caps

So am I ,but in the meantime I bought one of those shotgun primer conversions from Northern shooters in case I am stuck. Not used it yet but.

I've seen modern muzzleloading rifles that use 209 primers. Didn't know there was a conversion. Can you get them for revolvers? I just need caps for the revolvers, I'm shooting blackpowder cartridges in other things.

I dont think they would fit a revolver. Too wide , and you need to get your fingers there to screw off the cap the 209 sits under.
Save your caps for the revolvers and use the conversion for long arms. That plastic hose thing works,I tried it. Piece of tubing about 4 mm long over nipple and a small pistol or rifle primer stuck in it. Hammer slides the tubing down and sets off the primer. Bit of fiddling to get the size right but works if stuck but.
The 209 conversion cost over $100 so 6 for a revolver would be $700 even if they fitted.

[Oldbloke]

What's going on? Last couple of years 3 or 4 new production facilities have been built. But prices havnt moved at all. If anything still sneaking up.

Primer prices continue to ease down here in the USA this spring. I don't think we will get back to $30 for a thousand but maybe close to it. I think I saw a sale for $39.99 for a thousand.

There is no longer any shortage of any kind of primers. All up to companies in Australia to import them.

Mmmm, thats abt $63aud. Might get down to $90au here then. That's if we get lucky.

[bladeracer]

I dont think they would fit a revolver. Too wide , and you need to get your fingers there to screw off the cap the 209 sits under.
Save your caps for the revolvers and use the conversion for long arms. That plastic hose thing works,I tried it. Piece of tubing about 4 mm long over nipple and a small pistol or rifle primer stuck in it. Hammer slides the tubing down and sets off the primer. Bit of fiddling to get the size right but works if stuck but.
The 209 conversion cost over $100 so 6 for a revolver would be $700 even if they fitted.

Neat idea. Not sure it would work in the revolver but I have a set of old nipples I could modify. Not something I'm likely to get to just now but I'll keep it mind. I did look at getting cartridge conversion cylinders but none of the manufacturers are willing to export to me. I figured I'd talk to Beretta next to see if they can import me some cylinders from Uberti.

[AZZA'S HJ47]

Im holding off buying at the moment saw the price tag on my old box of primers and compared it to what they go for now and cringed.

[Oldbloke]

Im holding off buying at the moment saw the price tag on my old box of primers and compared it to what they go for now and cringed.

Same here. US they are paying abt $63aud/1000.
Perhaps in a few months they will get somewhere near $100/1000 here. Who knows?

[Fester]

I thought things might have started looking up when CCI SR primers appeared back in an ad but still no CCI LR.

Prices were still climbing when a good range of Federal primers was advertised somewhere.

Shipments of rifles are still like the slow boat from china, so maybe they don't want the stocks while they can hold the silly high prices.