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M. De Land · Nov 28, 2024

Dang, went to a gun show last week end and saw primers going for 25 bucks a hundred and no percussion caps at all! Guess it's time to knap out some more flints an look for some conversion locks. Perhaps things will look better soon.

Whitworth · Nov 28, 2024

Yikes!!!!! I thought I got scalped at $18 for large pistol. primers.

Jim in Wisconsin · Nov 28, 2024

The Fleet Farm store here in Wis. has all four types of CCI primers on the rack for $13. They also have caps, I forget how much they were.

russellshaffer · Nov 28, 2024

Sportsman's Warehouse has primers for $7.99 to $10.99 depending on brand. No caps, though.

Sam squanch · Nov 29, 2024

Gun shows are the worst place to get caps and primers . Hang on, they are slowly coming back into circulation.

ironmangler · Nov 29, 2024

I loaned a friend $35 so he could buy the last tin at a fun show. The vendor thanked me and I told my friend he was nuts.

mikesto44 · Nov 29, 2024

Last 1000 caps I bought. I payed $30.00 for them. Guess I got lucky as all get out.! Guy was selling all his muzzle loading stuff.

sturmkatze · Nov 29, 2024

M. De Land said:
Dang, went to a gun show last week end and saw primers going for 25 bucks a hundred and no percussion caps at all! Guess it's time to knap out some more flints an look for some conversion locks. Perhaps things will look better soon.

You know that we don’t live in the 1900’s anymore, right?

Mad L · Dec 5, 2024

M. De Land said:
Dang, went to a gun show last week end and saw primers going for 25 bucks a hundred and no percussion caps at all! Guess it's time to knap out some more flints an look for some conversion locks. Perhaps things will look better soon.

$25!! THAT'S A DEAL!
Gun Shows here are selling CCI caps for $45-$55 per tin. And when I tell them I can buy them for $9 or $10 across town they fire back "NO YOU CAN'T" and I tell they Yes I did, I just did last week. They angry and I laugh and walk away.

Same with BP, it seldom shows up at gun shows but both here and in Idaho I see it, they want $45-$55 per pound.
I pull out my phone and calculate how much per pound if I buy 10lbs (without showing them from Where) and tell I will it for $xx a pound, THAT is the going price (usually around $28-$30 depending what brand is on their table). Again they will fire back "NOT WITH SHIPPING AND HAZMATE"...I just smile and reply Yes, With shipping and hazmat, just buy 10 or more pounds. I really laughed at the two who got angry and said "NO ONE BUYS THAT MUCH AT A TIME!!!!"

I think the one guy who comes over from California has been trying to sell the same tin of CCI for two or three years now ($45).

FishDFly · Dec 5, 2024

M. De Land said:
Dang, went to a gun show last week end and saw primers going for 25 bucks a hundred and no percussion caps at all! Guess it's time to knap out some more flints an look for some conversion locks. Perhaps things will look better soon.

How much of that is because where you live and shipping to get it there?

M. De Land · Dec 5, 2024

FishDFly said:
How much of that is because where you live and shipping to get it there?

It was just a scalper trying to make a buck.

Bad Karma · Dec 5, 2024

Mike, do you have a local dealer for caps? How the heck do you guys keep shooting?

waarp8nt · Dec 5, 2024

Local gun shop has small unmentionable primers for $69 per 1000, large unmentionable primers for $99 per 1000. Add 25% or more for magnum primers.

I'm not in the market for caps so I haven't checked availability or price. I put a low ball bid on an online auction for a couple thousand caps, to say the least I was surprised I won. Since I shoot mostly flintlock that amount of caps should last my lifetime.

M. De Land · Dec 6, 2024

Bad Karma said:
Mike, do you have a local dealer for caps? How the heck do you guys keep shooting?

Gun shows, Walmart and Sportsman's Warehouse. I did pick up 700 percussion caps about 2 years ago at a gun show for 12.00 $ a hundred and thought I was being robbed! Don't seem so bad any more though.
Also picked up 4 full cans of Goex for 15.00 a can and three partials for 10.00 as I remember it.

I also hit the jack pot when my third daughter gave me a call from Fairbanks about a widow that needed to get rid of some muzzle loading stuff. She just wanted it off her property and not really needing it much I offered a C note and she was over joyed so I wound up with about 8 ammo cans of assorted boxes of Hornady swaged lead balls, felt wads and several full cans of Triple 7 which I have yet to try and don't know anything about, preferring black powder.

mikesto44 · Dec 6, 2024

Best deal I got was 7 guns for $550 at a garage sale. Four rifles and three revolvers. Another I hate guns these were my Dads and I want them gone. Fortunately I had cash to buy them all. Two were b.p. the rest modern.

Bad Karma · Dec 6, 2024

mikesto44 said:
Best deal I got was 7 guns for $550 at a garage sale. Four rifles and three revolvers. Another I hate guns these were my Dads and I want them gone. Fortunately I had cash to buy them all. Two were b.p. the rest modern.

Mighty neighborly of you to help these people out!

mikesto44 · Dec 6, 2024

Bad karma just so you know. I was asked to go and evaluate the value of said firearms. They wouldn't listen. Told them they were worth more.! The two punks running the sale were know it alls. So I paid what they wanted and walked away..! I gave up arguing with stupid people long time ago..!

M. De Land · Dec 6, 2024

Bad Karma said:
Mike, do you have a local dealer for caps? How the heck do you guys keep shooting?

Do you happen to know how well Triple 7 handles load compression !

Flint1 · Dec 7, 2024

I think I got lucky at the local gun show last weekend. Saw 6 packs of CCI 11's for $10 each. I bought 2 and left the others for someone else who might need them, though it was Sunday afternoon and not long before the show closing.

BPnut@.50cal · Dec 7, 2024

My LGS is selling most primers for about $100 per K. Pretty good supply too. I dont know if they have any caps, they keep them off the shelf.

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