This might not be new information to some of us, but for the rest…

US Ammunition manufacturers don’t usually make primers for reloading.  They make primers for their ammunition production, and if they have excess primers then the primers are packaged for sale to reloaders.  When they have every factory running full bore to meet both Government contracts and sporting needs, they don’t have excess primers for you.

I was just at my local gun shop out here in Oz, primers limited to 200 per customer and basically no stock on hand or available regardless of brand. The owner also informed me that commonly available centre fire ammunition wholesale cost went up this week by 35% and he is anticipating more increases to come.

Hate to disillusion anyone or disturb those who appear to be living blissfully in the past.  Currently the standard retail prices by large "discount" companies such as Midway list large Rifle Primers as follows: (even though they don't have any to sell)
Remington  $90/1000
Winchester   $80/1000
CCI  $80/1000
Federal   $80/1000
Federal Gold  $90/1000

Our local gun shows have them, but not at today's retail prices.

Unfortunately, don't look for this situation to improve any time soon.

If you mean Target Sports USA, too late on Lrg rifle.
Mike

Back during the Clinton years, there was an outfit at the SHOT shows who was selling or promoting D-I-Y primer reloading kits.  You disassembled your spent primers, punched out the dent, reloaded with some sort of stir-it-yourself chemicals (separate ingredients came in plastic bottles in the kit), crimped the anvil in place, and you were good to go.

At the time, that seemed a reasonable solution.  I saved a couple of gallons of primers (separated by size & type) in Mason jars.   

Maybe we need to resurrect that idea.  Anybody know about chemicals and availability?

uscra112 wrote on May 8^th, 2022 at 4:23pm:

The gas check makers/dies they offer are quite interesting.

It comes in three envelopes, one of which is just ground glass.  He doesn't give chemical names for the others, but assures us that it's non corrosive, non mercuric.   

On the Cast Boolits site there is a very extensive thread on making priming compound, where various formulations are given and discussed in detail.  (And an equally long and detailed one on the making of black powder.)