Primers current value
- Thread starter Roonster
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I haven't seen them in shops for some time!What the shops will sell it for.
I have been told by a very well informed friend that the cost price of 1000x RWS primers is currently £150 +VAT (£180) + markup for the shop itself. So assuming the 'normal' mark-up of 15%, you're looking at a shelf price in the region of £207 for a sleeve of 1000x primers.
Seems like daylight robbery today, but I suspect with no end to the primer shortage in sight, the prices will keep going up and up. Perhaps a year from now we'll see a price of £300-350, and we'll wish we were back in the good old days where they only cost £207?
Seems like daylight robbery today, but I suspect with no end to the primer shortage in sight, the prices will keep going up and up. Perhaps a year from now we'll see a price of £300-350, and we'll wish we were back in the good old days where they only cost £207?
I guess for some people it'll be a choice between paying £25 per hundred or not shooting at all.One of the stalls at the Northern Shooting Show had CCI 200 large rifle primers on sale for £25 per hundred ...
Jamsie
Powder prices have been a ****-take for some time now, but nowhere near as bad as primers. I remember not so long ago buying sleeves of 1000x for £35. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
If I could travel back in time 5 years, I wouldn't take the COVID vaccine, and I'd buy all the primers and Bitcoin I could afford!
Unless buying a different type of primer to replace them
Stevie/P
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Agreed with the price of reloading consumables now it’s cheaper too buy factory ammunition.Unless buying a different type of primer to replace them
Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Bitcoin and primers are quite similar in that whenever you buy them, it always feel very expensive but in a vanishingly small period of time, your previous purchases feel unbelievably sound and good value.
The rounds/cartridges are the cheapest part of shooting. Decent weight deer in the game dealer say £1.50 a kg then your 2 quid round is a bargain.
75p for a high end cartridge and people pay £50.00 to shoot a pheasant...
And a limit on deer tags lol
Roedeer 1962
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Before the pandemic I bought a 1000 federal large rifle primers and a 1000 small rifle primers they were £47.00 a box now it’s ridiculous
Whilst I don’t disagree with your general sentiment it’s not universally applicable. For people who are involved mainly or entirely with target shooting, ammunition costs form a significant part of the total yearly shooting budget.The rounds/cartridges are the cheapest part of shooting. Decent weight deer in the game dealer say £1.50 a kg then your 2 quid round is a bargain.
75p for a high end cartridge and people pay £50.00 to shoot a pheasant...
I paid £65.00 for the last box of a 1000 CCi BR2's, and that was a £20.00 increase on the previous 1000. I accumulated a number of primers as the prices started to rise, but I've decided to hold on to them until I retire, as I think they'll be worth more than my pension 
Isn't that the truth...I paid £65.00 for the last box of a 1000 CCi BR2's, and that was a £20.00 increase on the previous 1000. I accumulated a number of primers as the prices started to rise, but I've decided to hold on to them until I retire, as I think they'll be worth more than my pension
The rounds/cartridges are the cheapest part of shooting. Decent weight deer in the game dealer say £1.50 a kg then your 2 quid round is a bargain.
75p for a high end cartridge and people pay £50.00 to shoot a pheasant...
Bargain that... Some of the prices last year were £60-70 a bird, uptowards £80+ on those fancy highbird shoots... I believe the going rate for grouse was something like £200/250 a brace as well?
Granted, what I've seen of prices for this year suggests it's falling back to maybe £40 a pheasant...
Bavarianbrit
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Two days after Putin's 2022 march into the never ever land I bought 5,000 Murom Russian small rifle primers for 164.90 Euros. = 0.033 cents each.
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