Powder prices - Whoo-eee

[osprey]

Yeah, since prices have gone nuts I have only bought new world order priced primers twice. I overpaid brownells for cci 350's cause I really needed them. I also found 2k cci 34 primers for $90/k at a local gun store which didn't seem too bad considering the climate. Mostly I am getting by on my stockpile that came about from noted market volatility in the past. Sooner or later some lrp got to break loose albeit at a hard to stomach price I am sure. Hopefully I can outwait the craziness.

 

[solv3nt]

I almost pulled the trigger on 2k Winchester SRP's for $64.99 each but with hazmat/shipping and taxes was was about $180…
EF THAT!!!

Just buy more.

 

[Caveman Jim]

Just buy more.

Don't have the $$$.

 

[Caveman Jim]

I almost pulled the trigger on 2k Winchester SRP's for $64.99 each but with hazmat/shipping and taxes was was about $180…
EF THAT!!!

Y'all don't get me wrong, I'm destitute or anything like that I have primers I'm just always out on the prowl looking for some that are not too damn expensive, know what I mean…

What's this all boils down to is y'all need to buy more of my brass. Lol

 

[solv3nt]

Y'all don't get me wrong, I'm destitute or anything like that I have primers I'm just always out on the prowl looking for some that are not too damn expensive, know what I mean…

View: https://youtu.be/fJ9rUzIMcZQ?feature=shared

 

[American123]

In 2019 bricks of primers were under $30. Current prices has me less inclined to go shooting.

 

[Quirt Evans]

Powder is powder, pretty much only the grain size and the coatings differ to change the burn rate and what the powder is used for.
Do you have any idea how much powder it takes to produce even one 155mm artillery shell?
Do you have any idea of the amounts of rifle and artillery ammo we've been shipping to Ukraine?
Add up the untold millions of tank ammo, artillery ammo, rocket warheads, and rifle ammo and you'll
get a picture of where all the ingredients needed to make the ammo we use is going.
The companies that produce the stuff are using most of it to produce military ammo for the wars
that are now being fought everywhere we look, and also to build back up the reserve stocks.
When you're shooting off thousands of 155 rounds EVERY DAY FOR MONTHS, just that alone would remove enough powder from the civilian market to affect all of us for a long time.
And it ain't gonna get better when the spring offensives start everywhere.
Doesn't matter if it's a .38special or a 155, it's still just nitrocellulose.

 

[osprey]

They must use rl 22 and lr primers in those 155mm shells!

 

[Longwalkhome]

Saw Unique for $50 a pound today plus hazmat and shipping. Figue I will wait until the price gets reasonable or just quit reloading.

 

[jayR]

Saw Unique for $50 a pound today plus hazmat and shipping. Figue I will wait until the price gets reasonable or just quit reloading.

This ?
https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/5548

 

[Mono1]

Powder is powder, pretty much only the grain size and the coatings differ to change the burn rate and what the powder is used for.
Do you have any idea how much powder it takes to produce even one 155mm artillery shell?
Do you have any idea of the amounts of rifle and artillery ammo we've been shipping to Ukraine?
Add up the untold millions of tank ammo, artillery ammo, rocket warheads, and rifle ammo and you'll
get a picture of where all the ingredients needed to make the ammo we use is going.
The companies that produce the stuff are using most of it to produce military ammo for the wars
that are now being fought everywhere we look, and also to build back up the reserve stocks.
When you're shooting off thousands of 155 rounds EVERY DAY FOR MONTHS, just that alone would remove enough powder from the civilian market to affect all of us for a long time.
And it ain't gonna get better when the spring offensives start everywhere.
Doesn't matter if it's a .38special or a 155, it's still just nitrocellulose.

THIS ^^^

 

[ageingstudent]

Powder is powder, pretty much only the grain size and the coatings differ to change the burn rate and what the powder is used for.
Do you have any idea how much powder it takes to produce even one 155mm artillery shell?
Do you have any idea of the amounts of rifle and artillery ammo we've been shipping to Ukraine?
Add up the untold millions of tank ammo, artillery ammo, rocket warheads, and rifle ammo and you'll
get a picture of where all the ingredients needed to make the ammo we use is going.
The companies that produce the stuff are using most of it to produce military ammo for the wars
that are now being fought everywhere we look, and also to build back up the reserve stocks.
When you're shooting off thousands of 155 rounds EVERY DAY FOR MONTHS, just that alone would remove enough powder from the civilian market to affect all of us for a long time.
And it ain't gonna get better when the spring offensives start everywhere.
Doesn't matter if it's a .38special or a 155, it's still just nitrocellulose.

Yeah...it takes a lot of powder when you're loading with 5 gallon buckets.

 

[Benchrest]

Man, I've haven't reloaded in a long time - $70 for AR15? Nuts...