I was at the sporting goods store the other day, one that usually has a pretty good stock of all reloading supplies and they had plenty of primers, mostly CCI and Winchester. But I did notice that .223 ammo was sky high in price. Close to $8 a box, up from around $4.50 a box this time last year. I asked and he said yes, it was going up and up. I guess that it is time to buy a set of dies for those too, and a bunch of primers just in case.

It seemed for a while there things were hard to come by around here. The gal at the pro shop said it was because production was geared to meet gov demand 1st. Her shelves are stocked again and she's full up at this time.

No shortage of primers, but .223 and 7.62x39 is rediculously expensive.

Well the loveland sportsmens wharehouse doesnt have ONE standard rifle primer 308 and 30-06 based). Not one. They have a few magnum rifle primers but out of almost everything. I hope they get some in soon. EJ

To Halcon,
I was able to buy a box of 200 rds. of federal 50 gr. hp ammo at Wally World the other day, but have returned since and they do not have any more. Haven't seen any RP in 200 rd. or larger boxes.

no shortage that i've noticed in pa. don't know about fed primers. only use cci or win primers.

The price is going crazy on .223 ammo