Don't remember this kind of reloading supply shortage before

[Linko]

I cant believe how bad the shortages are now. Doesn't matter what caliber you shoot. I don't see any primers or powder. I really don't see this getting any better in the months ahead either. I think its a bleak outlook ahead for us reloaders in the months to come. (hope I am wrong). I read that all the manufactures are at max production rates and still the increased consumption (hoarding and new shooters) is outpacing it. I see less shooters at my range lately and the ones there are shooting less. The incoming administration isn't helping the situation at all. Hope we get back to some sort of normal. (both for the crazy chinese virus and our supplies) Gave some primers to a friend at the range as he didn't plan ahead at all.

Be safe in the new year.

 

[Ranger007]

How many threads can we create regarding the same subject?

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

Let's change it to Christmas lights were hard to find this year.

 

[Bill K]

This has been played like a cracked record. supply and demand is the answer, more people buying and companies having a very hard time trying to catch up.
Read a couple of the reports from a couple companies that have posted reasons on a few forum sites.

 

[CJ6]

Let's change it to Christmas lights were hard to find this year.

There were more lights around here this year than in past years. Do to the above average temps here a LOT more people put lights up also and more of them. Really quite nice to see this and we just got enough snow like 2 days before Christmas to really make it pretty.

 

[Varmint Shooter]

WE the people, for whatever beliefs we have, caused this shortage. In time
supply and demand will balance itself out. Doesn't do any good to keep hashing
it to death.

 

[jwink]

<<< was a boy scout, have always remembered the motto.

 

[Bc'z]

There were more lights around here this year than in past years. Do to the above average temps here a LOT more people put lights up also and more of them. Really quite nice to see this and we just got enough snow like 2 days before Christmas to really make it pretty.

We got our forest service tree permits this year as we always do.
Dug up 2 really nice fat douglas fir.
Planted 1 in the yard, put the other in a big nursery pot and brought it in the house.
No decorations this year just the tree.
Its getting planted today.

 

[TheOtherZilla]

Some one reported over 7 million new gun owners. I suspect they are driving most of this.

 

[XTR]

I don’t know, 2013 was pretty much the same thing. I don’t think 22LR was on the shelves until 15, and all through the land there wasn’t a BCG to be found.

 

[dellet]

Some one reported over 7 million new gun owners. I suspect they are driving most of this.

No one seems to mention that there are also a lot of existing gun owners that now own 7 million guns, because the bottom of the market dropped out a few years ago and each Of those guns needed their own ammo cache. Just to be prepared.

 

[PatMiles]

<<< was a boy scout, have always remembered the motto.

BE PREPARED!

 

[Sandstorm]

All I can say is check back in couple years....

 

[TheOtherZilla]

Gotta plan a head. Like waaay ahead

 

[joshb]

Let’s keep hitting the panic button! That’ll help!

 

[Charliephoo]

They don't need to take your guns now, but control primers. We have 2A, but no ammo

 

[Crunchy21]

I just wish they would start kicking out reloading supplies rather than powder and primers to ammo producers. We should get a little slice of the pie.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

 

[GotRDid]

No one seems to mention that there are also a lot of existing gun owners that now own 7 million guns, because the bottom of the market dropped out a few years ago and each Of those guns needed their own ammo cache. Just to be prepared.

....and that was just Kentucky!
GotRDid.

 

[tsyarnall]

I cant believe how bad the shortages are now. Doesn't matter what caliber you shoot.

I was thinking the same, but I wasn’t handloading at the time. I hope that it opens up by mid year.