Large Rifle Primers

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Jeff H

NW Ohio
Well, it's a start!

Not quite at the price I'd start buying quite yet, but available and at a much better price than I've heard about on others. Seeing some competition in this market is reassuring too.

Thanks for posting this.:)
 
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obssd1958

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I got the email too, and looked at what they were offering. They are the Ginex primers, from Bosnia.
I don't have anything against them, but they aren't CCI or Federals, so $90 per thousand isn't going to tempt me into trying them. Luckily, I don't need them, so I guess it's all good.
 
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Jeff H

NW Ohio
I've not heard anything really bad about Ginex primers, but I've not heard anything really good either.

Makes me wonder.

I'm currently OK on large rifle, since I've moved everything which requires them except a single-shot 30/30, but having just enough to keep that one going has caused me to rethink the purchase of a 360 BH or 38-55 barrel. If there were known, decent-quality large rifle primers available at prices more like the Argentine small rifle primers Norma had recently, I'd maybe move off center.

I don't remember ever paying any more or less for any primers except "match" or "bench-rest" primers in the past either.
 
JonB

JonB

Halcyon member
I was at Sauk Centre gunshow on saturday. I am real low on SPPM, so I was on the lookout. The for the first time ever, I paid 8¢ each for a brick of current production CCI. I was hoping to find some vintage 100rd sleeves for cheap. Nope, one table had 8 sleeves rubber banded together for $100, and another table had 5 or 6 sleeves priced at $12 each.
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As to other sizes of primers at that show ...a few were $80 a brick, most were $100 or higher. Sure made me feel good about the Argentine SPP purchase from Norma.
 
Winelover

Winelover

North Central Arkansas
Yep, got the email, also. I never heard of Cam Pro! I'm flush with LR primers. Won't pay more than $50/ brick for any type, especially foreign manufacture. Could use LP but nowhere near a panic state. Consume more SP, than anything else.
 
TXTad

TXTad

Active Member
Either WW3 is going to happen, or we WILL dig out of this...someday. I think once the competition starts, it will never go away, so that may be good in the long run. I just bought two bricks of Federal 200s at $85 because Natchez had no-hazmat since I'll be dipping my toes into .327 FM soon, but, ouch.
 
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Jeff H

NW Ohio
dale2242 said:
Primers are showing up in the local BI Mart store.
They are running $90 K.
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This is good news.

Not a great price, but at least someone is making them. I've noticed a coupe threads between here and one other forum where I post where guys were looking for 22-250 brass. As popular as the 22-250 is/has been for decades - for people to be struggling to find brass for it is a bit alarming.

I'm really hoping that all these "new shooters" we keep hearing about either finally find another obsession or start to get bored with the few major chamberings of the military persuasion and start getting interested in all the other wonderful things in the shooting world. It would be good for them and it would be good for us to see more demand for such things. I do feel a little sorry for people who haven't experienced some of the neat stuff many of us took for granted over the course of some rather lengthy lives (so far).

Last time I bough large primers, they were $22/k. The time before that, they were $12/k. This last jump and the complete absence of them anywhere left me with ONE rifle needing them - in case I could never get them again. I'm holding off on adding any other cartridges which require large rifle primers until I see a steady flow from the factories and less than half that price.
 
CZ93X62

CZ93X62

Official forum enigma
The end-users need to quit clamoring for the things, and sellers need to start having to pay to store them. When those two things occur, the prices will moderate. People are still buying, so retailers have ZERO incentive to discount their wares.
 
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Jeff H

NW Ohio
CZ93X62 said:
The end-users need to quit clamoring for the things, and sellers need to start having to pay to store them. When those two things occur, the prices will moderate. People are still buying, so retailers have ZERO incentive to discount their wares.
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I don't think many would or could disagree with that. I don't!

We are, however, vastly OUTNUMBERED. We "old folks," who are averse to debt (meaning we understand the implications thereof) are becoming a SMALL minority in the market.

HOW do we teach the "new shooters" the value of persistent patience, mastering skills and appreciating one well-placed shot over churning the backstop? The manufacturers will rely on the marketing geniuses forever. I think our only way out is to introduce "new shooters" to the wonder of single-shot rifles, casting bullets, scheming to outdo ourselves on the next rage visit with TEN rounds carefully crafted to elicit the MOST we can get from what we've GOT. There's a lot of fun in that and I think the younger bunch is missing a lot of that fun.

I shared @Outpost75 's 9x19 Bunny Gun article with a young man (mid-30s) recently and his reaction was "WHY would you need a 9mm to shoot a RABBIT??" I explained, he read and the reaction was golden. "AHHHHH!"

I might have this boy hooked. He's a heck of a smart young man and very interested in learning.

One at a time.
 
Mitty38

Mitty38

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Winchester Primers For Sale - Available In Stock - Winchester Primers USA

Buy Winchester Primers online. Non-corrosive, all weather primers deliver fast, dependable ignition under any shooting condition. Winchester works to make sure all primers are reliable, instant and precise. In Winchester testing labs, primers are constantly and rigorously tested for consistency...
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Yep .....Scam checked out the pages carefully. A lot of the pages run off into gibberish. It is posted right below the real sight which don't sell primers to the public. And has no references to it as a dealer.
 
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Mitty38

Mitty38

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All the Winchesters are the same price. 89 a hundred plus $11 shipping.
All in stock last time I checked.
Buy 5k no shipping or hazmat. Comes to 8.2 cents a primer shipped.
This may be the remember when deal we all are bragging about in 4 more years fellows. Better grab them while they are hot.
 
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Reloader762

Reloader762

Active Member
Mitty38 said:
All the Winchesters are the same price. 89 a hundred plus $11 shipping.
All in stock last time I checked.
Buy 5k no shipping or hazmat. Comes to 8.2 cents a primer shipped.
This may be the remember when deal we all are bragging about in 4 more years fellows. Better grab them while they are hot.
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It may just be me, but I think that's a scam website, only an email contact, no phone number and no physical address.
 
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Rushcreek

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I have used 500 Ginex Bosnia LR primers so far. I noticed tight seating in Military 30-06 brass formed for my 7.65 Mauser.
I had a bit of trouble using them in fire forming loads for my 7-30 single shot; but when I seated the bullets out for a tight slam fit on closing- they all fired.
Good primers.
I’ll buy more unless CCI/Remington/Winchester
LRP show up at the LGS.
 
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Jeff H

NW Ohio
Rushcreek said:
I have used 500 Ginex Bosnia LR primers so far. I noticed tight seating in Military 30-06 brass formed for my 7.65 Mauser.
I had a bit of trouble using them in fire forming loads for my 7-30 single shot; but when I seated the bullets out for a tight slam fit on closing- they all fired.
Good primers.
I’ll buy more unless CCI/Remington/Winchester
LRP show up at the LGS.
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Competition is GOOD.
 
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