Last brick of CCI 500 primers

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^^^ The more you buy, the cheaper per 1K they are because of the shipping and HazMat. I bought 2K a while back on this deal and it came out to $58 or something per 1K. (I am guessing).
 
I just went to the gun show in MB,SC and bought 3-100 count packs of Large pistol primers, a bag of 9mm brass shells, a box of 9mm bullets and a 1lb bottle of 4350 smokeless powder. None of the vendors charged me tax or that shipping fee, so the whole lot was 30% cheaper that buying from a wed dealer.
 
I finished this brick up about a month or so ago. Have a few more in the same price range. We didn't know how good we had it.

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I just went to the gun show in MB,SC and bought 3-100 count packs of Large pistol primers, a bag of 9mm brass shells, a box of 9mm bullets and a 1lb bottle of 4350 smokeless powder. None of the vendors charged me tax or that shipping fee, so the whole lot was 30% cheaper that buying from a wed dealer.
How much was the gas, entry fee, and parking? I would buy that way too but the one (small) local show disappeared and a round trip to Denton or Sherman uses $20 in gas. I can afford that but it must be factored in the price per unit equation. Also, what's your time worth?
 
I've jumped on that one a couple times in the last year or two. Only primers I have bought in years. In 2019 I got 5K SPP for $140 shipped. Probably won't see that again.
If only they had LPP for anything close to that price! Standard LPP are what I'm shortest on...
 
I'm quite the scrounger any more. I grew up with Shapel's Gun Shop here in Boise. I would make a pilgrimage from Caldwell to get reloading supplies. I had a mentor that steered me toward them, this was the end of the 70's to early 80's. I don't remember the price exactly but I do remember spilling primers as Jerry was teaching me and he stated "the floor is pretty dirty (garage, grease and oil and such), don't pick them up they're not worth it.

Fast forward to 1997 and I worked part time for Shapel's and was paying 13.00 per brick for primers, I think it was a little bit of a discount.

Now... I'm tickled that I found Remington for 62.00 a brick and recently Winchester LPP for 69.00. I agree I hate the price but I've got to have something to shoot and the price has certainly come down. It will never get a whole lot better, it's just like gas prices, they got us used to terrible, brought it back down to bad and we all say "whew!"
 
Buy them when you see a good price like the saying says "Buy them cheap and stack them deep". Brownell's this past week had free shipping and no hazmat fee. Primer price varied by brand , paid $65. for small pistol and small rifle (Magtech) and $87. for large pistol (Remington). Like other folks have said it could get worse.
 
I just went to the gun show in MB,SC and bought 3-100 count packs of Large pistol primers, a bag of 9mm brass shells, a box of 9mm bullets and a 1lb bottle of 4350 smokeless powder. None of the vendors charged me tax or that shipping fee, so the whole lot was 30% cheaper that buying from a wed dealer.
The powder dealer paid those fees when he bought them and integrated that into the price you paid. Just because you didn't see it doesn't mean you didn't pay it.
 
This primer pricing issue is a large part of why I moved all of my shooting to revolvers.

That and having to scrounge around trying to recover my .40, .38 super, and .357 Sig brass among the piles of scrap 9's on the deck was too much at my age.
 
Old doesn't have to mean defective, dangerous or unusable. I bought some DuPont 700X, Hercules Red Dot, and Hodgdon HS-5 at the last gun show for $12 a pound. The containers look almost new, and the contents look & smell fine. Tried some of the 700X last week, and the loads performed as expected; I'll probably load some of the HS-5 next. Plus, I collect the powder tins, so it's a win/win for me!
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