Four hundred jobs expected by next year when they ramp up to full-scale production. They plan on employing more than 400 by 2023 and have plans beyond that. Just my opinion, but! . 00. A$20 hazmat fee is not worth it when your competitors have 5k limits. Why? Without God we are nothing! I wonder if possibly, there is an intentional shortage being perpetraed on us? If Powder Valley is going to restrict primer purchases to 1k, I think you shouldnt charge a hazmat fee. Manufacturers are, for the most part, unwilling to invest in new productive capacity. The warts never came back but I never did that again. Whisky said: Midsouth has had CCI SRM for the past week and Federal LP have shown up once or twice in the last couple of weeks. #1. The lack of foreign primers on the market is a major reason we believe this shortage is going to last for quite some time. Type: Large Pistol Match. Something is amiss here.. Im one that saw all this coming and stocked up early,my prediction I see soon the housing market will have a glut of for closures ,building supplies will be the next shortages. Prior to that date the cost ranged from a low of $20/1,000 to a high of about $35/1,000. First you call people Hoarders, then you tell them to Stock up in times of plentiful supply. Yikes. Sometimes can find a random bag in a Bass Pro/Cabelas in the Florida-North Carolina stretch but I have only seen 2 of them in 3 years. High capacity magazines and silencers are accessories of war. The more I think about that, the better it sounds. I really enjoy your company, and use it almost exclusively. However, as every pistol shooter knows, 2000 primers does not last a long time. There are too many people wanting their way and not Gods way and God is tired of the disrespect and is letting it be known!! Walter? This only works if Olin can meet the demand. The ultra-popular H4198, H4895, Varget, H4350, and H4831 family of powders are produced by ADI in Australia **. This is all about supply and demand. You can I rest assured that folks like me, lifelong passionate hunter and guide, environmentalist, progressive, and Second supporter will never support anyone that is anti-2nd. The rally cry of they are coming for your guns when I no one knows who they is and they cant because its settled law because the peoples SC said so is really stale. The facility will specialize in the production of primers, a key component in ammunition manufacturing, for the small arms industry. Canada has primers and they wont ship to the USA. If youve tried to purchase ammo or reloading supplies lately, youve probably noticed a lot of products are out of stock. And gals. You buy when the Republicans are in power because people think the supply chains are safe. Nice article and well-written but I would just add that when primers hit the desired price point, they will suddenly become available again, just like .22 cal did two years ago. Downunder prices on primers have doubled since early 2020. Outstanding news! Some modifications and restrictions in gun ownership is necessary over time to keep us safe from misuse. Remington simply did not have the financial capabilities to have an abundance of raw materials on hand and had to shutter some of their production capacity. What Happened To All The Primers & Ammo 2021? Democrats are Anti-American and Anti-Constitutional scum. If theyre diverting all the components to ammo manufacturers, that explains the glut of newly manufactured ammo. $53.99 Check With Your Local Ammo Store For Availability Bullet Style: Small Pistol; for those of you that are finding shotgun primers, how much are you paying? The political landscape is more volatile and explosive than ever. Great! He will prevail and the Spiritual Battle will be Won!!! We all know home land and the other armed forces have put in orders for ammo that will keep all manufacturers tied up for 3 to 4 years in the wake there might be a round 2 of a civil war to speek. Primers and powder are pretty much pure unobtainium these days, and Im short of both. Magtech (1) PMC (1) Servicios and Aventuras (1) CCI (29) Cheddite (1) Federal Premium (16) Fiocchi (1) Murom (1) Remington (12 . Dealers cant keep 9mm pistols on the shelves. Now, if somebody would do the same for powder. If they feel the government is trying to track them than have someone in here that took up knitting make you a tin yarn cap. Just have to weather the storm! As you know, our Second Amendment is settled law. This new company doesnt appear to be vaporware. Keep up the fight patriots! VOTING change is what will make a difference! The places stocking and selling primers albeit at a higher cost from $70 to $100 (more than in the old time) have been Brownells, Midway, and Powder Valley. Can i get on a waiting list to at least expect some small rifel or pistol primers eventually in some kind of order? The people who are trying to take over American are buying them so we cant fight back. Amen!!! Participant. I guess its a good thing I started stocking up back in 2001. the fly in that ointment is my fellow competitors did not so i either share {not} or compete with myself? for $120 a brick by that evening? It also doesn't help that there are rumors that the four producers of primers (CCI, Federal, Winchester, and Remington) are diverting much of their produced primers to the commercial ammunition manufacturers and shorting what they would normally send to distributors as a standalone component. See link below. Sometimes even the Catholic Nuns would join in. How many times have we seen this since 1992? Thanks , Doug McPeek. Thank you. Only buy what you