GunBum
Active Member
No disagreement, but the only way to get primer prices to come back down is if people refuse to pay $100 a brick for them.
The unfortunate thing is that prices never fully rebound to what they were before when these ammo and component shortages occur thanks to the dumbasses out there who are like, "Here! Take mah munny!!!!! LOLOLZ!" Every single time the prices bump up, and then only relax about 70-80%. I fully expect primers to be $40+ permanently, even when the shortage is over.
Spot on. Prior to the 2008 fiasco, primers were $20-$25 per 1000. After the 2008 fiasco they were $30-35 per 1000. I expect them to settle out around $40-$50 per 1000 in another year or two when everything settles down. Everything else, including loaded ammo, will follow along. Those $8-$10 boxes of 9mm that turned into $12-$15 boxes of 9mm are going to be painful to buy at $16-$20 each.