so waht ya doin today?

Mitty38

Well-Known Member
Had about 25 bucks left from the 06 money after I got my kid his school stuff.
Fin feather was closed. Reduced hrs due to coved. 

However stopped by a small sporting goods shop in SW Canton. He has a few loading supplies in sometimes. He had Fort Smith????small pistol primers for $3.85 a box. Had a limit of 4 so I bought 4. That puts me at 500 small pistol primers.plus as I said before I already had some 38 spc primed brass.
Never heard of Fort Smith primers but figured why not?
So I can breath a little easier now, primed wise.
 
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RBHarter

West Central AR
Depressing thought for the day . Remember when the 06' was 75 and occasionally still in service ? Remember when every gun rag had a 100th birthday issue just for the 06' ?

In 2 yr the 308 will be 70 . The 06' is 114 . The 30-30 is 125 . The 45-70 is 146 . The first 3 probably outsell any other 5 combined except maybe with 223 in the mix .
 

CZ93X62

Official forum enigma
The lesson I absorbed from these recent shortages is that few items that are part of our hobby activities are stocked in any significant depth, nor is it made with a mind toward "emergencies"--to citizen users, at least. The makers DO NOT like seeing "runs" on their products, and do not respond to such upheavals in a significant way. It is ALWAYS "Business As Usual" to that bunch. Stripping & Flipping has become the national pastime for many strategic and/or critical materials.
 

Mitty38

Well-Known Member
Ye, kind of hesitated on the pistol primers, but at least I have never ran out ,or had to hold back on range time yet.
So ye, I fell short on my first love ,the .357 that I learned to load for, and I learned to cast, and alloy my first Real bullets for.(Had only cast round ball with the open fire method before that.)
However,
The AR will always available. I have managed somehow to create a big enough stock pile of loaded ammo, Pre primed brass, small rifle primers, extra parts, to last years. So civilian defiance I am good.
My favorite hobby, I need a little work on inventory. But still can sit down and load for a few months if I can not get more, supplies. Besides I could always use Winchester small rifle primers If I was desperate, (got like 2 bricks of those). Just would have to shoot the Taurus in cowboy mode.
 
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Ian

Notorious member
Allen, the only exception to your observation that I have at leas heard abiut was CCI putting on three shifts making primers. Took them 3-4 years to make up their minds to do it (requires highly-paid, skilled labor and much training).

In the same time frame the people of our country once produced countless millions of rounds of small arms ammunition....along with aircraft carriers, battleships, liberty ships, gadzillions of aircraft, socks, buttons, parachutes, rifles, tires, engines, tanks.............
 

popper

Well-Known Member
Component companies depend on large long term contracts, Mil, Gov, large distributors. They have to forcast years ahead before allocating resources to expansion or new products. It's called capitalism! Big orders get filled FIRST. Add business shutdowns from China virus that slows production and whammo. Last few election cycles we had Gov. buying HUGE amounts of ammo plus the conflicts in middle east. Toss in citizens buying guns and the demand is way up. Will it be sustained? Probably NOT. Will supply (and cost) change? Depending on who's in charge, production may go up/down a bit, cost UP, supply UP/DOWN. Read between-the-lines.
 

JWFilips

Well-Known Member
I have been lucky some times in these situations....Seems APS strip primers are usually available!
Well not this time!
 

462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
An updated powder, primer, and jacketed bullet inventory shows I can continue to sleep easy.

UPS delivered a 1000 piece bulk box of factory second FMJ 55-grainers, for the Ruger American. They look identical to the on-hand Winchesters, except the nose isn't as pointy. I'm guessing Hornady.
 

Brad

Benevolent Overlord and site owner
Staff member
I added 3K or so 9mm cases yesterday.
Powder and primer supplies at home are “adequate”.
 
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fiver

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I'd get to a point where we'd end up shooting lever/handguns instead of large game ammo at the range, but it'd take me the full 20 years to shoot up the 20 year supply of stuff I was working on before Obama was even a name on the ballot.

anyway I finally solved the mystery of where all my peas have been going the last few days.
one little butthole dog taught the other dog how to pick them right off the vine.
the big dumb one was eating the low ones and the butthole dog was standing on the 3" wide edge of the broccoli/cabbage box leaning on the fence eating the higher ones.
I'm just glad she hasn't decided those carrots in the cold frame are ripe yet.