Gun show acquisitions

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Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

Not a cheap day, but a satisfying one.

First, I read a heads-up on on of the forums that Best Buy was marking down CR123 batts (”Surefire batteries”). Headed up to BB and, sure enough, Duracell CR123 were $3 per 2-pack. Seemed like a decent deal so we grabbed a dozen packs. Check your local BestBuy.
Next stop was the Missoula gun show. A few items I very much would like to have but nothing that I had to have. We did take the opportunity to stock up on primers, though. Grabbed a sleeve of large pistol, small pistol, small pistol mag, and large rifle. Total: 20,000 primers. They’ll get squirreled away ‘just in case’. A few other goodies jumped out at me but Im getting much, much better at exercising restraint. I am picking up a few surplus goodies…most notable a flectar rain poncho to go with my current flectar gear.

As I expected, prices on ammo and components are high. Being a graduate of The Great Primer Scare from the early nineties (remember that one?) I am painfully aware that just a rumour of scarcity can actually cause scarcity. So…20,000 primers. This is on top of the supply I already have on hand. Lest you think 5,000 primers in any one flavor is alot think about how it would be used. 1k .45 ACP, .1k .44 Spl., 1k .45 Colt, etc, etc. and you can see that 5k ain’t that much.

Ubercool item of the show: Navy flare/smoke signal devices still packed in their steel storage cases. $70 a dozen with the locking steel container. DOnt need ‘em, but theyre definitely cool.

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Tomorrow is Patriots Day. Get out and shoot!

3 thoughts on “Gun show acquisitions”

  1. I’ve had good luck buying “large” quantities of small watch-type batteries from eBay – say 100 or so at a shot. I keep them in the fridge and probably won’t use them all up before they go bad, but even so it was cheaper than buying just a few.

    As far as primers go, I’m just now switching from the newbie “It’s scary to have so many explosive devices stored in one place!” mentality to the “Damn! I’m out of primers again! I need to order 10k this time!” mentality. Unfortunately, economic reality is sticking its ugly nose under the tent, but the next time I can scrape the money together I need to make a big powder/primer order.

  2. Yup, them primers go fast

    Fortunately all I reload is .45, so my logistics are much simpler.
    Although I am thinking that reloading some .308 for the bolt gun ain’t such a bad idea..

    Oh yeah, you have a package inbound.
    Let me know when you get it.
    Sled238

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