Primer stash.

[nf1e]

Taking inventory of some of my primer stash this morning. Thought ya'll might get a kick out of some of the prices. Good thing the buggers don't go bad if stored properly. Been a long time since I bought individual 1K boxes of primers. Whatta Hobby!




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[lyman]

I still have primers from the big Clinton Scare in the 90's,

[5thDragoons]

I've been looking for affordable LRPs - no luck with that, of course - and recently, while rummaging through boxes looking for something else, I discovered 3 bricks I'd ratholed. Time to load 308s and warm up the M1A!

[nf1e]

I still have primers from the big Clinton Scare in the 90's,

I think most of us had learned by then that availability of just about anything was going to become cyclic at best.

[JimF]

Yup . . . . .those prices are history . . . . .BUT . . . . .

I once scored 2,000 LR primers from the old Service Merchandise store down in Danbury, for 75 CENTS per brick!

Did you ever go in that store?

It was a very good store for new firearms related ?stuff?.

[nf1e]

No, never been there. Danbury as other cities are places I tend to shy away from.

[barretcreek]

Got CCI with the green and black diamonds.

[Allen]

I once scored 2,000 LR primers from the old Service Merchandise store down in Danbury, for 75 CENTS per brick.

Sounds like Fred Flintstone may have made those.

[Phloating Phlasher]

Consumables are something I always stock up on.
Lets face it, none of this stuff is going to go down!
Those halcyon days when you could pound out a weekend's needs on a Lee Whack-a-mole are history!
I learned in the Obama "shortages" & became my own stock house.
:eusa_dance:

[nf1e]

Thread was mainly to show some of the older prices on stuff in the stash. Majority of my primers are stored in 50 cal ammo cans. Just one example. Whatta Hobby!

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[JimF]

Sounds like Fred Flintstone may have made those.

You’re not far off, Allen . . . .

Just yesterday, I loaded some ammo with those very old, CONVEX primer cups!

Did the same last week . . . .went to the range . . . .and had NO PROBLEM with ignition! (No “click-bangs”)

[lyman]

Got CCI with the green and black diamonds.

I had a big double handful of odd branded old primers from a few estates,

Canadian brands, and some US stuff I had not heard of in a long time
federals (I think) and another brand in wood trays with a paper outer sleeve,

[JimF]

I had a big double handful of odd branded old primers from a few estates,

Canadian brands, and some US stuff I had not heard of in a long time
federals (I think) and another brand in wood trays with a paper outer sleeve,

Yes! . . . .
I have a bunch of those also . . . .

CIL=Canadian
Western (Winchester)= In wooden trays, convex primer cups

[DMS42]

In the late 60s the local Skagg's went out of business and sold their powder, primers and bullets at half price. I bought all the primers and most of the powder they had left. I still have a brick of CCI small rifle mag. primers marked .69 that I paid $3.45 and some empty powder cans at $4.49.

[Former Cav]

last time I bought primers I paid $160 for a sleeve (5K) of Large Std Winchester Rifle primers. Likewise for Large Pistol.
That was back around 2015 maybe.
I was lucky I took inventory right before that "shortage cycle" started.