Last Timonium show had 1000 LR primers, $180!!!
Crazy pricing for primers
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vstoval
Member
Lol! I thought about doing the same!
Mark K
Active Member
Hell, I've been doing that for years; got baggies full of spent primers. Mostly thinking about zombie apocalypse; never considered something like this.
Turns out the stuff is confirmed corrosive -- see here: https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=252885
But for a zombie apocalypse...
Muleskinner
Ultimate Member
Number 10 and 11 caps are getting scarce. Better get a good stash
Not sure how well it would work. A lot of resellers and merchants have contracts from the manufacturers. So they can’t just jack up prices. Now if a contract is being renewed...
That said the manufacturer probably still doesn’t want to burn one of their buyers by having a huge price increase. They’ll remember it when times get better.
Probably the same reason most of the more reputable merchants also haven’t drastically jacked up a lot of their prices when they could stand not to. People will remember “well I used to buy from them, but they tripled their price. Sure that other guy never seemed to have stock, but he never upped his prices a raked guys over the coals”
jimbobborg
Oddball caliber fan
I still have a lot of SPPs, which is why I was willing to trade 4000 for 8 lbs of Bullseye. I have enough primers to last for a couple of seasons of USPSA, but I'm not going to shoot Steel Challenge anymore.
Archeryrob
Undecided on a great many things
So the solution is to just break it down and clean it? How far? Slide out and part, or pulling pins, slide stop, trigger group with connectors too?? Or clean the slide and neutralize slide stop and trigger group with something?
I got to clean my 1858's totally and was hoping to start shooting 45colt for cleaner shooting but can't find and LPP's to load them.
I don't even have empties to deprime and fix.H48 is said to be corrosive also, but easier to make.
https://gunstreamer.com/watch/reloa...m-hatcher-039-s-notebook_UUxliuhuEk6zTiH.html
This one is non-corrosive, but finding the supplies looks very difficult. He said you needed to make one of the compounds.
https://gunstreamer.com/watch/reloading-primers-homemade-primer-compound-eps5_76T8fpsxlTgUktc.html
- Feb 4, 2013
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What would you stock up on? Which size or both?
Brickman301
Ultimate Member
Me personally, I’d stock up on number 11’s.
So the solution is to just break it down and clean it? How far? Slide out and part, or pulling pins, slide stop, trigger group with connectors too?? Or clean the slide and neutralize slide stop and trigger group with something?
I got to clean my 1858's totally and was hoping to start shooting 45colt for cleaner shooting but can't find and LPP's to load them.
H48 is said to be corrosive also, but easier to make.
https://gunstreamer.com/watch/reloa...m-hatcher-039-s-notebook_UUxliuhuEk6zTiH.html
This one is non-corrosive, but finding the supplies looks very difficult. He said you needed to make one of the compounds.
https://gunstreamer.com/watch/reloading-primers-homemade-primer-compound-eps5_76T8fpsxlTgUktc.html
What are you shooting? In general with a pistol, this is my second hand knowledge as I've only shot corrosive once in a pistol, basically it is pull the barrel and clean it. Wipe down the breech face by wiping it down with some of the same hot water.
That is for a browning action or direct blow back. I've never heard that you need to do more than that (my focus was on an M57/Tokarev as I have a fair amount of corrosive ammo for it, but only ever shot it once with corrosive). That was the Comblock cleaning regime after shooting.
Wouldn't hurt to wipe down the nose of the gun too.
There is very little actual corrosive salts that get deposited in the gun when firing corrosive ammo. The parts that get direct exposure such as the barrel or a gas system are the ones that are of serious concern (and no gas system in a browning/direct blowback). The ones that might get slight deposition, like the nose of the gun, breech face are of secondary concern. Things like the trigger group, firing pin channel, etc. would only get the slightest amount (yes, they can get some carbon build up over time and should be cleaned, but the amount deposited of corrosive salts is like parts per million at that point).
A direct blow back gun shooting corrosive ammo I would be more concerned about the internals getting build up as you have more gases that leak back in to the gun in general compared to a browning action.
If you shoot a ton of corrosive (I don't know how you'd qualify that, hundreds and hundreds of rounds), then it probably is worth while periodically to break it all down and clean the whole thing just to be sure. Low volume I just wouldn't worry about it.
DO. NOT. SHOOT. CORROSIVE. AMMO. IN. AN. AR. 15.
You basically must clean all the things because of the gas that gets blown right back in to the BCG and upper.
Archeryrob
Undecided on a great many things
G17, G19, Springfield XD and conversion cylinders. The latter I don't care, just on the semi auto pistols. The girls aren't going to clean them. They like to shoot them over and over and complain their gun is dirty.
Park ranger
Ultimate Member
- Dec 6, 2015
- 2,325
Was in a pawn shop today, said they'd sell you all the primers you want. $300/1000
Point them to be for $275/1k instead
Archeryrob
Undecided on a great many things
#11 is stock and even these are getting rare. Miht have to buy a tap o capper.
$46 per 1K
https://www.lg-outdoors.com/Product/Details/2874992?fs=1
$46 per 1K
https://www.lg-outdoors.com/Product/Details/2874992?fs=1
cstone
Active Member
At $200 per 1000, I may just be ready to sell some SPP.
Anyone use Accurate 2200? I may have a few extra 8 lbs. containers I picked up when I couldn't find 2230.
Anyone use Accurate 2200? I may have a few extra 8 lbs. containers I picked up when I couldn't find 2230.
GuitarmanNick
Ultimate Member
IM on the way.
Mike3888
Mike3888
I use it, great powder for 6.8
deerassassin22
Active Member
I think people need to realize that even though the cost of primers wentt up like 100 bucks or 150 bucks that only adds $.15 to your reload. I shoot match grade 6.5 Lapua ammo right now is at $2.83 to 3.83 per round my reloads even with these prices are 1.65each
Muleskinner
Ultimate Member
Depends what nipples you have. Buy a tin of both and see which ones fits. Shouldn't come off if you turn the pistol muzzle up. I can use either on my Walker. 10s fit tight 11s are just a little loser but still stay in place.
Muleskinner
Ultimate Member
I found a place selling Uncle Mikes CCW holster with 500 SPP . Turns out the holster is for an M&P even though the picture in the ad had a Glock 17. I have asked if I can exchange it..if not I will be selling the holsters...not the SPPs.
