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Visited my local Bass Pro Shop a few days ago and spoke with the Manager of their Firearms Dept. about large pistol and large rifle primer availability. He said he normally receives a case or two of primers each week. He then went onto to describe that there is generally a 'flood" of shoppers who buy-up all the primers by mid-morning. In all sincerity, he told me he is convinced there is a cellphone network that daily monitors both Cabelas and Bass Pro Shop retail outlets for primers. Once they see an in-stock position on any type primer, they load that data into their smartphones and the news is immediately transmitted to other members of network. If this is true, it is going to a long time before casual shoppers like me will be able to find primers at retail.

interesting but can't say I'm surprised

They probably aren’t texting other people but immediately listing what they are buying on Gunbroker for three times the price. Sorry, I couldn’t resist making that comment after trying to buy a Henry and some ammo at a fair price on there for the past 8 months.

There isnt any fair prices anymore on gunbroker. As soon as you think you have gotten a fair price GB fees will eat that up.