need if you want to keep your 2nd Amendment, this is a time we need to band together and spread the wealth. Cut the supply of ammo, where we can shoot & when, who can shoot, and everything (including our Rights & ways of life) slowly erodes to nothing. I wish left wingers would relocate to one of the 100 other countries that practice their desired form of government and leave the USA to patriots. Thank you for the write-up as it was informative. And also the skudel but is the new jurk wont take our guns but will inforce a slow down and in time a halt of production of the supplies needed to use our guns. The items came quicker than expected and in good condition. Misinformation throughout the debacle of our country deciding between Trump or democracy has been exceedingly dangerous. Winchester's primer production is independent of Federal and CCI. This is why we believe this could end up being the greatest primer shortage of all time. This is the main issue. Even if they sell exclusively to manufacturers, that means more stock will be available from Olin and Vista. They are fairly short on match grade primers but I bet if you start looking around your area you may be surprised by what you find. This is the best news Im a reloader and like the rest primers we need. (Edited) Primers were not in short supply in Pennsylvania until about November of 2019. For quite some time, there were virtually no primers available anywhere. Obama, Trump, Biden doesnt seem to matter. Its like when your electricity goes out during a storm or whatever, you just dont realize how much you take flipping a switch, (or having a plentiful supply of primers to choose from), for granted until its GONE. IF THAT IS TRUE, the shortage will ease up sometime in December. That says nothing of indy ammo makers. What I take away form this is the a small group of folks have taken what supplies there are and pushed them into the secondary market, just like what occurred with powder. Non-corrosive, all weather primers deliver fast, dependable ignition under any shooting condition. Hope its just a matter of time before supply returns. $100 million invested in the factory, and they hired the neighbors nephew with a harbor freight welder to make the sign on their gate. Their customers will literally beat a path to their door, ets hope Olin doesnt try to coerce a duopoly by threatening retaliation. And one of those slips one in sideways occasionally -3-5 per 100 in the hand primer. Its hoarders more than any single factor. Have not bought any since then. Also I am shocked they got environmental permits for this from the other stuff I have reas. They claim to have already invested $100 Million??? If the traitors would quit attacking the Constitution, we would not have this problem. Great more primers for the horders to buy up and never use, just in case shit hits the fan like you really have a chance! Obviously that has nothing to do with centerfire cartridge primers, but its a real problem. Hogden sources some of their range from Mulwex (owned now by Thales) in Australia. Had bought a brick of Win large pistol for $26 before it all started to climb. I remember the flash and my left thumb having a burning feeling. I dont understand why we the people here in the USA cant get primers, yet you go to gun store website in Canada and they have them in stock. Of all the components needed to reload ammo, it seems primers are the toughest to find, prompting many reloaders to refer to the current crisis as The Great Primer Shortage of 2020. The primer supply shortage doesnt just affect reloaders, though. Recently, they also have begun a recruiting drive, advertising an on-site job fair they have coming up Jan. 29. The orange one. Email is simply not the way to go. Remember the Clinton primer shortage where they wanted primers that degrade over time so people wouldnt want to stockpile ammunition and the shortage of military ammo cans? All testing should stop because the false numbers they produce are driving public hysteria. Hodkinson says the risk of death for people under the age of 65 is one in three-hundred thousand and it is outrageous to shut down society for what is merely just another bad flu. Maker of COVID Tests Says Pandemic is Biggest Hoax Ever Perpetrated. Really, Im a lily white snowflake liberal. Thats simply not anywhere near correct. Biden will enact legislation to prohibit all online sales of firearms, ammunition, kits, and gun parts. then I do consider that a threat to our business and to everybodys ability to purchase the necessary items to support their 2nd Amendment rights. Your endeavors to sell product does not overrule the laws enacted by a democracy using another amendment. ]". More importantly, primers are not something you can simply "add another production line" to instantly increase production. Refine by Primer Style: #11 Magnum Percussion Cap 209 In-Line. I just hope that all the people well lay down all there fares and pull together and get past this pandemic so we can get on with the new normal . The use of stockpile does not lend itself to a negative implication. In 2008 we saw a huge influx of Russian primers. You can locate primers here and there, but normally it's all magum primers for large or small rifle or pistol. Maybe 1 case of each type of primers per order plus whatever powder or other items desired? Obviously you disagree with the premise of the 2nd Amendment and thats entirely your right. In the meantime I would encourage everyone to pray for our country and our leaders as we navigate this perilous situation. Raw materials and manufacturing have