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Do any of you guys think our ammo shortage is not recovering because the Guberment purchase of the 1.6 billion rounds? Has the ammo factories made the Guberment their first priority?
Deacon
Deacon
Nope. Nothing to do with their purchases.Do any of you guys think our ammo shortage is not recovering because the Guberment purchase of the 1.6 billion rounds? Has the ammo factories made the Guberment their first priority?
Deacon
I bought 2000 Winchester small pistol primers this afternoon. Could have bought 10 X that. Paid more that I thought I should have at $45.99.I think the primer shortage has everything to do with Government buying. They are buying hundreds of millions of pistol caliber rounds and most are 9mm and 40 smith. Both of those use small pistol primers so that impacts both loaded ammo and primers.
The major supplier of all this ammo is Winchester so all their primer production is going to the Gov't contracts. When was the last time you saw Winchester small pistol primers for sale on-line or in LGS? CCI primers are to be found every now and them, but Winchester's have completely disappeared. That's because they are being used in loaded ammo for the Gov't.
Winchester primers are a large supplier (maybe 30 - 40% market share) to the primer market and when their production is diverted exclusively to Gov't needs the public market is left short. The other primer producers like CCI, Federal, Remington, S&B, Tula, etc can't keep up with the demand.
The government buys ammo all the time, paranoia has settled insofar that people are blaming the government for the ammo shortage...I am angry with the current administration but its not sucking up all the ammo.I think the primer shortage has everything to do with Government buying. They are buying hundreds of millions of pistol caliber rounds and most are 9mm and 40 smith. Both of those use small pistol primers so that impacts both loaded ammo and primers.
The other primer producers like CCI, Federal, Remington, S&B, Tula, etc can't keep up with the demand.
That's what I'm saying......getting pricey.i won't pay 45$ for a box.
them S&B used to be 25$
wolf/tula used to be 20$
EXACTLY...I bought what I needed to last until I ran out of brass. Then, I'm just gonna put them on the shelf and wait til things become more normal.man.. I'd be hard pressed to do that. just 2.5m ago.. 30/1k