Noticed I was about down to my last two 1,000ct boxes of CCI BR2 primers today so I thought I would run down to my LGS to see if I could pick up a couple more boxes. Suffice to say I about had a heart attack when I saw what they had them priced at... $64.99 per 1,000! Holly sheep-dip Batman!

Now for comparison let's look at the following photo...

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The top box was purchased around 2009 or 2010 for the outrageous sum of $27.95 + tax. The bottom box was purchased in late 2014 or early 2015 and still reflects the post Sandy Hook crazy price of $42.99 per 1,000. Now just 3-4 years later they're up another $22 for no other reason than "we can."

Best price I've found online at this point is a little over $51, but that still seems ridiculously high to me. Guess I'm going to have to work up some new loads with different primers for a couple rifles as CCI has jacked the price on these so much that the slightly better consistency over their standard #200 primers isn't worth paying nearly twice the money for the BR2's.