All of the sudden reloading components are plentiful.

[Scott Tschirhart]

What a difference an election makes!

[joepb]

It seems prices are coming down some. Still high.................Joe

[COSteve]

Prospect of Russia - Ukrainian and Israel - Hamas wars ending, attack on 2nd Amendment by the radical left subsiding and the hope of a new administration pushing back on attacks on honest people by the left.

In my experience, after a Republican administration is elected the pressure on firearms and ammo prices diminishes and in a year or less there should be sales on reloading components. I have a large stockpile of components I collected after Republican administrations were elected and sales were frequent and significant.

Start saving for the sales. You have about a year.

[Crazy Horse]

More plentiful Probably because nobody can afford any of it. I saw a pound of H4350 at Academy a few months ago for $74.99

[Scott Tschirhart]

When it stops flying off the shelves, the prices will come down.

Over the past few years I went through a pretty good stash of primers that I had purchased during the shortage in the early 2000s So I will be looking to restock.

[marlinman93]

Not seeing it here yet. Both myself and my son inlaw are getting down on small pistol primers. Never cared before, but beginning to reload some now, so my stock is down to less than 2000.

[4t5]

Right now MIDSOUTH SHOOTER SUPPLY has free hazmat on powder/primer orders over $99 , fhm1224

[JB]

I'm seeing several places advertising free hazmat, but some seem to be making it by padding shipping costs. I was quoted free hazmat but $23 shipping on one pound of powder.

[Rimfire McNutjob]

Not seeing it here yet. Both myself and my son inlaw are getting down on small pistol primers. Never cared before, but beginning to reload some now, so my stock is down to less than 2000.

Check the stock at your local Academy Sports. They have CCI #500's at the one near me though they are $8.99 a sleeve. I discovered a workaround for the price. If you have a bunch of non-gun stuff to ring up, ask for a full brick and then take it to the front to ring up. You may notice they have placed a small white cover sticker over the barcode on the box. Peel that off before you get up front. The box is quite waxy and the sticker should peel easily. In their system, the code for the full brick gives a price of $69.99 instead of $89.99 like you would get if they rang 10 sleeves.

This allows you to get one or more 1K bricks at $70 a pop without having to pay shipping or Hazmat. If you want the known CCI brand stuff.

Or, you can order 3 or more bricks of SyA (Argentine) SP primers at NormaUSA.com for $49.99 each with free shipping and no Hazmat.

[marlinman93]

Not seeing it here yet. Both myself and my son inlaw are getting down on small pistol primers. Never cared before, but beginning to reload some now, so my stock is down to less than 2000.

Check the stock at your local Academy Sports. They have CCI #500's at the one near me though they are $8.99 a sleeve. I discovered a workaround for the price. If you have a bunch of non-gun stuff to ring up, ask for a full brick and then take it to the front to ring up. You may notice they have placed a small white cover sticker over the barcode on the box. Peel that off before you get up front. The box is quite waxy and the sticker should peel easily. In their system, the code for the full brick gives a price of $69.99 instead of $89.99 like you would get if they rang 10 sleeves.

This allows you to get one or more 1K bricks at $70 a pop without having to pay shipping or Hazmat. If you want the known CCI brand stuff.

Or, you can order 3 or more bricks of SyA (Argentine) SP primers at NormaUSA.com for $49.99 each with free shipping and no Hazmat.

No such place here in Oregon. We have Cabelas and Sportsman's Warehouse, and that's pretty much the only chain stores here.

[earlmck]

I'm starting to load up my 40's and 45's with the SA small pistols primers from Republic Ammunition I got for .39/100 (in a large batch). Seem to go "bang" quite nicely. I just looked and they seem to have primers of all sizes at rather decent prices.

I think the drought is over.

[Rimfire McNutjob]

I'm starting to load up my 40's and 45's with the SA small pistols primers from Republic Ammunition I got for .39/100 (in a large batch). Seem to go "bang" quite nicely. I just looked and they seem to have primers of all sizes at rather decent prices.

I think the drought is over.

On the primer side, I'd say yes. Things seem to be loosening up. LR are still kind of pricey and less available. The White River Energetics LR's are the only reasonable LR primers I've seen lately ($75/k) at Republic Ammunition's online store.

For powders though, Alliant is still out of the game and Hodgdon still can't seem to keep IMR powders in the supply chain. Nor have we seen the return of powders made for them by ADI ... Clays for example. The only powders they seem to be able to reliably supply are those coming from the St. Marks plant in Florida.

[Bronco]

Buy when you think it is right! Another shortage WILL happen!

[Ysabel Kid]

I hope to see percussion caps again in the stores around me. Then maybe at reasonable prices! One can hope, right?

[Steve in MO]

Now is the time to stock up on everything. Ammo, powder, primers, lead, etc. Something will happen to cause a surge in buying, whether it's another mass shooting somewhere or another war.

