Brownells has rifle Primers instock!! Get on them while you can. Pick up 1000 PC boxes of CCI No.41 5.56mm NATO-Spec Small Rifle Primers for $109.99, which makes them $0.10 each a primer. Brownells also has decent supplies of gun powder back as well.
CCI No.41 5.56mm NATO-Spec Small Rifle Primers
Military-style semi-auto rifles seldom have firing pin retraction springs. If care is not used in assembling ammunition, a “slam-fire” can occur before the bolt locks. The military arsenals accomplish this using different techniques and components—including different primer sensitivity specifications—from their commercial counterparts. CCI makes rifle primers for commercial sale that matches military sensitivity specs that reduce the chance of a slam-fire when other factors go out of control. If you’re reloading for a military semi-auto, look to CCI Military primers.
- Mil-spec sensitivity
- Initiator mix optimized for ball/spherical propellants
- Use the same data as CCI Magnum primers
Effective slam-fire prevention requires more than special primers. Headspace, chamber condition, firing pin shape and protrusion, bolt velocity, cartridge case condition, and other factors can affect slam-fire potential.
CCI No.41 5.56mm Small Rifle Primers 1,000pc $0.10 Each
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Here’s the big caveat:
“If you’re reloading for a military semi-auto, look to CCI Military primers.”
Pretty near the last sentence.
Guess what? I’ll bet next to none of us are reloading for a “…a military semi-auto…”.
You can swap out these for CCI 450 small rifle magnum primers and save another $10-$15 to dollars/1k.
Last I knew, $109.99 rounds up closer to $110.00 than down to $100.00
Just saying 10 cents each isn’t 11 cents each; which is a ten dollar difference.
I’m not cheap…I’m frugal.
Ouch. Outrageous.
NOT !
I don’t support price gougers! They can all go to hell!
At these prices, just buy ammo. It’s cheaper. We are not stupid.
And then what, you going to toss your brass…???
Salad.
No. Save your brass. You can never have enough. These prices will drop. If people keep buying at these prices, what incentive do they have to drop them? As always, these prices will come down. Just wait. It’s your choice.
You folks aren’t aware that China has cut off the supply of antimony to the US? How about them and Russia both don’t send us nitrocellulose either.
Antimony is used in primers, NC is a smokeless powder component.
Powder (alliant in particular) is hard to find (unique went first).
Alluant is only honoring their military contracts until further notice. Primers will be next.
Get ’em while you can, even at this price, because there’s no telling when, or even IF they’ll ever be available again…
A little high, but like you say no telling if they will be available again, and the dollar does not buy as much anymore. FJB! Merry Christmas and Happy New Reloading Components!
Yrs back, I had the foresight and bought, bought, and bought…
I use CCI #34 primers for reloading 30-06 ammo for my M1 Garand. Bought 10K primers when they were $19 per thousand. To expensive these days, glad I got them cheap.
Can you say “price gouging”? Brownells can!
Oh boo hoo…you complain when there is none available, you complain when the prices are higher…
GFY!
I agree with patriot. Have to plan ahead. Learned that the hard way during the pandemic. I always had plenty of ammo during the pandemic, but I paid for it. Because of that, I started reloading, 380, 9 mm, 38 spcl, 357, 44-40, 45 ACP, .223/5.56, and 300 HAMR. All I need is a set of 6.5 Creedmor dies and I can reload for ally rifles and pistols. When I first started reading about powder supplies going down I put up over 5yrs worth of powder and primers based on how much I shoot each year, before what I used… Read more »
A famous economist once said, ” The remedy for high prices … is …
high prices.” He was a comical fellow. MC, and a Happy New Firearm!
Can you name him?
I didn’t think so. Crickets chirping…
How about this, the time to spend money is while inflation is occurring, BEFORE prices go higher.
Holding cash while inflation rises reduces the value of your cash holdings and you can only buy less later.
You don’t have to be an economist to see the truth in Wild Bills comment.