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EckStee · 03-19-2008, 10:27 PM

Anyone have a cheap source for primers? The hazmat upcharge (typically $20) makes me wonder if I might be better off picking these up locally, even after probably paying a little above the online price and sales tax. I need small pistol primers for 9mm and .40 and I am mainly looking at the 5k packs from CCI. The prices I have seen is about $125-$130 from Midway and $113 from Powder valley Inc. Powder Valley is actually about an hour from my house but I rarely go that direction for anything. My local Gander Mountain gets about $35/1k and the indoor range gets $27/1k. Short of any new ideas I’ll probably just pick some up for the range since I go there pretty regularly anyway. What do you guys do?

Thanks,
X

rogerxd45 · 03-19-2008, 10:42 PM

i just buy mine from walmart or who every when i am there buying bullets or powder. i usually just grab a couple hundred each time im there so i dont really notice the cost much at all. and the headache of ordering online isnt worth it since i dont have to figure gas into my cost since its a trip thats allready made and not one for primers

jeepinbanditrider · 03-19-2008, 10:58 PM

Damn your Wal Mart sells primers, powder and bullets?!?!?!?!?!

The only way to make the Hazmat fee work out is to order a pretty large order or go in on an order with a buddy. If I order on line me and a guy at work order what we want and split the HazMat fee.

Anyother time I get it locally from a hunting bass pro type shop down the street.

Doc 3773 · 03-19-2008, 11:18 PM

I, paid $27.00 for 1k Federal Small Pistol at Sportsmans Warehouse in January.

fredj338 · 03-20-2008, 11:09 AM

Ouch! $35/1K is robbery. If you are only buying 1K at a time, then grit your teeth & pay the higher local price. You should be buying in bulk to save cost anyway so PowderValley is your best bet. Midaway does NOT let you combine powder & primers under the same hazmat. Order 10K primers & your HM fee is only $2/unit & no sales tax, that covers shipping.
Gunshows are also a great place to score affordable primers. I bought 5K WWLP at the last show here for $105 + the $9 to get into the show.

CharlieHo · 03-20-2008, 01:12 PM

Primers are still ~$22/1000 at the local reload shop here. I usually pick 'em up 1K at a time, but should probably pick up 5K once in a while and stash 'em

xdshooter1 · 03-22-2008, 08:56 AM

Down here in the sunshine state

$21.00/1000 for cci. Lot cheaper than internet.
XD

**AZXD** · 03-22-2008, 11:26 AM

Get in good with the sporting goods manager at Wal-Mart or your favorite gun/ammo store. They will order stuff for you if you ask them. Just make sure to ask around. Sportsmans Warehouse will order stuff, but they place a minimum on any order. Wal-Mart on the other hand ....... Yea, I like that manager

**GerryM** · 03-22-2008, 11:45 AM

Paid $33/1000 here last week at local gun store... Cost just keeping going up each trip to get supplies

bullets1st · 03-22-2008, 06:42 PM

Longs Drug Store... paid $3.50 for 100 rifle primers. Not a bad deal if you dont reload that much.

03-19-2008, 10:27 PM	#1
EckStee XDTalk Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 45	Who is YOUR primer source? Anyone have a cheap source for primers? The hazmat upcharge (typically $20) makes me wonder if I might be better off picking these up locally, even after probably paying a little above the online price and sales tax. I need small pistol primers for 9mm and .40 and I am mainly looking at the 5k packs from CCI. The prices I have seen is about $125-$130 from Midway and $113 from Powder valley Inc. Powder Valley is actually about an hour from my house but I rarely go that direction for anything. My local Gander Mountain gets about $35/1k and the indoor range gets $27/1k. Short of any new ideas I’ll probably just pick some up for the range since I go there pretty regularly anyway. What do you guys do? Thanks, X

03-19-2008, 10:58 PM	#3
jeepinbanditrider XDTalk 4K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Mineral Wells, Tx Posts: 4,979	Damn your Wal Mart sells primers, powder and bullets?!?!?!?!?! The only way to make the Hazmat fee work out is to order a pretty large order or go in on an order with a buddy. If I order on line me and a guy at work order what we want and split the HazMat fee. Anyother time I get it locally from a hunting bass pro type shop down the street. __________________ Stuff USPSA-A59201

03-19-2008, 11:18 PM	#4
Doc 3773 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dbrn Hgts, MI Posts: 129	I, paid $27.00 for 1k Federal Small Pistol at Sportsmans Warehouse in January. __________________ XD 9 Service Walther P22 wifes S&W 642

03-20-2008, 11:09 AM	#5
fredj338 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,452	Ouch! $35/1K is robbery. If you are only buying 1K at a time, then grit your teeth & pay the higher local price. You should be buying in bulk to save cost anyway so PowderValley is your best bet. Midaway does NOT let you combine powder & primers under the same hazmat. Order 10K primers & your HM fee is only $2/unit & no sales tax, that covers shipping. Gunshows are also a great place to score affordable primers. I bought 5K WWLP at the last show here for $105 + the $9 to get into the show. __________________ EVERY GOOD SHOOTER SHOULD BE A HANDLOADER!

03-20-2008, 01:12 PM	#6
CharlieHo XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fairmont, WV Posts: 514	Primers are still ~$22/1000 at the local reload shop here. I usually pick 'em up 1K at a time, but should probably pick up 5K once in a while and stash 'em __________________ "The philosophy of gun control: Teenagers are roaring through town at 90 MPH, where the speed limit is 25. Your solution is to lower the speed limit to 20." - Sam Cohen, inventor of the Neutron Bomb

03-19-2008, 10:42 PM	#2
rogerxd45 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: boise ID (its boy-see, not boy-z) Posts: 3,592	i just buy mine from walmart or who every when i am there buying bullets or powder. i usually just grab a couple hundred each time im there so i dont really notice the cost much at all. and the headache of ordering online isnt worth it since i dont have to figure gas into my cost since its a trip thats allready made and not one for primers

03-22-2008, 08:56 AM	#7
xdshooter1 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 14	Down here in the sunshine state $21.00/1000 for cci. Lot cheaper than internet. XD __________________ “ We must take the responsibility for personal safety into our own hands. While politicians attempt to control the masses, ultimately, we must remember that self defense is not a legal right, it is a human right.” – David Kenik

03-22-2008, 11:26 AM	#8
AZXD XDTalk 15K Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Valley of the GUN Posts: 17,774	Get in good with the sporting goods manager at Wal-Mart or your favorite gun/ammo store. They will order stuff for you if you ask them. Just make sure to ask around. Sportsmans Warehouse will order stuff, but they place a minimum on any order. Wal-Mart on the other hand ....... Yea, I like that manager __________________ . . The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. John F. Kennedy The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. John F. Kennedy *Birth Certificates are a "Reasonable"* Secret** So-called "reasonable gun control" measures will take us all to the day when the last single-shot shotgun that grandpa owned is cut into pieces.

03-22-2008, 11:45 AM	#9
GerryM XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ft Collins, Co Posts: 391	Paid $33/1000 here last week at local gun store... Cost just keeping going up each trip to get supplies __________________ Gerry IDPA A12090 NRA Life Colorado is the only U.S. state that lies entirely above 1,000 meters (3,281 ft) elevation.

03-22-2008, 06:42 PM	#10
bullets1st XDTalk Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: in a bunker Posts: 46	Longs Drug Store... paid $3.50 for 100 rifle primers. Not a bad deal if you dont reload that much.

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