dob Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 Ant idea why there is a shortage of rifle primers ? Anyone know a supplier that’s got some ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy H Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 If you are after large rifle Holt's has quite a few thousand Fiochi in the next sealed bid sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dob Posted June 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 I am after small rifle primers but thanks . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 Primers powder and bullets are all in very short supply All down to the importers not wanting to pay the prices that are being asked for shipping I am told. Whether that's true or how much I don't know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 I was at a shooting show at Bisley recently and i overheard a stall owner saying large rifle primers were £90 per 1000. Weirdly, i bought some reloading powder from Kranks stall and that hasn't gone up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windswept Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 I bet the powder was more expensive that it was a year ago. CCI and Federal primers are around £100 / thousand at the moment, if you can get them. Main excuse seems to be the huge number of new gun owners in the US and demand for ammo. Things like covid, military demand, companies going bust etc also affect supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet11-87 Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 some of the lads at my club have started to substitute Small rifle primers for small pistol ones. theyre the same size and will fit but rifle primers are a touch hotter and also the cup is thicker so this has to be taken into account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 The two RFDs nearest to me have both got no powder and no primers at all now. At this rate things will grind to a halt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy96 Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 I’ve got some large rifle and small rifle surplus if anyone get low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lever357 Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 On 24/06/2022 at 22:05, dob said: Ant idea why there is a shortage of rifle primers? Anyone know a supplier that’s got some ? Where have you been for the last few years!!!!😁 There has been the perfect storm - elections in the US - apparently 5 million NEW gun owners. Now if each one of them wanted just 100 rounds that is an additional requirement for 500 million rounds that wasn't there previously. The bullet and primer manufacturers cannot keep up with demand from the ammunition manufacturers. Then Covid came along and shut plants down for a period of time. Once they reopened they had reduced staff levels so the output was lower. On the European front, Sellier and Bellot stopped exporting primers as they needed them to make their own ammunition which was experiencing an increase in demand. There also happens to be a war going on which is using resources from all over the globe. Shipping rates have gone up considerably too. I know one of the main importers and distributors has not had a full order from the US in over 2 years. I am also hearing importers say when primers are gone, there will be no more until 2024. Same with some powders from US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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