I always buy primers by the 1000, but with all the restrictions imposed by the governor of Washington State I did not go out too much in the past couple of months due to the virus. Now as some of those mandates have loosened we are more active. Our favorite sporting goods store went out of business after 74 years closing both operations, then I began to search for primers. The people that hoard had cleaned the shelves off and those have not been replenished. I will still get to shoot as I have an adequate amount of black powder and substitutes, casting lead, and I can use 209 primers with the mag spark on my muzzleloaders, or make them with the old Tap O Cap device. It is just one more frustration.