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Small pistol primers #16774504 12/28/21
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 10,780 Good Life Esox357 OP Campfire Outfitter
OP Esox357 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 10,780 Good Life	Local gun shop had cci 500 pistol primers for a whopping 65.00 per 1000. I picked up a couple. Hoping for the days when they were 20.00. Glad to finally get some! Last edited by Esox357; 12/28/21.

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Re: Small pistol primers Esox357 #16774813 12/28/21
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hasbeen1945 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 8,073 Deer Park Texas	If you are out. You do what you need to do. Hasbeen hasbeen (Better a has been than a never was!) NRA Patron member Try to live your life where the preacher doesn't have to lie at your funeral

Re: Small pistol primers Esox357 #16775047 12/28/21
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OP Esox357 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 10,780 Good Life	Yeah, I missed out. Never loaded pistol really. I loaded for a 10mm years ago but had sold it. Always loaded rifle. So now playing catch up. Glad to get some even though the prices are 3x what they use to be.

Re: Small pistol primers Esox357 #16775126 12/28/21
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zcm82 Campfire Tracker Z Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 3,052 Illinois	I paid about the same a few months ago for a brick at a LGS. 32 S&W Long is my primary small game a plinking round, though, and my rifle likes the 500s, so it was just a bite the bullet deal. 🤷‍♂️

Re: Small pistol primers Esox357 #16775177 12/28/21
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OP Esox357 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 10,780 Good Life	I hear ya. Well luckily I only have one expensive hobby. Last edited by Esox357; 12/28/21.

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Re: Small pistol primers Esox357 #16775201 12/28/21
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Re: Small pistol primers Esox357 #16775615 12/28/21
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antelope_sniper Campfire 'Bwana A Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 30,963 Colorado	Originally Posted by Esox357 Local gun shop had cci 500 pistol primers for a whopping 65.00 per 1000. I picked up a couple. Hoping for the days when they were 20.00. Glad to finally get some! That's the cheapest they've been in awhile. They keep coming down. You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it. You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell

Re: Small pistol primers Esox357 #16776814 12/29/21
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 2,789 Redding, CA Bob338 Campfire Regular
Bob338 Campfire Regular Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 2,789 Redding, CA	They were $69/1000 a couple of weeks ago at one shop in Medford, Oregon. Used to be bobski, member since '01

Re: Small pistol primers Esox357 #16776840 12/29/21
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Cheyenne Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 10,595 Wyoming	Although I'm in pretty good shape, I think I would have bought a couple at $65 with no hazmat fee. Dollar cost averaging. "Don't believe everything you see on the Internet" - Abraham Lincoln

Re: Small pistol primers Esox357 #16776953 12/29/21
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OP Esox357 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 10,780 Good Life	I may go back and grab another 2,000, if they have any left. I have been slowly working up a 9mm load for plinking. Ive been using 3.4 N320 and 147 grainers. Want to try N340 for some subsonic loads.

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Re: Small pistol primers Esox357 #16778858 12/29/21
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 11,322 Middle/West Tennessee P pullit Campfire Outfitter
pullit Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 11,322 Middle/West Tennessee	I was in a shop the other day, they had primers for $99/K, I had to pass. I may not be smart but I can lift heavy objects I have a shotgun so I have no need for a 30-06.....

Re: Small pistol primers Esox357 #16781552 12/30/21
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Boogan1 Campfire Member B Joined: Nov 2019 Posts: 348 Shalimar, FL	Vista outdoors, who owns CCI, Federal, and a bunch of other companies put out a statement today that there will be no primers in the near future. So don't bet on prices going down anytime soon.

Re: Small pistol primers Boogan1 #16781628 12/30/21
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WTM45 Campfire Tracker W Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,174	Originally Posted by Boogan1 Vista outdoors, who owns CCI, Federal, and a bunch of other companies put out a statement today that there will be no primers in the near future. So don't bet on prices going down anytime soon. Great. Must be larger profit margins in loaded ammo.

Re: Small pistol primers Esox357 #16782332 12/30/21
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OP Esox357 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 10,780 Good Life	I went back, sold out of small pistol. Had some large rifle primers still.

Re: Small pistol primers Esox357 #16783123 12/30/21
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zcm82 Campfire Tracker Z Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 3,052 Illinois	Only thing I'm really short on right now are large pistol, gonna go do a LGS crawl tomorrow and see if anything comes home with me.

Re: Small pistol primers Esox357 #16783999 12/31/21
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OP Esox357 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 10,780 Good Life	Hope you find some

Re: Small pistol primers Esox357 #16785237 12/31/21
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zcm82 Campfire Tracker Z Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 3,052 Illinois	One shop had a few hundred Fed 150M, which I needed, so I grabbed those. Most of them had a fair bit of powder, but no primers. I hit Cabelas on the way back, no primers or powder, but they did have a lot of factory ammo. I did end up grabbing a box of .257 TTSX bullets there.

Re: Small pistol primers Esox357 #16786563 12/31/21
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 11,524 lawrence county MO L ldholton Campfire Outfitter
ldholton Campfire Outfitter L Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 11,524 lawrence county MO	Not 20 a 1000 in years ..

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