shooting supplies shortage

[Dusty Tagalon]

So far I am only planning to shoot working cowboy in all but 3 matches. I do have enough loaded ammo to last for  a while, but it may take some time to get some primers. I have plenty of powder & bullets, but the longer I go without primers, the more interesting it is going to get.

Dusty

[Wild Billy Potts]

I hear ya Dusty. I can load up plenty of BP cartridges with LPM primers for the moment, but am low on BP. Got plenty of smokeyless, but am down to my last 100 LP primers. Talk about bummer. My daughter's tuition stops the first week of June so I hope to order some BP soon thereafter, but the wife is also talking about saving up for the dreaded trip to NJ to see her sister, and back to bummer until I figure where to get the extra fundage from. If the primer situation doesn't get fixed soon I just might have to get some guns that shoot cartridges that use SP primers that I got a moderate supply of.

[French Jack]

For a real wakeup call, check out the prices on percussion caps.

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[Wild Billy Potts]

Powder Valley has 50 million primers on back order. Sorry, but I am starting to wonder if there isn't something afoot after all. There is no reason for at least some stock to be getting to suppliers, but none is.

[Dusty Tagalon]

I do have a few hundred caps, ordered some round ball. So that will help for a few shoots.

Brian

[Ottawa Creek Bill]

I bought 2000 large pistol and 2000 large rifle primers at my local gun shop two weeks ago...he had a good supply come in, I don't know how many he has left. They were not cheap...$40.00 a thousand. But I needed them.
 
The name of the shop is ACC Guns, Mooresville Indiana. Phone number 317-831-4483

If you are getting low you might give them a call to see if they have any left.

Bill

[Angel_Eyes]

Sounds like you guys are starting to get to the level of prices that we Brits were paying about 5 years ago!
My local Gunshop is charging £30 per 1000 for primers,(I dont know what the exchange rate is) but I have found someone about 100 miles away charging a damn sight less, so it looks like a road trip.
I'm down to my last 6,000 and I have let a pal have a promise of some of those.

Clear the highway, Angel Eyes is hitting the road!!

(Anybody know if I can send primers airfreight to you guys?)

[Ottawa Creek Bill]

Angel.......

That's the nice thing about NCOWS....you can shoot WC (no, that's not White Castle or Water Closet), Working Cowboy, and you don't burn up near the amount of ammo that you would do otherewise.

Bill

[Tjackstephens]

Dusty, you fellows got me worried. Went to our gun shop (Whittakers Guns) got 2000 WW large pistol primers ($30.99 a thousand) and 4 lbs of Clays powder $77.99. They were getting low on primers and that was the last Clays 4lbs. Had plenty of the smaller cans of powder. The real problem there was loaded ammo. Can you believe they were limiting the number of boxes you could buy. The price of factory ammo pretty well limits me. We may all be shooting Working Cowboy by the National Shoot. A very good class anyways. I am sure powder or primers would make wonderful door prizes. TJ

[Dusty Tagalon]

The local Scheels only had shotgun primers. A sign on the display case limiting 1 brick per customer.

Brian

[Ottawa Creek Bill]

Dusty......

I know you don't want me to pay you for the blanks you loaded, at least let me replace the primers you used...let me know how many you need.

Bill

[Dusty Tagalon]

I picked up 700 small pistol primers today, so I can load up fresh rounds for the nationals. The store where I purchased them only had about 1400 each of small rifle & small pistol. I later went to Scheels, they to must have gotten a shipment today also, only 2 bricks of large rifle on the shelf.
 
Brian

[Rowdy Fulcher]

Howdy Pards
Was at Whittakers today and he still has Primers . WLP $ 30.99 a thousand  so like a Road trip .

[Ottawa Creek Bill]

Rowdy....
If you make it back to Whittakers anytime soon, and they still have the WLP's left, pick me up a two thousand and I'll pay you for them at the National Shoot.

Bill

[Kayleen]

As many of you know I have connections with Sunset distributing and they have been having problems with primer shortages for the past two years and just today they have informed me that it may get worse. Lead shot has dropped in price but nothing else so far.
 It seems our sport is getting pricy.
Kayleen

[bear tooth billy]

I have enough lp primers for half of the season and right now I don't have a clue where to get more.
I may end up going to a shoot with a pair of single sixes and a henry golden boy before the year is over

                   BTB

[Rowdy Fulcher]

Bear Tooth Billy
Will you be at the National Shoot ? if you are we are going to Whittakers  Wednesday after the workers shoot through .
He still had primers yesterday .

[bear tooth billy]

Rowdy,

 Just sent in my entry form today, if you see any primers and can get them I'll buy them off
you at the Nat. shoot. That would be very much appreciated!!!

[Rowdy Fulcher]

Howdy Pards
If I get to Whittaker's I will try to get primers . But no Promises .How many primers do we need . 

[44caliberkid]

    I was talking to a freind with a large reloading business and to a distributor who tell me the price increase is nothing more than charging more because of decreased supply.   One guy said he just got 10,000 primers at the same price he has always paid.   The distributor said his price has not gone up, he just can't get a steady supply.
    One of the reasons is that factory ammo has been going like hotcakes since the election and the factories are putting all their primers into their own ammo, which gets first priority.   Secondly, the government has been letting out large ammo contracts for the last two years, so filling those contracts gets the second priority.   Supplying primers to handloaders is the last priority, so we get whatever is left, whenever any is left.
    Many folks who saw this coming were buying and stocking up last spring and summer.   That's how it goes when you're last to the party.