also been limited. So I load for almost nothing if I can get primers. Big primer flash equaled faster powder burn which resulted in pressure signs. People getting sick, missing work to take care of their kids, and self-quarantining from factory workers to delivery drivers, and all throughout the supply chain caused a lull in manufacturing this spring. Available. There are a lot of rumors going around about the shortages of reloading supplies . A couple weeks ago I found small and large pistol primers at Sportsman's Warehouse, Columba, SC, for $43 per brick. With the 12 & 20ga reloaders, a Lee turret press Ive left mounted and the Dillon, Ive run out of room. Great civilizations, societies, empires, etc. I call it.saving for a rainy day. That will effectively end businesses like Powder Valley. Any idea as to what the limits will be on small pistol primers and when they will become available? China has been smelting lead for us. I have a nice stock pile built up and will be just fine through this decades shortage. The demand for ammo and reloading supplies continues to skyrocket. We are slowly facing a bad mojo and there seems to be no slowdown or stoppage. CCI Standard Primers $ 56. This is going to really hurt competition shooting. Prospects of anti 2nd amendment president? Im using my large rifle primers now for my 45 ACP, until they are gone too ! All good news for us reloaders. I am just going to wait, shoot less, and hopefully production will eventually overtake the shortages and we can all pay a fair price for things. I wish Powder Valley would devise a backorder system where we could have an order in place when primers and other items become available. Now you pay twice that if you can find one. Reloading Superstore for Primers, Powder and all reloading components. Most new gun owners are opting for 9mm and other popular centerfire chamberings. As with previous surges in ammunition sales, primers are the current weak link in the . Id like to see more thoughtful approach to allow your regular customers to get in line without hoarding and costing us all a fortune in hazmat. A brick of 1000 Winchester small rifle primers now costs more than $120. We are seeing the definition of spiritual warfare taking place before our very eyes. Great Primer Shortage of 2020. As demand for primers by ammunition manufacturers shot through the roof, less were available for reloaders. There is a war for the soul of our nation going on like never before. Thats great news. Refine by Primer Style: 209 In-Line 209M. Ah, shoot now I wont be able to find my favorite yarns in stock thanks to the primer shortage! I plan to conserve what I have, purchase at a moderate pace, as AMMO becomes available, and to scoop up any primers & powder I find available. Under what reason? Hopefully things will get back to normal soon!! Michael my local club has been getting pull down primers, powder and shot that are suppose to be from Federals disassembled. Good luck to you and may God Bless you as we celebrate the birth of Jesus. Honestly, I dont understand why. I passed on your in stock primers last week for this reason. First of all, thank you for your prompt attention and delivery of my recent order. That is the biblical thing to do. Thanks for the information. There is nothing common sense about banning firearms. They have openly stated they are hell bent on stopping the purchase of firearms and all firearm related items through interstate commerce. Let them sit there, the prices will fall. I have been without before and its no fun. A Corner on the Primer Market. They told me Winchester fully dedicating primer production to cartiges for rest of 2021 to meet demand. I can hold out a while. With Remington in a state of financial insolvency for the past two years, suppliers were demanding payment upon delivery for products. Stating in a public document that President Biden is anti-Second is a wrong approach. Thanks for the article, can you set up to let people know when you get primers ? Responsible gun ownership is a model Ive followed and its proven itself to keep a nation safe while at the same time satisfying the needs of gun owners. Rise up put God first! The manufacturer need to add to their production lines because everytime a Democrat farts there is a run on ammo. Reactions: camocorvette, GordonFreeman, orkan and 2 others. Asking for a friend. Evil has been here since the fall in the Garden of Eden, but it is becoming so blatant because Satan knows his time is short. Winchester works to make sure all primers are reliable, instant and precise. Main reason, I believe, is that everyone is buying them, when they find them, to plan ahead for the next four years with Biden and the Hindu/Jamacian taking helm in Wash DC. Not at this time. Reloading. Hodgdon has powder available all the time for resale to the public. Good lesson to learn. These things lack all good common sense. I generally buy 50-60k of primers at once because I shoot that much in one year. Manufacturers are trying to raise prices by not meeting demand. Im praying for us to keep our freedoms and come through this episode unscathed. They have already done it in California and hope to make it nationwide. This is a very difficult item to safely make on a huge scale. I for one am not affected by this as I stocked up a Many champion shooters who would normally be out at the range practicing their skills have been in seclusion in their homes to protect themselves from Covid and have taken up knitting to fill their days. Overpriced, but at least available. 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