Where do you buy your primers and powder in maryland?

bigplayer2382 · Mar 23, 2018

Hey guys, I live here on Kent Island and am in the market for some more primers and powder. A few years ago I bought 3-4k Winchester small pistol primers for $30/K in another state. Where are you guys buying your primers and powder in state? I cant bring myself to pay an $18 hazmatt fee to ship it.

Major03 · Mar 23, 2018

bigplayer2382 said:
Hey guys, I live here on Kent Island and am in the market for some more primers and powder. A few years ago I bought 3-4k Winchester small pistol primers for $30/K in another state. Where are you guys buying your primers and powder in state? I cant bring myself to pay an $18 hazmatt fee to ship it.

That $18 hazmat fee is easier to swallow if you buy in bulk and/or buy as a group and spread the expense.

tundramuscle03 · Mar 23, 2018

I usually end up at the Chantilly gun show and get my powder and primers there...

John from MD · Mar 23, 2018

Take a drive up to Cabelas in Christiana, DE. They usually have the off brand primers at $27 Per K. The name brands usually run @ $35 per k. If you call and talk to the reloading guy, he will tell you what they have on the shelf so you don't waste a drive.

SKIP · Mar 23, 2018

bigplayer2382 said:
Hey guys, I live here on Kent Island and am in the market for some more primers and powder. A few years ago I bought 3-4k Winchester small pistol primers for $30/K in another state. Where are you guys buying your primers and powder in state? I cant bring myself to pay an $18 hazmatt fee to ship it.

Recently, Natchezss had a sale on both with no Hazmat fee over $100.
I ordered 1K of SR and LR primers along several pounds of primers.
Join their email list for future sales.

https://www.natchezss.com

Uncle Duke · Mar 23, 2018

Short answer, Clydes Sport Shop in Halethorpe and 2A Sales in Jessup will have primers. So will Bass Pro, and I'm sure someone will be along with places closer to your side of the Bridge.

Longer answer, you're extremely unlikely to find $30 per thousand primers in an effort to avoid the hazmat fee by buying on site at a Maryland store. As mentioned, bulk/combined purchase is your friend. Sometimes, gun shows as well, but usually in free states.

bigplayer2382 · Mar 23, 2018

SKIP said:
Recently, Natchezss had a sale on both with no Hazmat fee over $100.
I ordered 1K of SR and LR primers along several pounds of primers.
Join their email list for future sales.
https://www.natchezss.com

Damn, that is awesome!! I haven't even heard of them. I subscribed to their list, do they run sales like that often? I would have picked up a big chunk of stuff.

John from MD said:
Take a drive up to Cabelas in Christiana, DE. They usually have the off brand primers at $27 Per K. The name brands usually run @ $35 per k. If you call and talk to the reloading guy, he will tell you what they have on the shelf so you don't waste a drive.

Interesting, I will give them a call. I checked out bass pro shop and the cheapest they had was $40/K which was a bit excessive imo.

Major03 said:
That $18 hazmat fee is easier to swallow if you buy in bulk and/or buy as a group and spread the expense.

Does anyone on MD Shooters ever set up group buys?

SKIP · Mar 23, 2018

bigplayer2382 said:
Damn, that is awesome!! I haven't even heard of them. I subscribed to their list, do they run sales like that often? I would have picked up a big chunk of stuff.

Not with free Hazmat. Sometimes only a $10 fee.

Major03 · Mar 23, 2018

Midsouth Shooters and Midway also sometimes run discounted hazmat or free shipping sales. If I'm saving on one or the other I'm usually happy. Midsouth currently has a Hazmat free deal going on for some powders.

Every once in a while I see someone organizing a group buy. The trick is finding people close enough to you that it makes sense. Set one up for folks out on the Shore and see who bites.

TreadNot · Mar 23, 2018

Top Gun Firearms in Fallston has a nice selection of reloading supplies. Nice people, too. As with other places, I'd call ahead to see if they have what you want.
http://topgunfirearmsmd.com/

rseymorejr · Mar 23, 2018

I usually head up the Shyda's in PA.

crashmore · Mar 23, 2018

I was able to find a few things I needed including powder at bass pro at Arundel Mills today. I prefer to buy online or at the gun shows but I do like to buy in smaller quantities as I’m working up something new..

I’ll have to check the selection at Clyde’s my folks live right up the road from there.

Aamdskeetshooter · Mar 24, 2018

rseymorejr said:
I usually head up the Shyda's in PA.

This is what I do. And I stop by Richland’s which is only 10 miles from Shyda’s. I go with some friends and we split the cost of gas. You’re closer to Cabela’s in DE. You can also stop by Miller’s Gun Center when going to Cabela’s.
http://millersguncenter.com

John from MD · Mar 24, 2018

Miller's is an anti 2A establishment. They testified in favor of laws limiting the rights of gun owners. It is all down in writing if you want to research it. :mad54:

I would never refer someone to that place. :tdown:

Silverlax · Mar 24, 2018

I usually wait for free hazmat online, but in a pinch Lankfords in Blades, DE has primers and powder.

Seabee · Mar 24, 2018

Clydes Sport shop off of Hammonds Ferry Rd carries reloading supplies. Call to be sure they have what you want in stock. They less than a mile of 695 as the crow flies

Aamdskeetshooter · Mar 24, 2018

John from MD said:
Miller's is an anti 2A establishment. They testified in favor of laws limiting the rights of gun owners. It is all down in writing if you want to research it.

I would never refer someone to that place.

OP, disregard my referral to Miller’s then. I must have missed that about Miller’s.

jimbobborg · Mar 24, 2018

Since a Cabela's opened up near me, I head up there once every month or two for primers. They usually have S&B primers (which are NOT off brand) for $22-$27 per thousand. They've been lowering prices on primers for a while.

Doctor_M · Mar 24, 2018

Picked up some primers and powder today at Bass Pro... usually the pickings are fairly slim, but they had a fair bit in stock today.

Screwtop.243 · Mar 26, 2018

Hafer's in Hagerstown or Hendershots on the way home if Hafer's doesn't have it. Need some H4831SC at the moment!

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