Primers

[Greydaddy 2]

At this time, Natchez has CCI 400 primers in stock.

[Melgamatic 66]

Still in stock at 1:30pm. Just ordered 5K.

[Greydaddy 2]

Yeh, I hear ya. Nice going! I just missed out a couple of days ago, so I've been constantly checking. I just ordered some Wolf primers today too. I don't know how they are. :|

[Greydaddy 2]

Ya know, I asked to be notified by e-mail, but it never happened.

[Melgamatic 66]

I just got 5K SR and 5K LR Wolf primers from Wideners, so after this I will set for rifle for a while.

 

Interestingly, Wolf primers are supposed to be of the highest quality. I read an analysis in a Benchrest Shooting magazine that had very good quantitative things to say about them.

 

On the other hand, most of my loads have been established with CCI, so it's good to have them.

[Greydaddy 2]

Did you ever see much of a pressure difference between standard primers?

[Greydaddy 2]

Read your first post wrong. Thought you said "still in shock". It applies though.

[mjs3350 0]

Thanks for the heads up, just ordered 5k, along with some bullets.

 

I missed them at Midway twice this week!

 

Now all I need is powder and .223 dies!

[Greydaddy 2]

Wow, I'm surprised they still had 'em!

[Melgamatic 66]

Did you ever see much of a pressure difference between standard primers?

 

Not any perceptible difference, including chrono numbers.

 

THe people who notice the difference are the BR shooters, who only have a 0.1" group at 300 yds, but everything matters to those guys.

[Greydaddy 2]

Thanks for the input, and I hear you on the powder situation. I guess you couldn't get dies from Natchez? Thought I had an extra set, but not in .223.

[mjs3350 0]

In my rush to get my order in as quickly as possible, i forgot the dies haha. I should be able to get them without driving too far hopefully though. I heard Cheyenne has powder maybe i'll call them tomorrow morning to see if they've got what something I can use and some dies.

[coldsolderjoint 84]

In my rush to get my order in as quickly as possible, i forgot the dies haha. I should be able to get them without driving too far hopefully though. I heard Cheyenne has powder maybe i'll call them tomorrow morning to see if they've got what something I can use and some dies.

 

I'd definitely call first. Last time I was down there, they seemed to be pretty focused on the hunting aspect of the sport. Not too much in true "gun" accessories. They may have stuff in the back though.

[Melgamatic 66]

Cheyenne has a "powder safe" in their back room, and they sometimes have some powder that you might want. They usually mostly have 1lb of each of several less popular powders, and very little of the most popular. If you want IMR4895, IMR3031, Varget, H335, etc, you should definitely call first.

 

The place down the road clearly used to be a big reloading place, with 5 or 6 example presses setup, shelf space for a ton of dies and bullets, but almost nothing left for months, and I think they're not trying to restock.

 

Dunkelbergers in Stroudsburg had everthing I needed a week ago, including bullets, powder, primers and even an extra die set I needed.

[Greydaddy 2]

You went all the way out there, huh?

[Melgamatic 66]

You went all the way out there, huh?

 

I have a house in Skytop, PA, which is only about 20 minutes from Stroudsburg, so sometime during weekends out there I try to make it to Dunk's.

 

They had an M1 Garand for $495 in the used rack when I was there. Wood was a little loose, but action seemed OK. Potentially a good deal, but I have a very nice one so didn't need another.

[Mauser88 0]

Just got the call from Graf & Sons last night. My 10,000 small pistol primers will ship on Monday. Locked in at $23.00 a 1000.

[mjs3350 0]

Cheyenne didn't have a big powder selection when I called this morning, and no dies.