A couple weeks ago I found small and large pistol primers at Sportsman’s Warehouse, Columba, SC, for $43 per brick. CCI and Federal were both on the shelf and a limit of 1 each. My wife and I got 2k each and my son and a friend came right on over and got 2k each. I had plenty of each, but my son and another friend had been looking for some desperately. My son wasn’t happy with the price and my friend was real happy. I told my son to get them and I would take them at that price, as it doesn’t look like price is going to return to pre-pandemic levels for some time. I still have several full cases of primers in inventory, but my wife and I go through about 250-300 rds a week between the range and tactical training, so that inventory won’t last forever.
The following week my wife, son and I picked up CCI large rifle and Federal small magnum rifle primers for $48 per brick, with us getting another batch of 3k of each size.
Some are finding a few at Cabelas in Augusta and Charlotte, but the store in Myrtle Beach has seen very few. They have a limit of 500 primers daily per customer and my friends are telling me prices run from $6.99 to $12.99 per 100.
I felt very fortunate that we are retired and able to hit Sportsman’s on the days shipments arrive.
