Component prices in the olden days

[pacrat]

Olden days = 2019

I started reloading in Jan of 1968, ... 53 1/2 yrs ago.

So for me, 2019 is more YESTERDAY, than OLDEN DAYS.

[rromeo]

I started reloading in Jan of 1968, ... 53 1/2 yrs ago.

So for me, 2019 is more YESTERDAY, than OLDEN DAYS.

Sure. That is the joke I was making about the OP prices, and the mention of olden days $120 for 5,000 primers is what I paid 2 years ago.

[the86d]

8.25% TAX?
RIDICULOUS...

I think my first reloading purchase was for 4lbs of Unique, and 8lbs of Varget.
I believe my total was somewheres near $200-$250, in ~2012-~2013.

[ar15robert]

When i started primers were 8-10 bucks per thousand
.224 projectiles 35 per thousand
powder 20-25 per pound get lucky widenors 8 pounds for 80 bucks i think
.45 projectiles 25-30 at gun shows 30-35 locally

[Calif Hunter]

I have CCI large rifle primers marked 99 cents per 100. Dad used to buy Sierra bullets by the pound in a brown paper bag when they were in Santa Fe Springs. I do not recall how much powder was, but I will see if I have an old can of IMR 4064, the powder he bought for us to reload our .30-06s.

I found a can of Green Dot marked $12.95 and a can of IMR 4831 marked $9.95.

[pacrat]

I have CCI large rifle primers marked 99 cents per 100. Dad used to buy Sierra bullets by the pound in a brown paper bag when they were in Santa Fe Springs. I do not recall how much powder was, but I will see if I have an old can of IMR 4064, the powder he bought for us to reload our .30-06s.

I found a can of Green Dot marked $12.95 and a can of IMR 4831 marked $9.95.

I still have a few of those "brown paper bags" holding some 210 gr 41 cal HPs. I also shot a 1/2 MOA 200 yd, 5 shot group at Silverado Gun Club using 62 gr Sierra "brown bag seconds" in the early 1980s.

They left SF Spr in 1990. I was pissed for many years. But in retrospect, they had the sense to see the writing on the wall and GTFO of CrapOfornia before the rush.

[wpage]

100 years ago a 20 gold piece of one ounce of gold cost $20...

Today $1800. and up

Inflation my friends. Do not expect prices to EVER come down.

[pacrat]

100 years ago a 20 gold piece of one ounce of gold cost $20...

Today $1800. and up

Inflation my friends. Do not expect prices to EVER come down.

TRUE WORDS

I don't expect other than slight market fluctuations. I'm old, but not yet demented.

[M1NM]

back in the real old days of the late 60s I'd go to Sierra Bullets in Whittier and buy seconds by the pound. They were about 1/3 the price of boxed retail and I never found one I didn't shoot.

[pacrat]

back in the real old days of the late 60s I'd go to Sierra Bullets in Whittier and buy seconds by the pound. They were about 1/3 the price of boxed retail and I never found one I didn't shoot.

And MOST of their SECONDS were nothing more than a small ring of extruded lead at the "tip/jacket" junction. That I flicked off with my finger nail.

I put a lot of venison in the freezer with their 100 gr 6mm spitzer "seconds".

[Calif Hunter]

And MOST of their SECONDS were nothing more than a small ring of extruded lead at the "tip/jacket" junction. That I flicked off with my finger nail.

I put a lot of venison in the freezer with their 100 gr 6mm spitzer "seconds".

Yep Sometimes the lead tip looked like a nipple, or had a slightly bent lead tip. Nothing that could not easily be corrected. It was in the 60s and early 70s that my Dad was stopping there. He was buying 125 or 150 gr .308 bullets for our .30-06s. We shot a lot of jack rabbits out by Jawbone Canyon and other spots with those 125 gr Sierras.

[CamW]

I went to Sierra when a friend told me they had seconds .30 cal 147 FMJ's .
The guy asked me how many pounds I wanted, I replied how much you got?
He asked what are you driving?, I pointed to the El Camino in the parking lot.
He stated "I could break the springs on your truck, so how many pounds do you want?"
I ended up getting 100 pounds, I still have some of them in the garage.

[ar15barrels]

Whenever I buy reloading components I buy a lot, so it has been a long time since I have bought anything, and I still have enough to last several years. That said, it's been long enough that I don't remember what a "normal" price might be. For example, as I recall powder used to be something around $25/lb and primers also about 25 bucks a thousand. A brick of .22LR was under $20. I may not be remembering these things correctly, but I would appreciate hearing what people think prices will be when (if?) everything cools off.

Tim

I still have some federal 22LR 550 packs that were $7.97 in the early 2000's.

[capitol]

[VictorFranko]

I started reloading metallic in 1980 and probably 1981 for shot shell.
If I could remember prices it would probably just piss y'all off so maybe it's a good thing I can't remember.

"Attention K-Mart shoppers, we have a Blue Light Special on Remington 44 Magnum ammunition in the sporting goods section for the next ten minutes" (Remembrance inspired by Capitol's "Gemco' picture above)