The drought is over!

[GrayWolf09]

Fed ex guy came yesterday with 5k CCI Large Rifle benchrest primers from Grafs. Time to fire up the reloading tool and hit the range!

[THT]

Primers are becoming more and more available. To the north, in Oregon and Washington, they're readily in stock for about $30-$35 per thousand according to some folks I know who live up there.

[G-Man WC]

Nice. -g

[bruceflinch]

Woo Hoo! Now get out there & make some NOISE!

[fairfaxjim]

That's good to hear. I don't know if the drought is exactly "OVER" yet though. I know some dealers are processing backorders as they receive product, but Powder Valley still isn't taking any new backorders on pretty much any primer most people would need/want. Cabelas has shipped some long standing back orders, but mine was recently pushed out another 30 days for CCI primers.

Recent checks by visitors/residents in NV show "no reloading supplies in stock." I haven't had anyone check for me in OR/WA though.

Powder is pretty much hit and miss, with Varget being a perenial miss. You certainly can't put together any "complete" order and get what you need and combine the Hazmat to make the pricing worthwhile.

I wouldn't declare the "drought" over quite yet.

[sleepur606]

I don't think the drought is over, but I'd guess it's definitely on the down turn.

I was at Bass Pro in Rancho a few weekends back and bought some .223 bullets in 55 and 75gr. Didn't bother to ask about powder, but they did have quite a few presses in stock...still in the box and the boxes weren't beat to sh*t.

I need to actually buy a press now and put my couple hundred rounds of brass to good use.

[cali-man]

Powder Valley just shipped my 20K in primers (10K CCI 400 & 10K CCI 300) that were on backorder for over 4 months. I was down to only 2K each. This should hold me up until the rest of the year. They were still only $22.50 per K. After shipping and hazmat fees they are still under $25.00 per K. Now I have to go reload a few K and hit the range.

[swerv512]

Got 10K LRM in form Natchezz this week! drough is definitely still hanging around but there is definitely more stuff available these days. say good-bye to $100/k primers on GB!!!!
Now it's time to pull out my gouger list i made when times were hard and extract revenge!!! HA!

[JoeC]

Hopefully it is over and I'll be able to get some.

I've never seen primers in stock. Anywhere. I've been looking for a while now too.

[rabagley]

I'm still setting aside pennies in a jar and waiting for sanity to return (defined as most places have a stock of primers and powder).

Looks like just a couple more months and I'll crack open that jar and have a big order going out.