sniper1379
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anyone know where you can find any? looks like everyone is out now that we have a new fearless leader.
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sniper1379":1heavqxe said:anyone know where you can find any? looks like everyone is out now that we have a new fearless leader.
Richracer1":cpv6tymg said:You'll have to search the internet and pay the Hazmat shipping, or diligently keep checking your local sporting goods store.
Obama isn't the reason for the unavailability of primers, the thousands of rounds expended daily by our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are the main reasons.
old #7":2e7lvse4 said:Richracer1":2e7lvse4 said:You'll have to search the internet and pay the Hazmat shipping, or diligently keep checking your local sporting goods store.
Obama isn't the reason for the unavailability of primers, the thousands of rounds expended daily by our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are the main reasons.
I dissagree with you.
My local stores, large and small, have been out of everything since the election. Before the election ammo prices were starting to come down and the shelves were full of handloading supplies.
Early in 2008 I would agree but, Obama is being called the best salesman for the firearms industry. Everyone is running scared and buying up everything.
smirak":2hppplfy said:TJRoberts...
With all due respect, it's people like you that make it scarce for others. If you intend to buy a couple thousand of them, do you intend to reload that many really fast? I have about 300 primers on my bench, but wont use that many for a while, but certainly not "thousands".
The same thing happened to the craft beer industry just last year. The hop crop was bad, and when people starting buying their hops (whether it was a beer co, or an individual) they bought it "just to have". This shortage caused other homebrewers not to be able to get hops. Then, what was available went from (just an example) $4/lb to over $20/lb.
Kevin
DrMike":1jk8uehy said:smirak,
Not everyone who buys in bulk is hoarding. It is possible that they want to have primers all of the same lot to eliminate one more variable in developing their loads. For many years, the advice from experienced hand loaders was to purchase primers in lots of one thousand or more for that reason, just as they were encouraged to purchase favoured powders in bigger lots. Consequently, there are some among us who shoot 500+ rounds per month. Under those circumstances it is actually wise, to say nothing of necessary, to purchase in bulk.
To use your example of causing scarcity through bulk purchases, perhaps we should each buy only ten gallons of gas at a time so there will be no shortage of gasoline. In fact, by that criterion, we should not buy a beef or a hog, as we can only eat one meal at a time.
Your example of the craft beer demonstrates a basic principle of capitalism and the operation of the free market.