I'm about $.17 a round using Hornady 55gr FMJ.
I'm about $.17 a round using Hornady 55gr FMJ.
Where is the best place to pick up primers?
"The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental." John Steinbeck
Well, most primers are listed as out of stock but they take backorders for those that are listed at powder valley and they are around $25 per 1000 plus or minus for most "normal" primers from CCI, Wolf, Winchester, and Federal. They don't list all the various size and sorts but the ones they list you can backorder.
Grafs is out but it appears you can place a backorder. $22-$27/1000 when ordering 5000 at a time from a quick look.
Other normal places get them in occasionally between $25 and $32 per 1000.
Cabelas was accepting backorders for $30-$32 per 1000 for most sorts / brands and my friend said he got his relatively fast (a few weeks).
If you order 10000 at a time, shipping and hazmat won't add a complete penny to the cost per primer.
I have not bought any since 2007 and my primer stash I bought between 1993 and 2007 so I am much less than 4 cents myself.
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I was at my local Sportsmans Warehouse a few nights ago (trying to find some toy cowboy guns for my sons halloween costume) and they had a few 1000 primer boxes of winchester magnum small rifle primers for $30.99. They also had some large pistol and large rifle. A few boxes of Federal primers small rifle magnums were also on hand for about the same or maybe a buck more per case of 1000.
update 10/31: I was back at that same Sportsmans Warehouse and all the SR primers were gone except the federal Match Small Rifle at $39.99 per thousand. I did buy 2000 small pistol Remington primers for $30.99/1000. And got the toy guns for the boy's costume, which was the real reason to stop by again.
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Brass is free, powder is $43, primers are $25, bullets are $60. Case of .223 FMJ runs about $123 per case or 12.3 cents per round.
Depends who you are or how long you want the primers to last. They will remain good a long time (a lot of mine are from the mid 90s right now).
Or you go in with a few local buddies and everyone gets a few thousand...
Or you get a few thousand small rifle, a few thousand small pistol, a few thousand large pistol, etc
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