Primers

[MW204]

How many of you heard about the Lake City Primer facility blowing up in Independence, Missouri in 2017? I understand the military orders are about 2 billion rounds per year.
This might explain where all the primers have gone to for the past several years, it at least gives me a reasonable explanation other than we're running 24/7, which if was the case for the civilian market alone we'd all be up to our eyeballs in primers imo.
I have heard that the military was ordering a lot of primers and had a high demand, but I never heard about their primer plant blowing up. This does NOT explain the all around bullet shortage we experienced.
The U.S. Army selected Winchester to operate and manage the Lake City plant in September 2019.

 

[catch 22]

But we had the same problem during Clinton adman. and O'Bummer, I stocked up on everything after Clinton BS.

 

[marksman1941]

But we had the same problem during Clinton adman. and O'Bummer, I stocked up on everything after Clinton BS.

We had the same problem during trump too so

 

[L.Sherm]

How many of you heard about the Lake City Primer facility blowing up in Independence, Missouri in 2017? I understand the military orders are about 2 billion rounds per year.
This might explain where all the primers have gone to for the past several years, it at least gives me a reasonable explanation other than we're running 24/7, which if was the case for the civilian market alone we'd all be up to our eyeballs in primers imo.
I have heard that the military was ordering a lot of primers and had a high demand, but I never heard about their primer plant blowing up. This does NOT explain the all around bullet shortage we experienced.
The U.S. Army selected Winchester to operate and manage the Lake City plant in September 2019.

Do you really think we were using more now than when Afghanistan and Iraq were going full bore at the same time?

 

[MW204]

Do you really think we were using more now than when Afghanistan and Iraq were going full bore at the same time?

I'd like my question to be answered.

 

[akmtnhnt]

Do you really think we were using more now than when Afghanistan and Iraq were going full bore at the same time?

I'm pretty sure they're going through far more small arms ammo in Ukraine then they ever did in the middle east.

 

[L.Sherm]

I'm pretty sure they're going through far more small arms ammo in Ukraine then they ever did in the middle east.

You better do your research, we produce 12 billion rounds a year the military goes through 1.5 billion and we give ukraine 300 million.
Exact same amount a year we used in Afghanistan and Iraq, only difference we are producing more ammo than we did at the time of Afghanistan and Iraq.
The list below is up to date what we have sent Ukraine so far.

 

[epags]

How many of you heard about the Lake City Primer facility blowing up in Independence, Missouri in 2017? I understand the military orders are about 2 billion rounds per year.
This might explain where all the primers have gone to for the past several years, it at least gives me a reasonable explanation other than we're running 24/7, which if was the case for the civilian market alone we'd all be up to our eyeballs in primers imo.
I have heard that the military was ordering a lot of primers and had a high demand, but I never heard about their primer plant blowing up. This does NOT explain the all around bullet shortage we experienced.
The U.S. Army selected Winchester to operate and manage the Lake City plant in September 2019.

This article is pretty informative and has pictures of the limited damage.

After Deadly Explosion At Lake City Munitions Plant, The Business Of War Proves Costly

Two years after an explosion at a crucial Army factory that is the country’s largest producer of small-caliber ammunition, the underlying cause of…

www.kcur.org

 

[Mike Matteson]

Midway has Fed-210 primers in. $100.00 plus shipping.

 

[gbett308]

Midway now has WLR large rifle primers...jump!

 

[MW204]

Midway now has WLR large rifle primers...jump!

You posted that at 2:40pm, I saw the message at 7:25pm, logged onto Midway and the primers are gone. Thanks anyway.

 

[Mike Matteson]

You posted that at 2:40pm, I saw the message at 7:25pm, logged onto Midway and the primers are gone. Thanks anyway.

that sucks!

 

[Mike Matteson]

I wonder what's up. I posted this morning of primers, It show yesterday. 9/27/23

 

[MW204]

I wonder what's up. I posted this morning of primers, It show yesterday. 9/27/23

idk, but at least they are starting to show up. With today's inflation we will be lucky if anything gets below $50.00. fujb