Primer Shortage

[redpete]

Is it my imagination or are primers getting hard to find these days?

Hard to tell. Primers in MD is always hard to get. Only 3 places I know to get them. I buy by the thousand when i do.

[Pawildman]

Mark...Got the bedding screws back today...Got your note, too. Thanks. If you need to use them again, let me know.
Keep shootin'....Don

Thank you Don. Couldn't done it without ya.

[huntdanielboone]

Don't have any problem here in Louisiana getting primers. Haven't tried to buy any anywhere else.

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[Roskoe]

Back during Clinton's first term, there was big primer shortage. I still have many of the cases of them I stockpiled. Word from the gun grabbers was that this was the achille's tendon of the reloading world. Hard to make in your basement. And impossible to assemble reloads without. There has been a backlog of AR-15 lower receivers since the November election. Wouldn't be surprised to see a primer shortage, if there isn't already one, in the near future.

[skeeter 7MM]

After reading this post here and elswhere when I was in two local shops todayImade a point to check primer stock. Not a federal rifle primer in either of them but both shops had winchester & CCI primers. Both shops said they are awaiting their federal orders to be filled and shipped but no ETA. I still have a couple cases of match primer so no pannick but it appears federal is a problem up here at least. Prices are up. I picked up a case of 209w -new 100 price 4.99 and last year was 4.29.

[halcon]

Don't know what's up with Federal but local shops cant seem to get any of their 223 ammo , we've had a couple of cases on order forever . All the Remington you want .Not

[huntdanielboone]

I help out at a local gun shop ocasionally, and what we hear is that most of the .223 ammo and a lot of the components are being shipped overseas. FMJ ammo is still available, but not much soft point stuff.