[shooter1]

I shop both sides of the boarder.

While primers are very limited this year my NY gun shop has got lg rifle, sm rifle in win and cci. But you get limited to 500 per on lg rifle. sm rifle i was allowed to by by the thousand.

Powder was prety hard to get this summer especially varget and imr 4895. I did find a small shop in PA that had 8 pound cans of varget and one pound cans of 4895. I ended up getting 8 pounds of varget and 3 lbs of 4895. But I paid well over retail. 8 pounds of varget was 165.00

Bullets, bought 2000 LSWC .45 from missouri bullets. They say they have plenty on there shelves in any type they cast.
Local gun club buys nfrom extream from nevada. Our order went in in aug and they say it should deliver by jan 2010. Seem plated bullets are much harder to get. Also had trouble getting Seira 69g 22 and 168g 308 match but did end up getting enough to pratice and compete.

Also read a articl in USAToday, Ammo consumption is normally 7 billion rounds a year. This year it is up to 9 billion.

Shooter

[TeeRex]

A lot more people have gotten into reloading lately with people being scared about that will happen wit gun laws and all that. That coupled with hoarding makes things scarce, but I would say components have slowly gotten less scarce since May or so.

I don't think there is a conspiracy especially from companies who make their money selling the stuff.

[Sooner Shooter]

Quote:       Originally Posted by jimkim

There is no conspiracy. If you want to know where the primers are, just search the archives. When a person goes in a store, and buys "everything" in stock, it leaves nothing for the rest of us. There are primers to be found, but I no longer post anything about where they are. When I have in the past they dried up very quickly. Please don't PM me and ask where they are, I will just delete your message, especially if your one of the people that bragged about leaving nothing for the rest of us.

Exactly! Can't we blame all those who rushed out and bought up everything before and early after the election for the shortages? Now that these manufactures have tasted blood (big profit) they may never go back to normal, reasonable prices.

[DWARREN123]

I can get bullets, powder and brass but having a hard time getting primers and the price keeps going up when I do find them.
As to your question I think not, I will reload til I can not.

[gandog56]

Yet primers suddenly appeared back on my local Mom and Pop's shelves. Still have problems finding 4895 powder, but have a supply stocked up.

[Purdy]

Thanks for all the replies.
I can't find any of the powders I use or any primers online as someone suggested, (Midway) Around here there are some brass available but not what I amseeking (45 Colt) and the dealers don't know when or if they will ever get anymore. Hodgdon powders seem to be very scarce (try and find Varget somewhere) and I can't even get any cast bullets for my .357 or 45 locally. I have molds for my 45-70 and 44 mag. but not for .357 ot 45 Colt. I guess living in the hinterlands of Montana has its down side.

[lynxpilot]

Dangit you had me nervous, so I just ordered 1000 large pistol, 5000 large rifle, and 5000 small rifle primers (all in stock). Dangit, dangit, dangit.

[roverboy]

Quote:       Originally Posted by lynxpilot

Dangit you had me nervous, so I just ordered 1000 large pistol, 5000 large rifle, and 5000 small rifle primers (all in stock). Dangit, dangit, dangit.

Now your talkin'. Buy it in bulk if you can afford it.
A friends dad did that for years. If he found a good
deal he stocked up. Wish I could. I usually just buy
what I need when I need it.

[JebDude]

I was having trouble finding powder until I looked up the nearest couple of Hogdgon dealers on their web site. Shop about an hour from me had three shelves of various powders. Picked up IMR 3031, Varget, and BL-C2. No problem with bullets and brass. I get those online if local dealer doesn't have them. Primers are a bit scarce. Had to pay 8.99 per 100 for Remington large rifles. That one hurt.

JB

[TGF]

there are no shortages here, the local gun shop finally listened to me and jacked their prices up to 45 bucks a box. Now people only buy what they use

[StretchNM]

Now that is interesting......

[deadzero]

Handloading is doomed........doomed I say!
send me all of your equipment and components so as not to torture yourselves any further!
doomed.....doomed......doomed I say.........

[Big Dog]

Handloading will get more popular as ammo prices continue to be ridiculous. We American shooters are a DIY bunch.

[DaTeacha]

Quote:       Originally Posted by JebDude

...Had to pay 8.99 per 100 for Remington large rifles. That one hurt. JB

YIKES! That hurts me and I am no where near you!. White box CCIs here go for $43/1000. Normal primers go for about $40, Fiocchi's for the same price but you get 1500 in a brick.

[gandog56]

Golly, thought I was all out of small rifle primers. Just found three boxes I mistakenly threw in my small pistol primers bin.

Saves me a trip to the gun store.

[jerry]

Quote:       Originally Posted by TargetGunFan

there are no shortages here, the local gun shop finally listened to me and jacked their prices up to 45 bucks a box. Now people only buy what they use

Quote:       Originally Posted by StretchNM

Now that is interesting......

+1 I really don't know what to make of that

[DocAitch]

No
DocAitch

[BOLT]

I live in eastern colo, we can get powder and primers here and some brass wally world even had a decent selection of bullets went to cabela,s in sydney last week they had a good selection of powder bullets and brass never asked about primers prices are too high but i shoot 223 wssm 220 swift,22-250,243 and 6mm ackley mostly

[Sooner Shooter]

Quote:       Originally Posted by JebDude

I was having trouble finding powder until I looked up the nearest couple of Hogdgon dealers on their web site. Shop about an hour from me had three shelves of various powders. Picked up IMR 3031, Varget, and BL-C2. No problem with bullets and brass. I get those online if local dealer doesn't have them. Primers are a bit scarce. Had to pay 8.99 per 100 for Remington large rifles. That one hurt. JB

$8.99 per 100!! No way I'd ever buy them at that price or go back to that establishment. Just the way I am. I hope they go out of business!

[res45]

Some of you guys are paying some high prices for primers,the most I have paid is $29 per K all through this whole shortage,SP has been the hardest to fine but I pick up a K here and there to resupply my stash.

I learned a long time ago not to depend on anything always being there especially if you might need it when everyone else does. Better to have and not want than want and not have.