Smoke & Recoil
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I can only see this poll as a marketing gimmick.
That isn’t causing the shortage.So is it possible there are a bunch of buyers hoping to sell the primers at a elevated price structure
How much are you planning on charging for them?Benchmark12 said:How much will you pay for small or large pistol primers per 1000?
.22 never went back to pre-panic prices, but it got close. Besides, having to pay another $10-15 for primers vs not having primers or having to pay $100 for them is not the worst thing.My guess is once things settle down supply wise prices will never drop below $400./1000 but will most likely settle at $50.00/1000. Like most things I’ll have to live with that. This always seems to be the trend with prices, they never go back down to pre panic prices.
The cost to manufacture is no different now than it was a year ago, but nobody is getting bulk prices on anything right now, it's all small order stuff and the shipping costs the same for a brick of primers or 100 of them.A local shop in upstate NY - has primers for $ 150.00 per thousand. I passed at those prices. Owner's remarks were - "Believe me, I WISH I didn't have to charge that much." Have mnfr's prices gone up that much - or is he blowing smoke?
That's a different version of supply and demand than the one I was taught.It's either on him or his distributor, but why they're paying double and forcing us to pay triple doesn't make sense just because demand is high and supply is low.