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Here's some free advice to some who this has costs alot, History repeats itself.

Yep, and it has been since WWII, when not only handloading supplies but hunting ammo were apparently very scarce.

The first "shortage" I experience was during the Clinton administration, when primers disappeared for over a year. Since then it happens whenever a D is elected, or reelected. Any handloaded who hasn't stocked up is either too young to have seen the previous shortages, or hasn't learned. I've had to help out a few local friends about my age who somehow are surprised when they can't always pick up 100 primers at local stores....

I have tons of that schit.

Remember they were also discussing adding taggants to gunpowder to accelerate the degradation of the powder...

Locally there was some CCI 34 primers for 125/ brick, at the gs yesterday I picked up 2 bricks for 90/ brick. Still high but best price I've seen in awhile. Got to allways keep looking..mb

Last 8# jugs of RE 26 I saw offered at a gunshow 2.5 years ago were priced at $800. I passed.

Last year traded 2# of Retumbo straight up for 2# of RE 26. Shipping both ways through Fed X was $26 total which we split.

My usual LGS supplier said two weeks ago that he has not seen RE 26 in over two years.

Starting to see primers available at premiums but still under $80/M.

Strange times we live in.

Are Fiochi large rifle primers any good?

Semi local LGS had em by the case.

I just bought an 8lb jug of 26 for $250 and I felt that was fair and so did the guy who sold it to me. I bought 1000 federal 210’s and 1000 215’s for $150, while not excited about paying that much for primers I felt I made out well enough on the 26 to offset that cost. 26 has been about as rare as hens teeth here in Alaska since inception.

Grad and Sons is a local store to me and the guys that work in the retail part tell me they haven't had a shipment from Alliant for well over a year. They won't even put anyone on a waiting list any more. For something that puts a 30-06 or .270 in the magnum FPS range it's no wonder it's popular.

If you RL26 guys are so in love with it why the HELL didn't you buy more 3 years ago, you guys act like its the only powder out there. Theres alot of Accurate powder out there at a Helluva alot better price, while it may not be the temp stable out there it will work untill things get better but it sure as Hell won't walking in a store flopping down a 100.00 bill.
You think an animal is gonna know the difference in a few FPS

Sounds to me like you got "pounded".

LGS has R26 at $60/lb and R23 $439/8lb.

I have enough to burn the barrel on my PRC so passed. I had already switched everything over to H1000 with exception of the one rifle.

Try some Magro much better price and outstanding velocity.

No way will I pay 84 dollars per pound.

And, it's available.

Yes it is and the velocity out of my 300 win is the highest that I've ever gotten with another powder.
Magro is in the correct burn range for the OP

I have 16 pounds of Magpro

i did i purchased 2 kegs of RL. 26 , 2kegs RL.25 ,3 kegs of RL.17 , 1 keg of Varget i quit buying powder by the lb. anymore. Pete53

It's funny as hell to read about guys bitching about the price of gas. After the crazy high prices in '08 I saw the writing on the wall (same as any numbskull could/should've) and laid in a supply that my grandkids probably won't be able to burn through.

Hahahaha!

LOL, says the guy who habitually tells the internet about stories he saw on the internet.