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Abbey wrote: ↑January 21st, 2021, 1:34 pm
The problem is we don't know what "foreseeable" means. It's partly a guess that we then individually filter through our personal risk evaluation.
If you have 100k primers and you shoot 20k/year, how many years worth of primers do you feel comfortable with on hand? 2 years? 3? OK, then sell 40k primers and call it a day.
Another question is how much that money means to you? I could probably sell 5-10k primers and not loose sleep that I'll run out but if I net $100/1k primers I'd be looking at $500-1000 in my pocket. Don't get me wrong, $500 is nice but isn't going to change my life that much. So factor in the hassle of selling and I'm keeping my surplus for now for future trades. (E.g., I have plenty of LR primers right now, not so many LRM)
I've thought this one out as well. I like to have around 10 years worth on hand and more than that is okay. It's possible that things won't come back over 8 years depending on which way things go with the Progressives. (They're not even close to being liberals).
And the money is absolutely nothing to me, so there's no point in getting more of it.
All that being true, I'll sit on what I have for now.
Yeah. In light of Vanderbrink's confirmation that 100% of their primers are going directly to manufacturing their own ammo, I'd not be getting rid of any.
On that note, what's everyone's current threshold price for buying? If I actually needed some, I'd probably be willing to pay $60-70/K at this point.
And although it's already been thoroughly discussed, further proof that small rifle and small pistol mag primers are safe substitutes for SP:
I don't have a set price threshold - it's relative to ammo availability & pricing. At current ammo prices, I'd gladly pay $100 for a 1k box of primers if I needed them. Still much cheaper than factory ammo. (Crazy that primers are more than projectiles, but whatever.)
That said, the only ones I'm a bit short on are LRM & LP. I think I'm good for SP, SR & LR unless I really ramp up my shooting volume.
Give it 6-9 months and maybe we should have a primer swap meet. Dealing with the classifieds to drive around is a PITA. Showing up somewhere to trade might be an interesting option in our crazy future.
(edited for clarity)
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Abbey wrote: ↑January 22nd, 2021, 11:28 am
I don't have a set price threshold - it's relative to ammo availability & pricing. At current ammo prices, I'd gladly pay $100 for a sleeve of primers if I needed them. Still much cheaper than factory ammo. (Crazy that primers are more than projectiles, but whatever.)
Uh.....a sleeve of primers is 5,000 primers. Are you referring to a 100 pack?
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