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tombogan03884

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Re: why still using primers?
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2021, 02:23:23 PM »
Quote from: ronlday on February 11, 2021, 10:45:56 AM
i was wondering due to the shortage of ammo. and thinking part of that was due to ammo companies not getting primers in numbers they use to.

I seriously believe that it is simply a result of all the guns being bought.
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Re: why still using primers?
« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2021, 04:39:20 PM »
The Feds reported 20 million new gun owners last year, if they bought 100 rounds each that adds up to 2 billion rounds of ammo, Now that 100 rounds each doesn't last long so there are a lot of people buying more ammo than in previous years.Not to mention the hoarders and the scalpers that are buying more than they'll use in a lifetime.
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Re: why still using primers?
« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2021, 08:57:55 AM »
Quote from: Majer on February 11, 2021, 04:39:20 PM
The Feds reported 20 million new gun owners last year, if they bought 100 rounds each that adds up to 2 billion rounds of ammo, Now that 100 rounds each doesn't last long so there are a lot of people buying more ammo than in previous years.Not to mention the hoarders and the scalpers that are buying more than they'll use in a lifetime.

The more ammo you have, the longer your "lifetime" is apt to be.   ;D
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Re: why still using primers?
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2021, 03:24:47 PM »
Quote from: ronlday on February 11, 2021, 10:45:56 AM
i was wondering due to the shortage of ammo. and thinking part of that was due to ammo companies not getting primers in numbers they use to.

Ammunition manufacturers (the major manufacturers) make the primers.  Supply is being raped by demand.
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Re: why still using primers?
« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2021, 10:20:41 AM »
Quote from: Dirty Bob on February 10, 2021, 10:51:04 AM
I sense your question might be tongue-in-cheek.

Primers and ammo have proven quite stable and reliable. I'm not eager to try a new system, especially right now!

Not really.
Ever since they've been invented they have been the most difficult to acquire part of the firing sequence.
If you have to, you can dig your own lead, and make black powder, but it takes special machinery beyond a shovel and fire to make primers.
The overwhelming popularity of European designed Boxer primers over American designed Berdan primers shows that reloadability has always been a major concern with US shooters.
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Re: why still using primers?
« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2021, 11:24:13 AM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on March 19, 2021, 10:20:41 AM
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The overwhelming popularity of European designed Boxer primers over American designed Berdan primers shows that reloadability has always been a major concern with US shooters.

Thanks. I didn't know Berdan was an American design.
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Re: why still using primers?
« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2021, 04:38:07 PM »
Quote from: J. Kennedy-ar154me on March 19, 2021, 11:24:13 AM
Thanks. I didn't know Berdan was an American design.
Hiram Berdan, The coward who formed the 1st US Sharpshooters.
Hell of a shooter and arms designer, but he had a habit of leading from as far to the rear as he could get.
The primer design was just a side result with his other work .


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