At this point I refuse to pay in the neighborhood of $1.25 each for CCI 50 BMG primers, I just picked up some Ginex from Republic Ammunition for about .63 each, not a bad deal in today's market if anyone needs some, Jon P.
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Started a fellow loader in .50 BMG and sold primers for $.85 @ or $85.00-100,CCI#35. Just can't understand why primers are so rare and costly these days. Are the raw components so hard to get or so expensive...? I'd like to have a definitive answer from someone who can pin down the cause.
Republic had CCI#35s for about $0.60 about a month ago, and then the GINEX this month. They are about the only people I have seen with decent prices on BMG primers.
Len, my only guess is that they are focusing on making all the other primer sizes vs making the very specific 50 primers. But that is just a guess. You can find just about every other kind of primer (maybe not magnums), much better than it was a few years ago.
Len, my only guess is that they are focusing on making all the other primer sizes vs making the very specific 50 primers. But that is just a guess. You can find just about every other kind of primer (maybe not magnums), much better than it was a few years ago.
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Lots of stuff going overseas these days, large rifle and 50 big are both scarce relative to any other primer type right now. Inflation, and outsourcing component and chemical manufacturing overseas has made for a fragile and expensive supply chain for manufacturing just about everything to do with ammo. Lead, all from China now - no smelter in the USA left. Copper - China controls the market. Chemicals for manufacturing primers ? Most came from Italy, hence the problems during cover, when the Italians shut down the whole country for 2 years.
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As much as I hate to say it. Labor cost seems to be the biggest factor when making anything in this country. Last I saw we can out produce 2X but labor costs 6X it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out which is cheaper. Unless people here want to start working for less than minimum wage, we just can't compete. I also realize this is an average painted across all sectors. In reality, just wait a little longer, manufacturers are catching up.
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Good spelling matters too!
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I skimmed over that. That's not nice! I thought we were all friends here. I'm still ROFLMAO.
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Thanks for the tip. Didn't know that company existed.
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