It’s one thing to have low stock and snag some, but another thing entirely to be like a womb and death, screaming MORE, MORE, MORE!!!
I get it, not everyone has a thousand or two of their favorite flavors.
I spoke with somebody buying some reloading equipment from me and he was floored that I wasn’t charging 7x what others were. At the end of the day, I’m going to make sure I can look somebody in the eye down the road and still shake their hand.
Unfortunately for many of us 1-2k of primers can be anywhere from a day's worth of shooting to a few weeks of shooting. I'm about 2000rnds in for 45ACP loading this week. That's a little under 2 minutes of actual trigger time in what it's loaded for and I'd have to load a few less than all of myags for it twice to load all of the 45 I've loaded in the last week. 100rnds here, 200 there between dinner, chores and sleep after work.
I easily run 1k of 5.45 every month or two as well. Projectiles for that are a little harder to get so I run laqured steel for that. Due to my shooting habits I grab primers almost every time I see them on the shelf for an acceptable price. Same for bullets and my favorite powders.
Many folks may never need for than a box of primers for rifle if they just load for their hunting rifle. The stuff people would want to mas produce used to be fairly cheap to buy loaded!
Thank you for not charging folks out the nose for components. I've met a few discouraged new gun owners or new reloaders that regret their entry I to the hobby due to the price gouging and otherwise crazy money people want to ammo and components right now. We need these folks for a stronger future in the hobby.