[Scott Tschirhart]

Now is the time to stock up on everything. Ammo, powder, primers, lead, etc. Something will happen to cause a surge in buying, whether it's another mass shooting somewhere or another war.

I think this is correct in some respects. So I have been steadily purchasing here and there, particularly when I see a price drop.

But I also know that I can have more than enough. For example, I ran out of the Tula Large Pistol primers I bought back in the early 2000s when they spread the rumors that they were going to manufacture primers with an expiration date.

I bought several sleeves of these primers and they lasted me until this year. So I had 24 years worth of those primers.

[marlinman93]

Anyone ever bought from Republic Ammo? I see they're shown at Ammoseek and have primers for $38 per 1000 or $190 per 5000.

[COSteve]

Anyone ever bought from Republic Ammo? I see they're shown at Ammoseek and have primers for $38 per 1000 or $190 per 5000.

They also show CCI LR primers - 2,000 for $300!

[marlinman93]

Did a web search of reviews for Republic and everything I found was positive, and legitimate. So going to see if my son inlaw wants to buy some small rifle primers too, and put together an order large enough to get the free hazmat.

[JimT]

Did a web search of reviews for Republic and everything I found was positive, and legitimate. So going to see if my son inlaw wants to buy some small rifle primers too, and put together an order large enough to get the free hazmat.

I have been buying primers from them over the last few months. Never any issues. The small pistol primers from Argentina work really well. They feed through my old RCBS hand primer better than the Federals.

[Scott Tschirhart]

Did a web search of reviews for Republic and everything I found was positive, and legitimate. So going to see if my son inlaw wants to buy some small rifle primers too, and put together an order large enough to get the free hazmat.

I bought primers from them and everything went as expected.

[marlinman93]

Thanks Jim and Scott!

[6pt-sika]

But I also know that I can have more than enough.

I had way way more than enough so about two years ago I started liquidating . I had bought any powder that could be used in ANY of my applications . Think I was close to 450 pounds of powder at one point , now bear in mind most of this was bought at a selling off of a buisness so I got it at very good prices . And when I came to the conclusion I’d never use all I had I started letting it go at no more than $3 a pound more than what I paid . Now I’m down to a more manageable amount .

[FLINT]

I'm not sure now is the best time to stock up, at least not on ammo.

Earlier this year, because I wasn't sure which way the election was going to go, I started stocking up on ammo. For the first time in my life, I actually timed something well. However, I can tell you that ammo prices are way higher now than what I was paying this summer. Not sure if this holds true every year, but starting sept 1st, ammo prices jumped way up and have stayed up since then. I was getting 30-30 and 30-06 for less than $1/round, and for name brand ammo - not the weirdo budget stuff. Now, it's up to $1.50 - $2 / round. Also, the free shipping thresholds were lower then than now. I'd just watch every week and look for places that had low prices and free shipping and buy another $100 or so in ammo. Did that most of the summer.

maybe after the first of the year prices will come back down. I figured hunting season is keeping prices up. sellers figure guys will have to buy ammo for hunting season so why give them a deal when they'll have to buy regardless of the price.

[Bob Hatfield]

Praise the Lord and pass me the Wolf and Barnaul ammo!

Bob

[Griff]

About a month ago, few days before the election, I found a case of Winchester WLP primers and picked it up. I'm down to just a few hundred WLR primers and hope to stock up soon. I see over on the SASS Wire that someone has scored some of the new WRE (White River Energetics) SP primers.

[6pt-sika]

Regardless of the state of the nation or whatever it’ll be a good while yet before Hodgdon is geared up to produce Clays , Universal Clays and International Clays if ever . Same can be said for Alliant getting the what was it nitrious cellulose to make Unique , Green Dot , Red Dot and Blue Dot .

[Scott Tschirhart]

Midway had Unique listed as available yesterday morning.

Something just isn’t right about that. The powder was discontinued and all of the sudden it was available?

Sounds like some Unique might have been held back by someone in anticipation of the election results.

Price was ridiculous though.

[KWK]

... Unique... was discontinued and all of the sudden it was available?

I don't believe it was discontinued, rather civilian production was halted due to shortages created by the wars in Ukraine and Israel.

I wonder if Midway found a few cases from the back of some warehouse.

[ywaltzucanrknrl]

I don't think it has been discontinued. I bought some within the last year from either Natchez or Mid-South. I remember I had to watch for it for quite a while, but one day while looking for some H4895 for a friend, it came up as available and I bought it. It surprised me that I found it.

I'm still looking for the H4895, but haven't checked this week yet.

[horsesoldier03]

I had just realized that the other day after seeing all the ammo and components in stock at all the LGS that I have been to and some of the Big Box Stores as well.

[6pt-sika]

I’m pretty sure Unique wasn’t discontinued .