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  • nucular

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    Good luck trying to reload those! The flash hole in Norma is smaller that every other brand!…every time Norma pushes my decapping pin up and I have to reset it! (Lee dies) thankfully it doesn’t break my pin!

    Now I inspect every piece and if I see Norma on the head stamp it gos into the trash!

    Yep same here. Norma gets thrown out.
     

    binkerton

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    So what is up with the lack of LRP? Is this a recent shortage or did they never recover in supply like srp and spp did? I honestly wasnt paying attention cause I was so focused on feeding my 9mm reloading addiction the last 4 years. Is there a 10 million round government contract order for 7.62 nato beimg filled right now or something?
     

    Aszerigan

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    Is there a 10 million round government contract order for 7.62 nato beimg filled right now or something?

    LRPs are the first to sell out and the last to come back in stock. Always have been. They also command the highest prices online so hoarders love them.

    Also, I wouldn’t think a 10M order would clear the entire US market out. Might knock one supplier offline for a month or two, but not all of them.

    Long range shooters (mostly) use LR ammo. It’s also the best bang-for-the-buck to reload.
     

    binkerton

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    LRPs are the first to sell out and the last to come back in stock. Always have been. They also command the highest prices online so hoarders love them.

    Also, I wouldn’t think a 10M order would clear the entire US market out. Might knock one supplier offline for a month or two, but not all of them.

    Long range shooters (mostly) use LR ammo. It’s also the best bang-for-the-buck to reload.
    Gotcha. Will have to make a note of that when I see it. I just now got interested cause I was gonna try and play with some .308 and .243 reloading.
     

    Hop

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    LGS rumor that I just heard this week...
    Are there zero US made primers now? True or no?

    I monitor the reloading threads here and have some equipment. I've never loaded one round myself "yet" though. What I've seen on here over the last few years has been discouraging to say the least. I've just kept buying factory ammo.
     

    d.kaufman

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    Spp for $49.99. No idea on hazmat/shipping fees

     

    DadSmith

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    Spp for $49.99. No idea on hazmat/shipping fees

    Buy 2000 get free shipping and no hazmat fee.
     

    Leo

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    Its popular with the palma shooters. Somewhere I have 500-1,000 new SP Rem or Fed Palma 308 cases from years ago.
    I see it at The Muncie show on occasion from a vendor in the back room.
    When Bullseye pistol was very popular, "match grade" Primers were only made in Small pistol size. Since the .45 was one of the three handguns needed for a full match, people would special order .45 brass with small primer pockets so they could use "match grade" primers. The only drawback I remember was that in the process of tightening up a government model, sometimes the barrel was shifted and the firing pin did not hit the exact center. These firing pins were too far off when using the small pistol primed .45acp rounds.
     

    Creedmoor

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    When Bullseye pistol was very popular, "match grade" Primers were only made in Small pistol size. Since the .45 was one of the three handguns needed for a full match, people would special order .45 brass with small primer pockets so they could use "match grade" primers. The only drawback I remember was that in the process of tightening up a government model, sometimes the barrel was shifted and the firing pin did not hit the exact center. These firing pins were too far off when using the small pistol primed .45acp rounds.
    How long ago was it the Federal didn't make MLPP?
     
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    Creedmoor

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    I got involved in the 1960's Most of the men had been shooting bullseye for 10 or 20 years. That was the only bunch I ever saw with small primer .45 brass until the Speer brass and Winchester Non Toxic came out.
    I was dragged along from the early 70's but my father and GFather were easy to please, primers were bought in Lg and Sm with them loading. I dont think I bought any Match primers until the late 70's and those would have been Fed GMM LR primers for high power.
     
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