RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Plus you have to take into account that there are very few reloaders under the age of 40.
Yeah, I've heard some such nonsense that guys became bald from rubbing their heads on the headboard. Give me a break.Well, John, some of us are not so well blessed as to not be folically challenged. At least on our pates. And, you can be assured the testosterone thing is quite true.
Yeah but, 1985 dollars?half the old Guys are blaming those prices on the new guys not knowing they shouldn't cost that much.
all i know is if it was 1985 and primers cost 60-70 bucks a brick i'd have never bothered buying a reloading press.
This is a good time to organize. Odd lots of primers and powder. Going to the range to experiment and see. I’m using powder from early 1980’s to use it up. Had to buy a .220 Swift several years ago to use up IMR 4064. The problem is I have large pistol primers and few rifles to shoot thtin. My Marlin 1894 .45 Colt may become my Production Rifle for competition.
/qI totally agree with Jeff H, If I was selling dandelion seeds for a dollar each, I would sell those as long as I had seeds and customers willing to pay. However, the INSTANT someone next door to me starts selling dandelion seeds for $0.10/ bushel, I will have zero customers.
Very true.P&P very well said. All the points you make are spot on.
The extra factor that is going to prolong the market correction is that there is a huge barrier to enter the market and start selling those seeds for $0.10/bushel. Both legal and material barriers. That is why this correction is and will take so long to happen. Anyone with any business sense and enough money to start up a primer mfg operation knows the market will correct its self eventually. With that knowledge, the numbers just don't add up. After the market correction, there will be very slim profits or none for this new mfg. I wish it was easier for someone to get up and running and selling primers, but the time/cost to get up and running and the long term prospects of profits have not enticed any serious investment into new primer manufacturers.
You cannot compare prices in 1980's dollars with prices today in 2020's dollars...........i think that the price will come down, but not at old prices. $40-50/lb of powder and $40-50/1000 primers. i remember starting out reloading it was $20/1000 primers and $20/lb of powder, that was in the early '90s. in the '80s, it was $7 or 8 for a box 30-30 cartridges(20) and $9 or 10 for a box of '06 cartridges(20). depending on what you buy, .69 - .79 cents for 50 rounds of 22lr or $7 or 8/500 rounds. ohhh well...........memories.