A Third Primer Manufacturer Now Tooling Up For Production in Texas in 2022

The Truth about Guns ^ | January 26, 2022 | John Boch

[Texas Fossil]

Powder is short, but nothing like primers.

I have enough powder, and am scraping by on primers for now.

I reload over a dozen rifle calibers. And a couple of pistol calibers.

The days of being selective on specific powders and primers is gone. It requires thought about how to use what is available.

[dinodino]

Yes please, I need some primers.

[Big Red Badger]

How ya doing on HorsePaste?

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Next,they need to resurrect the lead smelter the Obama Admin killed off.

 

 

The myth that won't die. Reopening that place won't change anything. That was a primary smelter for processing ore. The ammo business uses secondary recycled lead.

 

https://sierrabullets.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/sierra-responds-how-will-the-closure-of-the-lead-smelting-plant-affect-sierra-bullets/

 

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20131205/us-ammunition-industry-to-survive-closure-of-lead-smelter

 

https://www.gunowners.org/oped12052013a/

 

 

[Texas Fossil]

This sounds like it will be a while before it is on line with production.

[Texas Fossil]

A large part of the residents of this part of Texas will feel a lot more comfortable when they can feel comfortable about having enough ammo. (not enough for hunting)

[Blood of Tyrants]

You are forgetting that the lead to replace what they use has to come from somewhere. Lead is a consumable good. Ore has to be smelted somewhere for the new car batteries.

[Blood of Tyrants]

And casings and bullets.

[Who is John Galt?]

q: “But the hoarding is at a level that is absolutely ridiculous.”

a: Opinion on what this level is varies greatly.

Exactly - what looks like "hoarding" to one man is just a few months supply to somebody else. I knew a guy years ago who shot competetively, and loaded 500 rounds a week. To save you doing the math, thats something on the order of 25,000+ primers per year. And I talked to a local gunsmith just last year, who was used to loading a similar quantity (both he and his wife shoot), but had to cut way back for obvious reasons. Bottom line, 20 bricks of primers wouldn't last some folks a full year - even without 'TEOTWAWKI'...

[qaz123]

A guy who shot competitively. I get it. I used to shoot matches, as well.

And there’s really no way to stop it. Toss in the supply chain issues and the fact that the components are harder to come by.

I was working at a Traxtor Supply and the manager was a big gun guy. He was telling me that there are guys that have computer programs that are making automatic purchases when these items are popping up and then reselling on the various gun sites.

I’m guessing that can be done. If so, that is insane.

[CarmichaelPatriot]

Until the supply of recycled lead dwindles…..

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Unfortunately that "somewhere" is overseas, is where it all went, which I'm certainly not comfy about.

 

 

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Not sure how that would happen, unless there's some cataclysmic situation that arises.

 

 

[CarmichaelPatriot]

The amount of bullet lead that gets recycled is probably quite low. None used by the military gets recycled. Very little hunting ammo is recycled. Very few outdoor ranges tear down and rebuild their berms so they can reclaim the lead. That leaves indoor ranges which account for what, 25% of all ammo fired? Eventually the amount of recycled lead won’t be able to support new projectile requirements, especially with lead-acid batteries still being used in cars.

[Scrambler Bob]

Now if they would pick up the slack for powder, business would really start booming.
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Booming?????

[Blood of Tyrants]

I think that the nearest lead smelter is in Canada or Mexico. All the lead ore mined in the US has to be exported out of the country and re-imported as lead.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Have not heard anything from any industries about anything like that. No whispers, nothing. Unless you have. One thing I can tell you for sure there is quite a bit of apathy around about hauling in lead to get recycled. You can practically trip over the stuff. I know of battery packs for electric forklifts laying around. Nobody wants to mess with them since they can't get anything for them so they just pile up.

 

 

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Yup - all the primary work left the country. And also under the same threat of freight hassles like everything else nowadays which can gum up the works.

 

 

[ptsal]

Looks like good news

[Texas Fossil]

Agree. But it will be a while before we see results. That is the way things happen.

I’m making the best with what I have for now.