Saw this today…

[Dustbuster]

Was thinking how did we get here???Ugh..

[No_0ne]

58 minutes ago, Dustbuster said:

Was thinking how did we get here?

We have these little episodes every few years.  Give it some time, prices will fall and availability will increase again at some point.  Then remember, hoarding is your friend ...

[Garufa]

Lol, it’s the same story different day.  

Ignorance and greed is how we got here. 

[rugerla1]

I haven’t seen that many primers in stock anywhere in 2 years combined 

[gregintenn]

14 minutes ago, rugerla1 said:

I haven’t seen that many primers in stock anywhere in 2 years combined 

I don’t think I’ve seen a single primer for sale anywhere in the last two years.

[jeff43]

24 minutes ago, gregintenn said:

I don’t think I’ve seen a single primer for sale anywhere in the last two years.

That’s the most and sadly the cheapest I’ve seen in a long time

[Snaveba]

So, what did a 1000 small rifle primers cost pre-Covid?

[jeff43]

2 hours ago, Snaveba said:

So, what did a 1000 small rifle primers cost pre-Covid?

$35 to $40

[tmauto769]

where was this? Last week I bought 2k small rifle from brownells for $84.99 per 1k. so it seems to be the going rate right now like it or not.

[Dustbuster]

Ky gun country bardstown. I was kind of thinking the same thing, over 700 bucks for 1000 rounds, yet all those primers all sitting in the same spot…

[Snaveba]

6 hours ago, jeff43 said:

$35 to $40

So like everything else, their cost has doubled (plus a little). 

[gregintenn]

50 minutes ago, Snaveba said:

So like everything else, their cost has doubled (plus a little). 

Correct. Yet the inflation rate is being reported as 8.1%. Isn't that odd?

[No_0ne]

10 hours ago, gregintenn said:

Correct. Yet the inflation rate is being reported as 8.1%. Isn't that odd?

In all fairness, I doubt that primer costs represent much of a percentage in the CPI though.

In fact, the entire guns/ammo industry is too small to have any discernible effect on the calculated inflation rate ...